The Table Book..., Volumen1W. Tegg, 1827 - 870 páginas |
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... tell tale to his memory . " As in the middle ages there were table . books with ivory leaves , this gentleman remarks that , in Chaucer's " Sompnour'a Tale , " one of the friars is provided with " A pair of tables all of ivory , And a ...
... tell tale to his memory . " As in the middle ages there were table . books with ivory leaves , this gentleman remarks that , in Chaucer's " Sompnour'a Tale , " one of the friars is provided with " A pair of tables all of ivory , And a ...
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... tell me that it is necessary to account for the long delay of the following work ; and I can only do it by ad- verting to the circumstances of my life . Will this be accepted as an apology ? I know but little of my family and that ...
... tell me that it is necessary to account for the long delay of the following work ; and I can only do it by ad- verting to the circumstances of my life . Will this be accepted as an apology ? I know but little of my family and that ...
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... tell of the many extraordinary feats which this diminutive race has per- formed . A fairy once told a man to whom it appears she was particularly attached , it he went to the top of " Willy - howe " every morning , he would find a ...
... tell of the many extraordinary feats which this diminutive race has per- formed . A fairy once told a man to whom it appears she was particularly attached , it he went to the top of " Willy - howe " every morning , he would find a ...
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... tell it you . ” " Zounds ! then d'ye mean to swear before my That anchovies don't grow like cloves and mace ? " " I do ! " isputants often after hot debates Leave the contention as they found it - bone , And take to duelling , or ...
... tell it you . ” " Zounds ! then d'ye mean to swear before my That anchovies don't grow like cloves and mace ? " " I do ! " isputants often after hot debates Leave the contention as they found it - bone , And take to duelling , or ...
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... tell , To whom most extra lots befell ; Who liv'd for months on stage of planks , Midst captain Flood's most swelling pranks , Five miles from any food to have , Yea often risk'd a wat'ry grave ; " yet his facts and style were so ...
... tell , To whom most extra lots befell ; Who liv'd for months on stage of planks , Midst captain Flood's most swelling pranks , Five miles from any food to have , Yea often risk'd a wat'ry grave ; " yet his facts and style were so ...
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Página 126 - When icicles hang by the wall And Dick the shepherd blows his nail And Tom bears logs into the hall And milk comes frozen home in pail, When blood is nipp'd and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
Página 472 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers ! hear me for my cause; and be silent, that you may hear: believe me for mine honor; and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Página 405 - MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk : Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness, — That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, Singest of summer in full-throated ease.
Página 398 - In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry; Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream.
Página 25 - ... Lord Orford), were, for the most part, as completely out of my reach as a crown and sceptre. There was, indeed, a resource ; but the utmost caution and secrecy were necessary in applying to it. I beat out pieces of leather as smooth as possible, and wrought my problems on them with a blunted awl ; for the rest, my memory was tenacious, and I could multiply and divide by it to a great extent.
Página 8 - That place, that does Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes for variety I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels ; Calling their victories, if unjustly got, Unto a strict account ; and in my fancy, Deface their ill-placed statues.
Página 496 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Página 625 - ... for which reason they had come unarmed. Their object was not to do injury, and thus provoke the Great Spirit, but to do good. They were then met on the broad pathway of good faith and good will, so that no advantage was to be taken on either side, but all was to be openness, brotherhood, and love.
Página 439 - GARRICK. fO a homeless man, who has no spot on this wide world which he can truly call his own, there is a momentary feeling of something like independence and territorial consequence, when, after a weary day's travel, he kicks off his boots, thrusts his feet into slippers, and stretches himself before an inn fire.
Página 405 - Ode to a Nightingale MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk...