Old Times and New: Or, A Few Raps Over the Knuckles of the Present Agepublishers, 1846 - 93 páginas |
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Página iii
... - by , to see that he dreams right , for the author , dear reader , is supposed to be wide awake , which you are earnestly desired to believe , if you can . iv PREFACE . A JOINT UNDERSTANDING WITH READERS AND CRITICS.
... - by , to see that he dreams right , for the author , dear reader , is supposed to be wide awake , which you are earnestly desired to believe , if you can . iv PREFACE . A JOINT UNDERSTANDING WITH READERS AND CRITICS.
Página 8
... believe , that at some future day , ( at the pace the present age goes , ) that the emblems of faith , however small , will be placed so far out of human sight , that teles- copic vision will be barely able to investigate , and they may ...
... believe , that at some future day , ( at the pace the present age goes , ) that the emblems of faith , however small , will be placed so far out of human sight , that teles- copic vision will be barely able to investigate , and they may ...
Página 15
... believe the building was still in possession of the cursed English , or a prison , or a riding school , yet that being to great an effort for his brain was dropt as useless . His wit , I admit , was not very great . He was obliged to be ...
... believe the building was still in possession of the cursed English , or a prison , or a riding school , yet that being to great an effort for his brain was dropt as useless . His wit , I admit , was not very great . He was obliged to be ...
Página 16
... believe in them . Who ever saw a Hollander eat a turtle . It looks for all the world like an overgrown oyster in agony , tired of confine- ment ; by hard working he has let out his hands and legs , and so savage in his disappointment in ...
... believe in them . Who ever saw a Hollander eat a turtle . It looks for all the world like an overgrown oyster in agony , tired of confine- ment ; by hard working he has let out his hands and legs , and so savage in his disappointment in ...
Página 24
... believe the ****** Dutchmen were in little better preparation than was expected , and consequently hauled anchor and " cut water . " Smoke then was merely a blessing , and a good pipe of tobacco and schnap made the old men forget their ...
... believe the ****** Dutchmen were in little better preparation than was expected , and consequently hauled anchor and " cut water . " Smoke then was merely a blessing , and a good pipe of tobacco and schnap made the old men forget their ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 47 - Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!
Página 47 - What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel, Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous, and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls ? Say, why is this?
Página 65 - Swifter than the moon's sphere ; And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green. The cowslips tall her pensioners be: In their gold coats spots you see ; Those be rubies, fairy favours, In those freckles live their savours. I must go seek some dewdrops here...
Página 47 - Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws, To cast thee up again ! What may this mean, That thou, dead corse...
Página 43 - I'll stab thee. Fal. I call thee coward? I'll see thee gibbeted ere I call thee coward : but I would give a thousand pounds I could run as fast as thou canst. You are straight enough in the shoulders, you care not who sees your back : call you that backing of your friends? A plague upon such backing! Give me them that will face me. Give me a cup of sack.
Página 88 - Do not believe his vows, for they are brokers Breathing like sanctified and pious bonds The better to beguile.