Old Times and New: Or, A Few Raps Over the Knuckles of the Present Agepublishers, 1846 - 93 páginas |
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... buried victims and the epitaph the echo of the voice within , but they neither feel , nor hear , nor work device . Their labors have ceased ; the grave closing over them shuts out the mysteries and fol- lies of the world . Whether they ...
... buried victims and the epitaph the echo of the voice within , but they neither feel , nor hear , nor work device . Their labors have ceased ; the grave closing over them shuts out the mysteries and fol- lies of the world . Whether they ...
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... buried i the old French church - yard , by direction left in his will , for the reason that he could not bear to be out of sight of the hump - backed edifice on the other side . CHAPTER III . HANS's reverend opinions of Epitaphs ...
... buried i the old French church - yard , by direction left in his will , for the reason that he could not bear to be out of sight of the hump - backed edifice on the other side . CHAPTER III . HANS's reverend opinions of Epitaphs ...
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... buried . " I despise epitaphs , " he said , " because they appear like informing heaven of what heaven knows better ; giving a letter of credit to a world where anything mortal has no value ; a superstitious vanity that some men have of ...
... buried . " I despise epitaphs , " he said , " because they appear like informing heaven of what heaven knows better ; giving a letter of credit to a world where anything mortal has no value ; a superstitious vanity that some men have of ...
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... burial , a few lines of poetry , and a slab to put them on . He was , as I have said , addicted to schnap . It must how- ever be recollected that schnap is numbered among Hol- land's virtues . It might not answer in these days 12.
... burial , a few lines of poetry , and a slab to put them on . He was , as I have said , addicted to schnap . It must how- ever be recollected that schnap is numbered among Hol- land's virtues . It might not answer in these days 12.
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... its reality - in fine , when men died he buried them . He never thought of death's doings till he was sent for . The sexton of this age is on his knees ( in his heart , ) morn- ing and evening , for the prosperity of his business 28.
... its reality - in fine , when men died he buried them . He never thought of death's doings till he was sent for . The sexton of this age is on his knees ( in his heart , ) morn- ing and evening , for the prosperity of his business 28.
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alderman allopath animals Art thou assumpsit awake bear believe better blood body bones bottle breath breeches bulls buried CHAPTER church considered countenance Croton dead death delight devil disease doctors dogs doors dust Dutchmen English epitaph fashion father fellow forefathers freely Garretson gentleman gilded gingerbread Grahamite grave hands hang Hans's head heart Heaven Holland human Hydropathy hyssop ideas invented lame duck lived look lotion low church mankind Mesmerism morning mortality mouth murder nature never NIEW AMSTERDAM nose obstinately old Dutch old women patient philosophers pill poet poor pray preached Pythagoras quacks remember remind Replevin rogues saltpetre scandal schnap sexton sigh sinners sleep sons of liberty sort soul spirit staff of office steam steamboat swallow tell thee things thought tion tomb turtle turtle soup upright vanity virtue voices walls wife younkers
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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.