Old Times and New: Or, A Few Raps Over the Knuckles of the Present Agepublishers, 1846 - 93 páginas |
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Página iv
... fellows to the author . The principal reason why I write this book is because I have more ideas than I know what to do with , and the less rea- son is interest . It is horribly Dutch - a scare - crow to all other nations- Dutch as a ...
... fellows to the author . The principal reason why I write this book is because I have more ideas than I know what to do with , and the less rea- son is interest . It is horribly Dutch - a scare - crow to all other nations- Dutch as a ...
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... fellow in body ; his mind , however , was so thickly settled in its habitation that it was as choice as the refined gold in the crucible . His chief end in this life was to love his wife , go to church , and hate the English ; and so ...
... fellow in body ; his mind , however , was so thickly settled in its habitation that it was as choice as the refined gold in the crucible . His chief end in this life was to love his wife , go to church , and hate the English ; and so ...
Página 8
... fellow . Hans at last took it into his head to die ; or , possibly , it struck him , as some ideas frequently strike men ; at any rate the conclusion was he died , as everybody thought , though nobody could assign a reason . He was ...
... fellow . Hans at last took it into his head to die ; or , possibly , it struck him , as some ideas frequently strike men ; at any rate the conclusion was he died , as everybody thought , though nobody could assign a reason . He was ...
Página 21
... fellow was worth a seafull of patent lo- tions ? And a kiss ! Beyond disputation - that was a mor- tal earthquake , that made one shake and shiver as a withering fall leaf . All gone ! Not one to commemorate the renowned government of ...
... fellow was worth a seafull of patent lo- tions ? And a kiss ! Beyond disputation - that was a mor- tal earthquake , that made one shake and shiver as a withering fall leaf . All gone ! Not one to commemorate the renowned government of ...
Página 24
... weak stomach . He was thunderstruck , and cursed the fellow in very low Dutch [ the remnants of unevaporated Schnap . What the devil the red - coated rascal was doing at the church door was a puzzle , and yet he was 24.
... weak stomach . He was thunderstruck , and cursed the fellow in very low Dutch [ the remnants of unevaporated Schnap . What the devil the red - coated rascal was doing at the church door was a puzzle , and yet he was 24.
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Términos y frases comunes
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
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.