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... heard rolling towards us as cer- tain as death . Twang goes the horn ; up goes the trunk ; down come the steps . Bah ! I see the autumn evening : I hear the wheels now : I smart the cruel smart again : and , boy or man , have never been ...
... heard rolling towards us as cer- tain as death . Twang goes the horn ; up goes the trunk ; down come the steps . Bah ! I see the autumn evening : I hear the wheels now : I smart the cruel smart again : and , boy or man , have never been ...
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... heard , in a lecture about George the Third , that , at his accession , the King had a mind to establish an order for literary men . It was to have been called the Order of Minerva -I suppose with an Owl for a badge . The knights were ...
... heard , in a lecture about George the Third , that , at his accession , the King had a mind to establish an order for literary men . It was to have been called the Order of Minerva -I suppose with an Owl for a badge . The knights were ...
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... heard me construe a passage of Eutropius , the pleasing Latin work on which I was then engaged ; gave me a God bless you , and sent me back to school ; upon my word of honor , without so much as a half - crown ! It is all very well , my ...
... heard me construe a passage of Eutropius , the pleasing Latin work on which I was then engaged ; gave me a God bless you , and sent me back to school ; upon my word of honor , without so much as a half - crown ! It is all very well , my ...
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... heard such a voice , seen such hair , such eyes . Don't tell me ! A man who has been about town since the reign of George IV . , ought he not to know better than you young lads who have seen nothing ? The deterioration of women is ...
... heard such a voice , seen such hair , such eyes . Don't tell me ! A man who has been about town since the reign of George IV . , ought he not to know better than you young lads who have seen nothing ? The deterioration of women is ...
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... heard the merry horn which sounds no more ; that saw the sun rise over Stonehenge ; that rubbed away the bitter tears at night after parting as the coach sped on the journey to school and London ; that looked out with beating heart as ...
... heard the merry horn which sounds no more ; that saw the sun rise over Stonehenge ; that rubbed away the bitter tears at night after parting as the coach sped on the journey to school and London ; that looked out with beating heart as ...
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Página 63 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Página 270 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
Página 91 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to His holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Página 174 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
Página 156 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The Moon takes up the wondrous tale; And nightly, to the listening Earth, Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Página 276 - But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending Virtue's friend; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While Resignation gently slopes the way; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past.
Página 139 - I'll tell the signs by which you may The wandering shepherdess discover. Coquet and coy at once her air, Both studied, though both seem neglected ; Careless she is with artful care, Affecting to seem unaffected. With skill her eyes dart every glance, Yet change so soon you'd ne'er suspect them ; For she'd persuade they wound by chance, Though certain aim and art direct them. She likes herself, yet others hates For that which in herself she prizes; And, while she laughs at them, forgets She is the...
Página 150 - I hear the drums tumultuous sound the victor's shouts and dying groans confound ; the dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, and all the thunder of the battle rise. 'Twas then great Marlborough's mighty...
Página 156 - Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball? What though no real voice, nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found ? In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing, as they shine, 'The Hand that made us is Divine.
Página 219 - ... it would be hard to find a man, so well entitled to notice by his wit, that ever delighted so much in talking of his money.