The Table Book, Volumen1William Hone, 1827 - 870 páginas |
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... hear . If Heav'n has fix'd my doom , That Love must quite consume My bursting heart , and close my eyes in death ; Ah ! this slight request , - grant That here my urn may rest , When to its mansion flies vital breath . my This pleasing ...
... hear . If Heav'n has fix'd my doom , That Love must quite consume My bursting heart , and close my eyes in death ; Ah ! this slight request , - grant That here my urn may rest , When to its mansion flies vital breath . my This pleasing ...
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... hear read ; she was at this time a widow , having been married to one Charke a musician , long since dead . Her habitation was a wretched thatched hovel , situated on the way to Islington in the purlieus of Clerkenwell Bridewell , not ...
... hear read ; she was at this time a widow , having been married to one Charke a musician , long since dead . Her habitation was a wretched thatched hovel , situated on the way to Islington in the purlieus of Clerkenwell Bridewell , not ...
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... hear them say , -At fam'd Soho Bazaar . ( Song . ) Oh how I've wish'd for some time back To ride to the Bazaar , And I declare the day looks fair Now won't you go , mamma ? For there our friends we're sure to meet , So let us haste away ...
... hear them say , -At fam'd Soho Bazaar . ( Song . ) Oh how I've wish'd for some time back To ride to the Bazaar , And I declare the day looks fair Now won't you go , mamma ? For there our friends we're sure to meet , So let us haste away ...
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... Hear poor folks from ) , and there on humble knees Lift up her trembling hands to holy Pan , And beg his helps : ' tis possible to think , That Heav'n , which holds the purest vows most rich , May not permit her still to weep in vain ...
... Hear poor folks from ) , and there on humble knees Lift up her trembling hands to holy Pan , And beg his helps : ' tis possible to think , That Heav'n , which holds the purest vows most rich , May not permit her still to weep in vain ...
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... hear reasons why wages should be more moderate , and at the conclusion , when you would suppose they were either willing , in some measure , to accede to the terms , or to offer reasons why they should not , you were mortified to know ...
... hear reasons why wages should be more moderate , and at the conclusion , when you would suppose they were either willing , in some measure , to accede to the terms , or to offer reasons why they should not , you were mortified to know ...
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Página 789 - And every want to luxury allied, And every pang that folly pays to pride. Those gentle hours that plenty bade to bloom, Those calm desires that...
Página 445 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Página 789 - A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life requir'd, but gave no more : His best companions, innocence and health ; And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.
Página 137 - Old man ! there is no power in holy men, Nor charm in prayer — nor purifying form Of penitence — nor outward look — nor fast — Nor agony — nor, greater than all these, The innate tortures of that deep despair, Which is remorse without the fear of hell, But all in all sufficient to itself Would make a hell of heaven— can exorcise From out the unbounded spirit, the quick sense Of its own sins, wrongs, sufferance, and revenge Upon itself; there is no future pang Can deal that justice on...
Página 789 - Those healthful sports that graced the peaceful scene, Lived in each. look, and brightened all the green; These, far departing, seek a kinder shore, And rural mirth and manners are no more.
Página 811 - The worm that draws a long immoderate size, The trout abhors, and the rank morsel flies ; And, if too small, the naked fraud's in sight, And fear forbids, while hunger does invite. Those baits will best reward the fisher's pains, Whose...
Página 743 - ... pace, with an air and a grace, swimming about, now in and now out, with a deal of state, in a figure of eight, without pipe or string, or any such thing; and now I have writ, in a rhyming fit, what will make you dance, and as you advance, will keep you still, though against your will, dancing away, alert and gay, till you come to an end of what I have...
Página 251 - 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, To-who ; Tu-whit, to-who, a merry note. While greasy Joan doth keel the pot...
Página 341 - Go boldly forth, my simple lay, Whose accents flow with artless ease, Like orient pearls at random strung...
Página 811 - To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride: Let Nature guide thee; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require: The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wings : Silks of all colours must their aid impart, And every fur promote the fisher's art.