The flowers of literature, or, Encyclopædia of anecdote, a coll. by W. Oxberry, Volumen1William Oxberry 1822 |
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... leaving his disconsolate wife on the beach , be- wailing his abrupt departure . The lady appeared deeply affected with this sudden and unexpected separation ; and jumping out of the litter , tore her dishevelled hair , and dis- tributed ...
... leaving his disconsolate wife on the beach , be- wailing his abrupt departure . The lady appeared deeply affected with this sudden and unexpected separation ; and jumping out of the litter , tore her dishevelled hair , and dis- tributed ...
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... leaves of this drug , which is a kind of hemp , are called el hashisha ; the flower of the plant is called el keef , and is much more powerful in its in- ebriating quality than the hashisha ; but a pipe of the latter will have as ...
... leaves of this drug , which is a kind of hemp , are called el hashisha ; the flower of the plant is called el keef , and is much more powerful in its in- ebriating quality than the hashisha ; but a pipe of the latter will have as ...
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... leaving them , the infatuation hangs about me , and when I Locke them up , it has an effect upon their under- standings , for they are aware they will not get any more pro- vender till the next day . Should this Tickel your fancy , I ...
... leaving them , the infatuation hangs about me , and when I Locke them up , it has an effect upon their under- standings , for they are aware they will not get any more pro- vender till the next day . Should this Tickel your fancy , I ...
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... leaves school for college . THE CORONATION OATH . The Archbishop or Bishop shall say , " Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the People of this Kingdom of England , and the Dominions thereto belonging , according to the ...
... leaves school for college . THE CORONATION OATH . The Archbishop or Bishop shall say , " Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the People of this Kingdom of England , and the Dominions thereto belonging , according to the ...
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... leaving only her brother in the house ; that returning home early in the morning , and finding that her father and brother were both absent , she was much alarmed , and sent for some of the neighbours to con- sult with them , and to ...
... leaving only her brother in the house ; that returning home early in the morning , and finding that her father and brother were both absent , she was much alarmed , and sent for some of the neighbours to con- sult with them , and to ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 111 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Página 43 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by the law? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
Página 287 - Of hair-breadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach, Of being taken by the insolent foe And sold to slavery, of my redemption thence, And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process: And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
Página 101 - Love had he found in huts where poor Men lie : His daily Teachers had been Woods and Rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
Página 168 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Página 47 - Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes, And being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again.
Página 58 - And it shall be upon Aaron to minister : and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die not.
Página 78 - The person who told me her story had seen her at a masquerade. There can be no exhibition of fargone wretchedness more striking and painful than to meet it in such a scene. To find it wandering like a spectre, lonely and joyless, where all around is gay — to see it dressed out in the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and woebegone, as if it had tried in vain to cheat the poor heart into a momentary forgetfulness of sorrow.
Página 77 - ... lamented the stern policy that dictated his execution. But there was one heart, whose anguish it would be impossible to describe. In happier days and fairer fortunes, he had won the affections of a beautiful and interesting girl, the daughter of a late celebrated Irish barrister. She loved him with the disinterested fervour of a woman's first and early love.
Página 286 - Zounds, sir, you are robb'd ; for shame, put on your gown ; Your heart is burst, you have lost half your soul ; Even now, very now, an old black ram Is tupping your white ewe.