Memoirs of the forty-five first years of the life of James Lackington, bookseller. Written by himself, in 47 letters to a friendWhittaker Treacher & Arnot, 1827 |
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第 1 到 5 筆結果,共 87 筆
第 xix 頁
... eunuch's melancholy spite , They growl at you , because they cannot write ; A gloomy silence , envy's pang imparts , Or some cold hint betrays their canker'd hearts . " But the rapid sale of this Life soon caused them PREFACE ...
... eunuch's melancholy spite , They growl at you , because they cannot write ; A gloomy silence , envy's pang imparts , Or some cold hint betrays their canker'd hearts . " But the rapid sale of this Life soon caused them PREFACE ...
第 xx 頁
... soon convinced , that meanness can never be exchanged for generosity ; and that those who had been " unclean were unclean still ; " or , as Churchill says , " That envy , which was woven in the frame At first , will to the last remain ...
... soon convinced , that meanness can never be exchanged for generosity ; and that those who had been " unclean were unclean still ; " or , as Churchill says , " That envy , which was woven in the frame At first , will to the last remain ...
第 33 頁
... soon as he found he was more at ease in his circumstances , he contracted a fatal habit of drinking , and of course his business was neglected ; so that after several fruitless attempts of my grandfather to keep him in trade , he was ...
... soon as he found he was more at ease in his circumstances , he contracted a fatal habit of drinking , and of course his business was neglected ; so that after several fruitless attempts of my grandfather to keep him in trade , he was ...
第 35 頁
... soon ? " - DEAR FRIEND , VILLAGE CURATE . As I was the eldest , and my father for the first few years a careful hard - working man , I fared something better than my brothers and sisters . I was put for two or three years to a day ...
... soon ? " - DEAR FRIEND , VILLAGE CURATE . As I was the eldest , and my father for the first few years a careful hard - working man , I fared something better than my brothers and sisters . I was put for two or three years to a day ...
第 36 頁
... soon at an end , when my mother became so poor that she could not afford the mighty sum of two - pence per week for my schooling . Besides , I was obliged to supply the place of a nurse to several of my brothers and sisters . The ...
... soon at an end , when my mother became so poor that she could not afford the mighty sum of two - pence per week for my schooling . Besides , I was obliged to supply the place of a nurse to several of my brothers and sisters . The ...
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第 344 頁 - The burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father; For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, Forgive us all that is past; And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please thee In newness of life, To the honour and glory of thy name; Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
第 93 頁 - Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
第 105 頁 - Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those call it Pleasure, and Contentment these...
第 158 頁 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
第 165 頁 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
第 291 頁 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my...
第 240 頁 - Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain. Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise ! * Each stamps its image as the other flies.
第 220 頁 - Mankind's dishonest; if you think it fair Amongst known cheats to play upon the square, You'll be undone — Nor can weak truth your reputation save: The knaves will all agree to call you knave. Wrong'd shall he live, insulted o'er, opprest, Who dares be less a villain than the rest.
第 110 頁 - She never feels the spleen's imagin'd pains, Nor melancholy stagnates in her veins ; She never loses life in thoughtless ease, Nor on the velvet couch invites disease ; Her home-spun dress in simple neatness lies, And for no glaring equipage she sighs : Her reputation, which is all her boast, In a malicious visit ne'er was lost ; No midnight masquerade her beauty wears, And health, not paint, the fading bloom repairs.
第 50 頁 - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...