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第11页
... carried him so far , that he prognosticated the time would shortly arrive , when by steam and railroad , “ a man might travel from Brighton to London in less time than he could stay at home ! " Of course it must be by the line with- out ...
... carried him so far , that he prognosticated the time would shortly arrive , when by steam and railroad , “ a man might travel from Brighton to London in less time than he could stay at home ! " Of course it must be by the line with- out ...
第14页
... carry a club to keep the ladies off . HYPERION TO A SATYR . 6 THE celebrated Eclipse ' must have been a fool to the horse that won the gold cup at the last Boston Races . He was so swift that a flash of lightning was once known to be a ...
... carry a club to keep the ladies off . HYPERION TO A SATYR . 6 THE celebrated Eclipse ' must have been a fool to the horse that won the gold cup at the last Boston Races . He was so swift that a flash of lightning was once known to be a ...
第30页
... carried the tea- to see that every one had cream and sugar , and to hold his tongue . He did his part with an earnest face , stepping industriously from guest to guest . When he made the circuit and reached the door , a doubt struck him ...
... carried the tea- to see that every one had cream and sugar , and to hold his tongue . He did his part with an earnest face , stepping industriously from guest to guest . When he made the circuit and reached the door , a doubt struck him ...
第54页
... carried off by the stream . She was in great distress at this mishap till the farmer assured her that he would give her a character ; and this pledge he redeemed on their arrival at a house on the opposite side , in the following pithy ...
... carried off by the stream . She was in great distress at this mishap till the farmer assured her that he would give her a character ; and this pledge he redeemed on their arrival at a house on the opposite side , in the following pithy ...
第70页
... carried him to their rendezvous on an unfrequented island , where amongst many other captives he met with the man for whose supposed murder he had lost his civil rights , and had on his account been hanged and gibbeted . Explanations on ...
... carried him to their rendezvous on an unfrequented island , where amongst many other captives he met with the man for whose supposed murder he had lost his civil rights , and had on his account been hanged and gibbeted . Explanations on ...
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AMERICAN anecdote answer asked Baltimore Clipper BEAU BRUMMELL Beau Nash beauty better Bob Sawyer called CHEAPSIDE church court cuckoo dead dear death dine dinner doctor drink exclaimed eyes father feel gentleman give guineas hand happy head heart Hibernian honour horse hour inquired Irish kiss lately laugh lawyer legs LITTLE MANORS live look Lord Lord Mansfield Machico marriage married ment mind morning mother nature never night NINE TAILORS nose observed once pass passion person PLATONIC LOVE pleasure pocket poor preach present racter religion replied rich round Rowland Hill SAM SLICK says Sir William Wyndham smile soul speak spirit sure tarnation tell things thou thought tion tism told took turn walk werry wife wine woman words Yankee
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第17页 - Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow And coughing drowns the parson's saw And birds sit brooding in the snow And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who...
第202页 - And let us linger in this place, for an instant, to remark, that if ever household affections and loves are graceful things, they are graceful in the poor. The ties that bind the. wealthy and the proud to home, may be forged on earth ; but those which link the poor man to his humble hearth, are of the true metal, and bear the stamp of heaven.
第243页 - Royal brother,' returned Richard, 'recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit. He forgets neither friend nor foe, remembers, and with accuracy, both benefit and injury. He hath a share of man's intelligence, but no share of man's falsehood. You may bribe a soldier to slay a man with his sword, or a witness to take life by false accusation ; but you cannot make a hound tear his benefactor...
第104页 - has your father a grindstone?" "Yes, sir," said I. "You are a fine little fellow," said he; "will you let me grind my axe on it?
第105页 - When I see a merchant over polite to his customers, — begging them to take a little brandy, and throwing his goods on the counter, — thinks I, That man has an axe to grind. When I see a man flattering the people, making great professions of attachment to liberty, who is in private life a tyrant, methinks, Look out, good people ! that fellow would set you turning grindstones.
第105页 - You are a fine little fellow," said he; "will you let me grind my axe on it?" Pleased with the compliment of "fine little fellow," "Oh yes, sir," I answered : "it is down in the shop." "And will you, my man," said he, patting me on the head, "get me a little hot water?
第262页 - ... a fair face and a full light, and then he shines one whole day, under a cloud often, and sometimes weeping great and little showers, and sets quickly: so is a man's reason and his life. He first begins to perceive himself to see or taste, making little reflections upon his actions of sense, and can discourse of flies and dogs, shells and play, horses and liberty: but when he is strong enough to enter into arts and little institutions, he is at first entertained with trifles and impertinent things,...
第263页 - ... of flies and dogs, shells and play, horses and liberty : but when he is strong enough to enter into arts and little institutions, he is at first entertained with trifles and impertinent things, not because he needs them, but because his understanding is no bigger, and little images of things are laid before him, like a cock-boat to a whale, only to play withal : but before a man comes to be wise, he is half dead with gouts and consumptions, with catarrhs and aches, with sore eyes and a worn-out...
第246页 - The Cardinal rose with a dignified look, He call'd for his candle, his bell, and his book! In holy anger, and pious grief, He solemnly cursed that rascally thief! He cursed him at board, he cursed him in bed; From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head; He cursed him in sleeping, that every night He should dream of the devil, and wake in a fright; He cursed him in eating, he cursed him in drinking, He cursed him in coughing, in sneezing...
第110页 - ... the third ; and on the fourth, if he never intends to be married. — When a lady is not engaged, she wears a hoop or diamond on her first finger ; if engaged, on the second ; if married, on the third ; and on the fourth if she intends to die a maid.