Then and NowHutchinson, 1901 - 333 páginas |
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... Ordinarily the questions , commentaries , and specu- lations of the ingenuus puer delight , though they defy explanation . It was told to me by his near relation that a bright little fellow , very fond of horses 14 Then and Now.
... Ordinarily the questions , commentaries , and specu- lations of the ingenuus puer delight , though they defy explanation . It was told to me by his near relation that a bright little fellow , very fond of horses 14 Then and Now.
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Samuel Reynolds Hole. that a bright little fellow , very fond of horses and poultry , came home from a walk in a state of great perplexity to inform his mother that " The mare in the paddock has got a foal , and we never saw her sitting ...
Samuel Reynolds Hole. that a bright little fellow , very fond of horses and poultry , came home from a walk in a state of great perplexity to inform his mother that " The mare in the paddock has got a foal , and we never saw her sitting ...
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... horse . Many of our county councils are doing admirable work in establishing school gardens , cottage gardens , and allotments , under the supervision of experts , for boys and men , and in sending out teachers of cookery and ...
... horse . Many of our county councils are doing admirable work in establishing school gardens , cottage gardens , and allotments , under the supervision of experts , for boys and men , and in sending out teachers of cookery and ...
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... a gallop on a fast horse over the downs to the sea , like a sail upon the sea itself to some Isola Bella , when the air becomes more fragrant to to the mariners drawing nigh to Araby the Blest ; or , in a more apt 34 Then and Now.
... a gallop on a fast horse over the downs to the sea , like a sail upon the sea itself to some Isola Bella , when the air becomes more fragrant to to the mariners drawing nigh to Araby the Blest ; or , in a more apt 34 Then and Now.
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... horse . A gentleman is not obviously greedy . At breakfast in a country house an elderly lady was asked in my hearing what she thought of the gentleman who had taken her in to dinner on the night preceding . She replied that according ...
... horse . A gentleman is not obviously greedy . At breakfast in a country house an elderly lady was asked in my hearing what she thought of the gentleman who had taken her in to dinner on the night preceding . She replied that according ...
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admiration apostle spoons asked attire Audi alteram partem ball beautiful Belgravia believe bishop boys Caunton Charles Dickens cheerful child Christian Church clergy congregation Cornelius Nepos cricket Dark Lady delight desire dinner drink drunkenness duty England excellent father Florence Nightingale football Fuller Pilch garden gentleman George Stephenson give golf happy hear heard hearers heart honour horse hospitals hounds ignorance Joe Guy John Leech knew lady laity living London Lord master master of hounds mind neighbours never noble nurses parish peril persons played poor preach preacher present Queen regarded remember seemed seen sermons servants sorrow speak spirit squire suggested sweet sympathy teetotal tell temperance things thou thought told village voice women words worship young Zachary Macaulay
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Página 56 - I have taken notice of it, has never in all that time asked anything of me for himself, though he is every day soliciting me for something in behalf of one or other of my tenants, his parishioners. There has not been a lawsuit in the parish since he has lived among them; if any dispute arises they apply themselves to him for the decision; if they do- not acquiesce in his judgment, which I think never happened above once, or twice at most, they appeal to me.
Página 285 - For the love of God is broader Than the measures of man's mind, And the heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind...
Página 222 - And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
Página 113 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Página 79 - What years, i' faith ? Vio. About your years, my lord. Duke. Too old, by heaven; let still the woman take An elder than herself ; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are.
Página 87 - But go to ! thy love Shall chant itself its own beatitudes, After its own life-working. A child's kiss, Set on thy sighing lips, shall make thee glad: A poor man, served by thee, shall make thee rich ; An old man, helped by thee, shall make thee strong; Thou shalt be served thyself by every sense Of service which thou renderest.
Página 61 - tis the soul of peace ; Of all the virtues 'tis nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breath'd.
Página 5 - O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted...
Página 60 - It is to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise, and, possessing all these qualities, to exercise them in the most graceful outward manner.