Belgravia, Volumen39Willmer & Rogers, 1879 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
answered Arachnidan asked automaton Barberon BELGRAVIA believe better brother Busca called Charlton cicisbeo Clarkson Fielding course Cricket dear door Drummer Dublin dumb-show eyes face father feel felt Francesco friends Gabrielle Vanthorpe Gabrielle's gave girl give gone Gualdro hand happy head heard heart hope Janet Kempelen knew La Scala Lady Honeybell Lefussis live London looked Madame Major Leven Marietta marriage marry matter Matterhorn means Mephisto Michael Michael Hazell Milan mind Miss Holt morning move never night once pantomime Parini passed Patchett Paulina perhaps person play Polly poor present Saddell Sarah scholar's mate seemed Signor Sir Wilberforce Smock Alley sort speak spinnerets strange street suppose sure tell theatre thing thought tion told took turned wait Walter Taxal Walton wife wish woman words young
Pasajes populares
Página 434 - The losse or thine or mine. If thou, my deere, a winner be At trundling of the ball, The wager thou shalt have, and me, And my misfortunes all.
Página 395 - Much like a subtle spider which doth sit, In middle of her web, which spreadeth wide ; If aught do touch the utmost thread of it, She feels it instantly on every side.
Página 434 - England, which consists in simply setting a stool upon the ground, and one of the players takes his place before it, while his antagonist, standing at a distance, tosses a ball with the intention of striking the stool ; aud this it is the business of the former to prevent by beating it away with the hand, reckoning one to the game for every stroke of the ball...
Página 65 - ' he says, ' ' the ermine trimmings of the Turk's outer garment move once or twice, when the figure, should have been quite motionless, and that a confederate is concealed is past all doubt ; for they only exhibit the automaton from one to two...
Página 440 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Página 47 - But the feeding of the rivers and the purifying of the winds are the least of the services appointed to the hills. To fill the thirst of the human heart for the beauty of God's working, — to startle its lethargy with the deep and pure agitation of astonishment, — are their higher missions.
Página 394 - ... perfectly unadhesive. As the globules, therefore, and the line on which they are disposed, differ so essentially from each other and from the radii, it is reasonable to infer that the physical constitution of these several portions of the net must be dissimilar. An estimate...
Página 434 - Sweet sillabubs, and lip-lov'd tansey, For William is prepared by Nancy. Much time is wasted now away, At pigeon-holes, and nine-pin play, Whilst hob-nail Dick, and simpring Frances, Trip it away in country dances ; At stool-ball and at barley-break, Wherewith they harmless pastime make.
Página 297 - ... shields upon their left arms : the axle-tree was taken by another — it was a spear : the body of the chariot also took to pieces, and the whole was converted into swords, javelins, lances, standards, &c. ; each soldier, thus armed, arranged himself at the sides of the stage, and Alexander standing in the centre began his speech.
Página 69 - AB c of a catechism. The interior pieces of clock-work — the wheels and make-weight apparatus, were all equally moveable ; and additional assistance was thus yielded to the fraud. Even the trunk of the Automaton was used as a hiding-place, in its turn, for part of the player's body.