Sancho: Or, The ProverbialistT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1816 - 178 páginas |
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... become possessed of a second child , they begin to dis- cover the immeasurable mischief of spoiling the first . But I leave solutions to philosophers , and simply state the fact , that such was the case with my two aunts . Indeed , I ...
... become possessed of a second child , they begin to dis- cover the immeasurable mischief of spoiling the first . But I leave solutions to philosophers , and simply state the fact , that such was the case with my two aunts . Indeed , I ...
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... become sole proprietor , occupier , and administrator of the afore - mentioned accumulation of cakes and sweetmeats , on which , by a reasonable calcu- lation , I might hope to live , if they themselves did not kill me , for at least a ...
... become sole proprietor , occupier , and administrator of the afore - mentioned accumulation of cakes and sweetmeats , on which , by a reasonable calcu- lation , I might hope to live , if they themselves did not kill me , for at least a ...
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... become possessed of a knife , an article which my aunt , in tender love to my person , had always denied me , and , watching an opportu- nity , I found the desk of its owner open , and carried it off in triumph . But this triumph was ...
... become possessed of a knife , an article which my aunt , in tender love to my person , had always denied me , and , watching an opportu- nity , I found the desk of its owner open , and carried it off in triumph . But this triumph was ...
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... becoming more irksome and intolerable . De- jected and ashamed , with no friends but one or two to whom my suppleness was convenient , I dragged on a miserable existence . And such an existence I should probably have continued to drag ...
... becoming more irksome and intolerable . De- jected and ashamed , with no friends but one or two to whom my suppleness was convenient , I dragged on a miserable existence . And such an existence I should probably have continued to drag ...
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... become a friend to every other person . " My aunt said no more , but took ( which in her case was always both a cause and a conse- quence of joy ) an enormous pinch of snuff at either nostril , gave me her hand with an inde- scribable ...
... become a friend to every other person . " My aunt said no more , but took ( which in her case was always both a cause and a conse- quence of joy ) an enormous pinch of snuff at either nostril , gave me her hand with an inde- scribable ...
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Página 159 - By thine Agony and bloody Sweat ; by thy Cross and Passion ; by thy precious Death and Burial ; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension ; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us.
Página 103 - ... exclaim, • Give them bark ! give them bark ! and let not an European perish, whom it is possible for a Peruvian to save.' Thus far all would be well. But conceive, instead of the assembly being permitted to act upon this benevolent decision, some Peruvian, of an age in which the prevalence of policy or mere prudence over justice and benevolence is more intelligible and pardonable, to arise, and thus to address his countrymen: • " ' Peruvians, you are far too precipitate. Consider, I beseech...
Página 99 - A fool and his money are soon parted ;" " A penny saved is a penny got;" " Money makes the man;" and who could resist such accumulated authorities?
Página 107 - Obey the eleventh," said the archbishop, "and you certainly will. — A new " commandment I give unto you, — that ye love
Página 105 - I'eruvums, are my reasons for opposing the wish of the speaker; and whoever promotes it, or opposes me, is a madman, and an enemy both to the Incas and the Great Spirit.'
Página 102 - I then thought looked old enough to know better) arose, and thus addressed the assembly : " Instead, sir, of replying directly to the reasonings of the speaker who has preceded me, I will simply put another case, and request his decision upon it. Suppose, instead of the present assembly, a thousand Peruvians convened on the banks of the Amazon, to take into consideration a supplication from the nations of Europe to supply them with that bark of Peru, which...
Página 100 - Heathen, convened a meeting near my aunt's mansion-house, to consider the means of extending to about sixty millions of poor idolatrous Hindoos the knowledge of Christianity. Now, whatever Religion and sound Wisdom might urge upon so plain a point, mere Prudence could not but be alarmed at an attempt, however quiet, to disturb the creed of sixty millions of people. Accordingly, having entered the assembly, I rose, and to the admiration of my aunt, made the following oration. '" I rise, Sir, to oppose...