Sancho: Or, The ProverbialistT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1816 - 178 páginas |
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... gentle elevation of the corners , which is not an unusual symbol of satisfaction with ourselves , and of a kind of quiet contempt for others . She B was neatness itself ; so that if the Hindoos , CHAP I A Family Picture.
... gentle elevation of the corners , which is not an unusual symbol of satisfaction with ourselves , and of a kind of quiet contempt for others . She B was neatness itself ; so that if the Hindoos , CHAP I A Family Picture.
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... every uninspired oracle of this kind she had an almost incredible familiarity . She ate , she drank , she walked , she lived , and , what was worse , as I had no choice in the matter , she constrained me to eat , to drink , to walk B 4.
... every uninspired oracle of this kind she had an almost incredible familiarity . She ate , she drank , she walked , she lived , and , what was worse , as I had no choice in the matter , she constrained me to eat , to drink , to walk B 4.
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... kind , to her un- bounded mortification , entirely to misapprehend it ; and thus it was now . When my aunt , there- fore , authoritatively and solemnly pronounced the words " Take care of Number One , " it by no means occurred to me ...
... kind , to her un- bounded mortification , entirely to misapprehend it ; and thus it was now . When my aunt , there- fore , authoritatively and solemnly pronounced the words " Take care of Number One , " it by no means occurred to me ...
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... kind , and even with accumulated in- terest , for my attack upon one of their as- sociates . And , as naturally no one of them could endure to be outdone by the rest in the demonstration of his loyalty and fidelity to so good a cause ...
... kind , and even with accumulated in- terest , for my attack upon one of their as- sociates . And , as naturally no one of them could endure to be outdone by the rest in the demonstration of his loyalty and fidelity to so good a cause ...
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... kind , I shall take the more honest method of at once referring my readers to Virgil for a full and particular account of the whole transaction . Let them but conceive , which is by no means difficult , my aunt to be Juno , and her face ...
... kind , I shall take the more honest method of at once referring my readers to Virgil for a full and particular account of the whole transaction . Let them but conceive , which is by no means difficult , my aunt to be Juno , and her face ...
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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...