Sancho: Or, The ProverbialistT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1816 - 178 páginas |
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... strike , in regular succession , the hours with his hand upon the table . Now , I do not mean to say that my aunt either clucked or struck for the benefit of the neighbourhood ; but she did what was quite as much to the purpose . 2.
... strike , in regular succession , the hours with his hand upon the table . Now , I do not mean to say that my aunt either clucked or struck for the benefit of the neighbourhood ; but she did what was quite as much to the purpose . 2.
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... means of promoting truth and peace in the family circle , flatly to controvert these sayings . But I often observed , that , about five minutes after the oracle had delivered its sentence , aunt Rachel quietly slipped out some ...
... means of promoting truth and peace in the family circle , flatly to controvert these sayings . But I often observed , that , about five minutes after the oracle had delivered its sentence , aunt Rachel quietly slipped out some ...
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... means occurred to me that " Number One " was the representative of so dignified a person as myself ; but , thinking exclusively of a very splendid set of numbered counters which she had given me a few days before , I very simply asked ...
... means occurred to me that " Number One " was the representative of so dignified a person as myself ; but , thinking exclusively of a very splendid set of numbered counters which she had given me a few days before , I very simply asked ...
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... means • Take care " of yourself alone . " " 66 " Oh , " said I , " aunt , now I do understand you ; and I am sure you will think me a very good boy , for I have just been taking care " " of Number One ' in the very way you mean , " by ...
... means • Take care " of yourself alone . " " 66 " Oh , " said I , " aunt , now I do understand you ; and I am sure you will think me a very good boy , for I have just been taking care " " of Number One ' in the very way you mean , " by ...
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... means of a slight trial , plumbed the depth of my ignorance , I was turned loose upon the school . Almost at the moment of my first entrance , a crowd of boys came round me , not merely to ascertain who I 1 was , but also what I had got ...
... means of a slight trial , plumbed the depth of my ignorance , I was turned loose upon the school . Almost at the moment of my first entrance , a crowd of boys came round me , not merely to ascertain who I 1 was , but also what I had got ...
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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...