Sancho: Or, The ProverbialistT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1816 - 178 páginas |
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... wish it had- but for Harry to bring Pug and two cats their breakfast . Exactly ten minutes after this , the first hissings of her own urn were heard ; and , at precisely ten , this great business in the life of an idle person being ...
... wish it had- but for Harry to bring Pug and two cats their breakfast . Exactly ten minutes after this , the first hissings of her own urn were heard ; and , at precisely ten , this great business in the life of an idle person being ...
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... wish that my aunt Rachel had lived to enjoy the benefit of this anecdote . 66 But , to proceed . - These complicated cir- cumstances produced a remarkable state of things in the family . The point to be ascer- tained in any given case ...
... wish that my aunt Rachel had lived to enjoy the benefit of this anecdote . 66 But , to proceed . - These complicated cir- cumstances produced a remarkable state of things in the family . The point to be ascer- tained in any given case ...
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... , The Proverbialist John William Cunningham. warfare of life , I entered upon my school career ; and whoever wishes to know the feats which I there performed has only to read the next chapter . CHAP . IV . THE HISTORY OF " NUMBER ONE 26.
... , The Proverbialist John William Cunningham. warfare of life , I entered upon my school career ; and whoever wishes to know the feats which I there performed has only to read the next chapter . CHAP . IV . THE HISTORY OF " NUMBER ONE 26.
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... wishes . - No sooner was the letter read by the two sisters than , as they had not heard the slightest breathing of my adventures at school , they both with eager voice demanded what could have led to so rapid and extraordinary a ...
... wishes . - No sooner was the letter read by the two sisters than , as they had not heard the slightest breathing of my adventures at school , they both with eager voice demanded what could have led to so rapid and extraordinary a ...
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... aunt's schemes . In the general devotion of all around to my particular convenience , appe- tites , and wishes , expressed or unexpressed , I found much to encourage me in that intense devotion to self which it was the object of her 83.
... aunt's schemes . In the general devotion of all around to my particular convenience , appe- tites , and wishes , expressed or unexpressed , I found much to encourage me in that intense devotion to self which it was the object of her 83.
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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...