The Gossip; or, Literary, domestic, and useful recorder, by Francis Fiddlewood1826 |
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... honour of hav- ing given Homer birth . " Mr. Twaddle was brought up to the quill : his father being , as above set forth , zealous in his calling , was anxious to behold his son become a limb of the law . The reader knows that this is a ...
... honour of hav- ing given Homer birth . " Mr. Twaddle was brought up to the quill : his father being , as above set forth , zealous in his calling , was anxious to behold his son become a limb of the law . The reader knows that this is a ...
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... Honour , Honour , Honour . " These lines are very fine , but I have to remark that A poet passed and saw them , And wrote these lines below them : - " Ob Death ! more subtle than a fox , Had this calf liv'd to be an ox , He might ...
... Honour , Honour , Honour . " These lines are very fine , but I have to remark that A poet passed and saw them , And wrote these lines below them : - " Ob Death ! more subtle than a fox , Had this calf liv'd to be an ox , He might ...
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... honour - no sure , and Paddy does not expect to ate - he's nothing at all to ate ! " The humane man sent a large basin of mixture from a tureen of soup then smoking on his table . --Cheltenham Journal . 5 Poetry . ON THE DEATH OF AN ...
... honour - no sure , and Paddy does not expect to ate - he's nothing at all to ate ! " The humane man sent a large basin of mixture from a tureen of soup then smoking on his table . --Cheltenham Journal . 5 Poetry . ON THE DEATH OF AN ...
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... honours in my own hand . -Yes ; and , as misfortune never , comes alone , his mother and sister are in a state of distraction.- Dear me ! that's bad - single , double , and the rub ! [ Exeunt , counting their money . ] What is a babbler ...
... honours in my own hand . -Yes ; and , as misfortune never , comes alone , his mother and sister are in a state of distraction.- Dear me ! that's bad - single , double , and the rub ! [ Exeunt , counting their money . ] What is a babbler ...
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... honour of Major Pumpkin he sent two boys off , at the same moment , to beg Mr. Shuffle and Mr. Rattlebrain to drink wine together . They had been enemies for the last twelvemonths , but this flag of truce , with apparent dryness , and a ...
... honour of Major Pumpkin he sent two boys off , at the same moment , to beg Mr. Shuffle and Mr. Rattlebrain to drink wine together . They had been enemies for the last twelvemonths , but this flag of truce , with apparent dryness , and a ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 337 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat ? Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Página 243 - The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Página 116 - It is the hour when lovers' vows Seem sweet in every whisper'd word ; And gentle winds, and waters near, Make music to the lonely ear. Each flower the dews have lightly wet, And in the sky the stars are met, And on the wave is deeper blue, And on the leaf a browner hue, And in the heaven that clear obscure, So softly dark, and darkly pure, Which follows the decline of day, As twilight melts beneath the moon away.
Página 291 - It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. For while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further; but when it beholdeth the chain of them, confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Página 103 - Shall it survey, shall it recall: Each fainter trace that memory holds So darkly of departed years, In one broad glance the soul beholds, And all, that was, at once appears.
Página 335 - They did not stay long, but walked down to the Thames, took a boat, and rowed to Billingsgate. Beauclerk and Johnson were so well pleased with their amusement, that they resolved to persevere in dissipation for the rest of the day : but Langton deserted them, being engaged to breakfast with some young Ladies. Johnson scolded him for ' leaving his social friends, to go and sit with a set of wretched un-idead girls.' Garrick being told of this ramble, said to him smartly, ' I heard of your frolick...
Página 306 - Where the hunter of deer and the warrior trode To his hills that encircle the sea. Yet wandering, I found on my ruinous walk, By the dial-stone aged and green, One rose of the wilderness left on its stalk, To mark where a garden had been. Like a brotherless hermit, the last of its race, All wild in the silence of nature, it drew, From each wandering sun-beam, a lonely embrace For the night-weed and thorn overshadow'd the place, Where the flower of my forefathers grew.
Página 335 - I'll have a frisk with you.' He was soon drest, and they sallied forth together into Covent-Garden, where the greengrocers and fruiterers were beginning to arrange their hampers, just come in from the country. Johnson made some attempts to help them ; but the honest gardeners stared so at his figure and manner, and odd interference, that he soon saw his services were not relished. They then repaired...
Página 21 - I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. 9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Página 7 - How much do you think you and I could get in a week, if we were to work as hard as we could?