Once Upon a Time, Volumen2J. Murray, 1854 |
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... face , which is somewhat lighted up in the evening sun by the magnum of generous claret which he has been sharing with his friend . The other moves a little unsteadily , with a hesitating step , which is not improved by the wine he has ...
... face , which is somewhat lighted up in the evening sun by the magnum of generous claret which he has been sharing with his friend . The other moves a little unsteadily , with a hesitating step , which is not improved by the wine he has ...
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... faces " which he loved , filled up with a haste that appeared quite unnecessary , if not insulting . One solitary country shopkeeper , who had come to London once a year during a long life , clung to our sable friend ; for he was the ...
... faces " which he loved , filled up with a haste that appeared quite unnecessary , if not insulting . One solitary country shopkeeper , who had come to London once a year during a long life , clung to our sable friend ; for he was the ...
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... face . " The dangers of opened vaults , and of mighty holes in the paving , fenced round with no protect- ing rail , and illuminated only by a glimmering rushlight in a dark street , seem to belong altoge- ther to some barbaric region ...
... face . " The dangers of opened vaults , and of mighty holes in the paving , fenced round with no protect- ing rail , and illuminated only by a glimmering rushlight in a dark street , seem to belong altoge- ther to some barbaric region ...
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... face of the shows , the gilding and varnish of the gaiety , fills the imagination . At Vauxhall we see Prince Lobkowitz's footmen , in very rich new liveries , bearing torches , and the Prince himself in a new sky - blue watered tabby ...
... face of the shows , the gilding and varnish of the gaiety , fills the imagination . At Vauxhall we see Prince Lobkowitz's footmen , in very rich new liveries , bearing torches , and the Prince himself in a new sky - blue watered tabby ...
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... France they spoil us ; " here the aristocrat is coquetting with the honours of author- ship in the face of his brother author . Perhaps the whole was meant for skilful flattery . Walpole's real WALPOLE'S WORLD OF LETTERS . 71.
... France they spoil us ; " here the aristocrat is coquetting with the honours of author- ship in the face of his brother author . Perhaps the whole was meant for skilful flattery . Walpole's real WALPOLE'S WORLD OF LETTERS . 71.
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Página 136 - Theirs is yon House that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door ; There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day ;— There children dwell who know no parents...
Página 137 - Anon, a Figure enters, quaintly neat, All pride and business, bustle and conceit ; With looks unalter'd by these scenes of woe, With speed that, entering, speaks his haste to go ; He bids the gazing throng around him fly, And carries Fate and Physic in his eye...
Página 85 - MDCCLXV. .LHE following work was found in the library of an ancient catholic family in the north of England. It was printed at Naples, in the black letter, in the year 1529.
Página 79 - My dear Sir, you don't call Rousseau bad company. Do you really think him a bad man?" JOHNSON. "Sir, if you are talking jestingly of this, I don't talk with you. If you mean to be serious, I think him one of the worst of men; a rascal, who ought to be hunted out of society, as he has been. Three or four nations have expelled him: and it is a shame that he is protected in this country.
Página 14 - Box'd in a chair, the beau impatient sits, While spouts run clattering o'er the roof by fits, And ever and anon with frightful din The leather sounds ; he trembles from within.
Página 54 - ... one tallow candle at the end, we tumbled over the bed of the child, to whom the ghost comes, and whom they are murdering by inches in such insufferable heat and stench. At the top of the room are ropes to dry clothes. I asked if we were to have rope-dancing between the acts ? We...
Página 36 - Like bold Briareus, with a hundred hands ; To stir, to rouse, to shake the soul he comes, And Jove's own Thunders follow Mars's Drums. Arrest him, Empress ; or you sleep no more — " She heard, and drove him to th
Página 293 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain; Teach him, that states of native strength...