Crayon Sketches, Volumen1Conner and Cooke, 1833 |
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... gentleman , the leader , the looked - up - to of the society , one skilled in quibbles , quotations , and paradoxes ; who thinks truth be- neath his advocacy , and makes a point of taking what is called the " difficult side of the ...
... gentleman , the leader , the looked - up - to of the society , one skilled in quibbles , quotations , and paradoxes ; who thinks truth be- neath his advocacy , and makes a point of taking what is called the " difficult side of the ...
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... gentlemen with small salaries and correspond- ing capacities , who , in other authors , have language admirably adapted to their modes of thinking and expression put into their mouths , have frequently , when doing their work in ...
... gentlemen with small salaries and correspond- ing capacities , who , in other authors , have language admirably adapted to their modes of thinking and expression put into their mouths , have frequently , when doing their work in ...
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... gentleman who shall be known to be in any way concerned in the consumption of ardent spirits , ( except as a medicine . " ) - American Paper . AMIABLE young ladies ! —Is this thing so ? Has the decree indeed irrevocably gone forth ...
... gentleman who shall be known to be in any way concerned in the consumption of ardent spirits , ( except as a medicine . " ) - American Paper . AMIABLE young ladies ! —Is this thing so ? Has the decree indeed irrevocably gone forth ...
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... gentlemen experience after a glass or so . Suppose , in the midst of your sipping and chatting , the warm , comfortable tea - urn was to be removed , and a pitcher of cold water substituted in its place ! " Will you take another cup ...
... gentlemen experience after a glass or so . Suppose , in the midst of your sipping and chatting , the warm , comfortable tea - urn was to be removed , and a pitcher of cold water substituted in its place ! " Will you take another cup ...
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William Cox Theodore Sedgwick Fay. Why several worthy gentlemen that were about to be very happy , become suddenly uncomfortable , go home in a bad humor , and quarrel with their wives about small domestic grievances . How much is virtue ...
William Cox Theodore Sedgwick Fay. Why several worthy gentlemen that were about to be very happy , become suddenly uncomfortable , go home in a bad humor , and quarrel with their wives about small domestic grievances . How much is virtue ...
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Página 153 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things: For no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known ; riches, poverty, And use of service, none; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil; No occupation; all men idle, all, And women too, but innocent and pure : No sovereignty— Seb.
Página 71 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink; lest they drink and forget the law and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Página 215 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together: our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not ; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Página 136 - O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion: What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, An
Página 165 - As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Página 150 - Poor, and content, is rich, and rich enough; But riches, fineless, is as poor as winter, To him that ever fears he shall be poor : — Good heaven, the souls of all my tribe defend From jealousy ! Oth.
Página 200 - Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain: The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Página 169 - Ah me! for aught that ever I could read. Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth: But, either it was different in blood; Her.
Página 84 - Isna that ower true a doctrine?" said the prisoner "Isna my crown, my honour, removed? And what am I but a poor, wasted, wan-thriven tree, dug up by the roots, and flung out to waste in the highway, that man and beast may tread it under foot? I thought o' the bonny bit them that our father rooted out o...
Página 123 - There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled, and Mercy sigh'd farewell!