The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous ... : Drawn from the Life, Volumen2Methuen, 1826 |
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... better make it for the pupilage of perpetual card - players , and let them take their degrees by the cleverness in odd tricks , or their ability in shuffling . " No offence , Gregory . " " No wonder they have their decrepit ones , their ...
... better make it for the pupilage of perpetual card - players , and let them take their degrees by the cleverness in odd tricks , or their ability in shuffling . " No offence , Gregory . " " No wonder they have their decrepit ones , their ...
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... better understands the art of intrigue ; and she is , moreover , a travelled dame , not deficient in intellect , full of anecdote ; and as conjugation and declension go hand in hand with some men of taste , she has risen into notice ...
... better understands the art of intrigue ; and she is , moreover , a travelled dame , not deficient in intellect , full of anecdote ; and as conjugation and declension go hand in hand with some men of taste , she has risen into notice ...
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... better of his understanding , for in shouting long life to the dedicatory saint , he lost his own - missed his footing , and pitched over the scaffold like an odd chimney - pot in a high wind , and came down smash to the bottom with a ...
... better of his understanding , for in shouting long life to the dedicatory saint , he lost his own - missed his footing , and pitched over the scaffold like an odd chimney - pot in a high wind , and came down smash to the bottom with a ...
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... better of her love of gain ; her pride was wounded to see a sister flirting with her affianced lord , and in a moment of irritation , she in a most unequivocal manner publicly asserted her right to his person the gallant yielded , the ...
... better of her love of gain ; her pride was wounded to see a sister flirting with her affianced lord , and in a moment of irritation , she in a most unequivocal manner publicly asserted her right to his person the gallant yielded , the ...
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... better to secure his assent to her request , but not a muscle of the comedian gave the least encouragement . The little citizens , who were huddled round their mamma , and had been staring at the actor in anxious expectation , were ...
... better to secure his assent to her request , but not a muscle of the comedian gave the least encouragement . The little citizens , who were huddled round their mamma , and had been staring at the actor in anxious expectation , were ...
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Página 270 - All hail, great master! grave sir, hail ! I come To answer thy best pleasure ; be't to fly, To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride On the curl'd clouds ; to thy strong bidding, task Ariel, and all his quality.
Página 278 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Página 277 - Not to a rage: patience and sorrow strove Who should express her goodliest. You have seen Sunshine and rain at once: her smiles and tears Were like a better way: those happy smilets That play'd on her ripe lip seem'd not to know What guests were in her eyes; which parted thence As pearls from diamonds dropp'd.