Facetiæ Cantabrigienses, by Socius1825 |
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... honour be it spoken , many a person in distress experienced his liberality ; and it was fre- quently bestowed on learned men and learned publica- tions , of which he was the unwearied patron . A FORTUNATE EXPEDIENT . A gentleman of ...
... honour be it spoken , many a person in distress experienced his liberality ; and it was fre- quently bestowed on learned men and learned publica- tions , of which he was the unwearied patron . A FORTUNATE EXPEDIENT . A gentleman of ...
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... honours , and the length of their titles , will suppose a man can possess any dig- nity or importance , with a name of one syllable , which can be pronounced in a second ? No , my friend , you must not think of Spain , unless you make ...
... honours , and the length of their titles , will suppose a man can possess any dig- nity or importance , with a name of one syllable , which can be pronounced in a second ? No , my friend , you must not think of Spain , unless you make ...
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... honour- ed it more than it deserved , for I hear they burnt it with the New Testament . " Which was the fact . COMPLAINT AND WISH . Dryden's wife complained to him that he was always reading , and took little notice of her , and ...
... honour- ed it more than it deserved , for I hear they burnt it with the New Testament . " Which was the fact . COMPLAINT AND WISH . Dryden's wife complained to him that he was always reading , and took little notice of her , and ...
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... honour and pleasure of your grace's society at Edinburgh ? " " Oh ! " said her grace , ` Edinburgh is a vile dull place : I hate it . " " Madam , " replied the gallant barrister , " the sun might as well say , there's a vile dark ...
... honour and pleasure of your grace's society at Edinburgh ? " " Oh ! " said her grace , ` Edinburgh is a vile dull place : I hate it . " " Madam , " replied the gallant barrister , " the sun might as well say , there's a vile dark ...
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... honours does the same thing ) , an act to keep in the schools . Paley was prepared with the mathematical question , and , referring to Johnson's Questiones Philoso- phicæ , a book then common in the University , in which the subject ...
... honours does the same thing ) , an act to keep in the schools . Paley was prepared with the mathematical question , and , referring to Johnson's Questiones Philoso- phicæ , a book then common in the University , in which the subject ...
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Página 177 - There is not wind enough in the air To move away the ringlet curl From the lovely lady's cheek — There is not wind enough to twirl The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances as often as dance it can, Hanging so light, and hanging so high, On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky.
Página 56 - Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, He had not the method of making a fortune : Could love and could hate, so was thought somewhat odd ; No very great wit ;— he believed in a God. A post or a pension he did not desire, But left Church and State to Charles Townshend and Squire.
Página 77 - Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Página 167 - Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried, And danced in triumph o'er the waters wide, The exulting sense - the pulse's maddening play, That thrills the wanderer of that trackless way?
Página 170 - By Heaven ! it is a splendid sight to see (For one who hath no friend, no brother there) Their rival scarfs of mix'd embroidery, Their various arms that glitter in the air!
Página 162 - Hey, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon!
Página 51 - I, that have borne a bag, be not now in my age forced in effect to bear a wallet; nor I, that desire to live to study, may not be driven to study to live.
Página 20 - Dashington ; a youth excelling In all the learning commonly provided For those who choose that classic station For finishing their education. That is — he understood computing The odds at any race or match ; Was a dead hand at pigeon-shooting ; Could kick up rows, knock down the watch, Play truant and the rake at random, Drink, tie cravats, and drive a tandem.
Página 138 - Gone to salute the rising morn. Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Página 138 - Fell thirst and famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest. Heard ye the din of battle bray, Lance to lance, and horse to horse ? Long years of havoc urge their destined course, And thro' the kindred squadrons mow their way.