The Metropolitan, Volumen 21James Cochrane, 1838 |
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... gave only trouble by their igno- rance . But in the sequel , perseverance prevailed . Though he who , as a gentleman , had been a bad scholar , proved as a farmer an indif- ferently agriculturist , the effort of being up early and late ...
... gave only trouble by their igno- rance . But in the sequel , perseverance prevailed . Though he who , as a gentleman , had been a bad scholar , proved as a farmer an indif- ferently agriculturist , the effort of being up early and late ...
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... strip of crisp rank herbage gave forth , in the early spring , a few specimens of hard , stiff , prickly- blossomed weeds , the wretched Flora of miserable Helisle . Till , at last , baffled of all hope to wander , the Nature and Art . 9.
... strip of crisp rank herbage gave forth , in the early spring , a few specimens of hard , stiff , prickly- blossomed weeds , the wretched Flora of miserable Helisle . Till , at last , baffled of all hope to wander , the Nature and Art . 9.
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... gave up coquetting with Harry Jermyn , and bandying witticisms with Rochester , to edify the world of fashion by the strict decorum of her maidenly reserve . While these glittering pageants were enacting in the vicinity of Whitehall ...
... gave up coquetting with Harry Jermyn , and bandying witticisms with Rochester , to edify the world of fashion by the strict decorum of her maidenly reserve . While these glittering pageants were enacting in the vicinity of Whitehall ...
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... gave them shelter on that first homeless night ; and even at that desolate moment , the poor widow felt , as she wept upon the head of her loving and lovely child , that a treasure was hers in the affections of her devoted Lucy , that ...
... gave them shelter on that first homeless night ; and even at that desolate moment , the poor widow felt , as she wept upon the head of her loving and lovely child , that a treasure was hers in the affections of her devoted Lucy , that ...
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... gave him a severe and striking appearance . The Chief Justice addressed him as " Mr. Perrin . " I knew then , for the first time , who he was . There was none of that playful and mercurial cheerfulness in his manner or lan- guage so ...
... gave him a severe and striking appearance . The Chief Justice addressed him as " Mr. Perrin . " I knew then , for the first time , who he was . There was none of that playful and mercurial cheerfulness in his manner or lan- guage so ...
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Página 126 - House, for the patience with which they have heard me now move, — That an humble Address be presented to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to direct...
Página 323 - Nor wanting, at wide intervals, the bulk Of ancient minster lifted above the cloud Of the dense air, which town or city breeds To intercept the sun's glad beams...
Página 230 - Nothing can convince tyrants of their folly but gunpowder and steel, so put your trust in God my boys and keep your powder dry.
Página 125 - House and the public may be able to place reliance; and declaring, with all deference to the constitutional prerogative of the Crown, that her Majesty's present Secretary of State for the Colonies does not enjoy the confidence of this House or of the country.
Página 55 - Duncan is in his grave; After life's fitful fever he sleeps well; Treason has done his worst: nor steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing Can touch him further.
Página 356 - ¡sa remarkably fine-looking man. He is about the usual height, and of good figure. His countenance is mild and pleasant, and has a highly intellectual expression. His eyes are clear and quick. His eyebrows are dark and rather prominent. There is not a dandy in the House but envies what Truefit would call his
Página 70 - ... deeds done in the body, whether they be good or whether they be evil...
Página 273 - Alas ! the love of women ! it is known To be a lovely and a fearful thing ; For all of theirs upon that die is thrown, And if 'tis lost, life hath no more to bring To them but mockeries of the past alone...
Página 109 - What mortal eye can fix'd behold? Who stalks his round, an hideous form, Howling amidst the midnight storm ; Or throws him on the ridgy steep Of some loose hanging rock to sleep...
Página 77 - Lordship would often say that he better liked Mr. Hobbes's taking his thoughts, than any of the others, because he understood what he wrote, which the others not understanding, my Lord would many times have a hard task to make sense of what they writt.