The Metropolitan, Volumen 14James Cochrane, 1835 |
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... hour afterwards Ephraim came in with a draught , which I was desired to take by Mr. Cophagus , and then to try and sleep . This was good advice , and I followed it . I awoke after a long , re- freshing sleep , and found Mr. and Mrs ...
... hour afterwards Ephraim came in with a draught , which I was desired to take by Mr. Cophagus , and then to try and sleep . This was good advice , and I followed it . I awoke after a long , re- freshing sleep , and found Mr. and Mrs ...
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... hour every evening to cater for his support , and then returns to pass the night on the spot . I went up to him , and when within two yards , he thought proper to show his teeth , and snarl most dog- matically ; I may therefore , in ...
... hour every evening to cater for his support , and then returns to pass the night on the spot . I went up to him , and when within two yards , he thought proper to show his teeth , and snarl most dog- matically ; I may therefore , in ...
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... hour or two . On my taking them out again , the phaeton was followed by a large coach dog , about two years old , a fine grown animal , but not marked , and in very poor condition . He followed us into the country ; but having my ...
... hour or two . On my taking them out again , the phaeton was followed by a large coach dog , about two years old , a fine grown animal , but not marked , and in very poor condition . He followed us into the country ; but having my ...
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... hour than I could repeat in a day , and expressed considerable mortification at our sparing him the trouble of roasting our game , entering into a long dissertation on the culinary art , with an encomium on his own proficiency , from ...
... hour than I could repeat in a day , and expressed considerable mortification at our sparing him the trouble of roasting our game , entering into a long dissertation on the culinary art , with an encomium on his own proficiency , from ...
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... hours : this was good news , and we got ready for supper . Our host kept his word , soon after the ap- pointed time a huge quarter of mutton smoked upon our board ; but ye immortal gods ! what mutton ! the body of Cycnus was not more ...
... hours : this was good news , and we got ready for supper . Our host kept his word , soon after the ap- pointed time a huge quarter of mutton smoked upon our board ; but ye immortal gods ! what mutton ! the body of Cycnus was not more ...
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Página 321 - See, what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury, New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Página 64 - What objects are the fountains Of thy happy strain? What fields, or waves, or mountains? What shapes of sky or plain? What love of thine own kind? what ignorance of pain?
Página 60 - Grief made the young Spring wild, and she threw down Her kindling buds, as if she Autumn were, Or they dead leaves; since her delight is flown, For whom should she have waked the sullen year?
Página 63 - I dare not guess; but in this life Of error, ignorance, and strife. Where nothing is, but all things seem. And we the shadows of the dream, It is a modest creed, and yet Pleasant if one considers it, To own that death itself must be. Like all the rest, a mockery.
Página 321 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; "Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands ; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.
Página 64 - I vowed that I would dedicate my powers To thee and thine : have I not kept the vow ? With beating heart and streaming eyes, even now I call the phantoms of a thousand hours Each from his voiceless grave : they have in...
Página 65 - Yet now despair itself is mild, Even as the winds and waters are; I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne and yet must bear, Till death like sleep might steal on me, And I might feel in the warm air My cheek grow cold, and hear the sea Breathe o'er my dying brain its last monotony.
Página 61 - Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep — He hath awakened from the dream of life...
Página 64 - We look before and after, And pine for what is not: Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Página 64 - Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near.