Plebeians and Patricians, Volumen 1E.L. Carey & Hart, 1836 |
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... tell you at a word what I'll do I'll give you the price , if you'll fling in the timber you've fallen . " ، The timber ! why it's worth a thousand pounds . However , to bring matters to a close , I shall take your terms , I want the ...
... tell you at a word what I'll do I'll give you the price , if you'll fling in the timber you've fallen . " ، The timber ! why it's worth a thousand pounds . However , to bring matters to a close , I shall take your terms , I want the ...
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... tell a tale , and this tale had been told in the present case , by an increase of several inches in circum- ference . It was in vain they tugged and pulled the unlucky dress - it was in vain they kneaded Mrs. Manford's rotundity . All ...
... tell a tale , and this tale had been told in the present case , by an increase of several inches in circum- ference . It was in vain they tugged and pulled the unlucky dress - it was in vain they kneaded Mrs. Manford's rotundity . All ...
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... tell me , Mrs. Manford , who she may be ? -She was deli- cate looking and very pretty . " " No , my lady , unless it's Anne , our John's pet , and it was most likely her , nobody else that I know would be skulking about idle all day ...
... tell me , Mrs. Manford , who she may be ? -She was deli- cate looking and very pretty . " " No , my lady , unless it's Anne , our John's pet , and it was most likely her , nobody else that I know would be skulking about idle all day ...
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... telling her all that the countess had said . Now the praise which had fallen from her ladyship was particularly grate- ful ... tell thee what , Anne , she's almost as pretty , and I believe , almost as good as thee , " and in making this ...
... telling her all that the countess had said . Now the praise which had fallen from her ladyship was particularly grate- ful ... tell thee what , Anne , she's almost as pretty , and I believe , almost as good as thee , " and in making this ...
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... - ness . Who can tell from whence she has derived her origin , for there is nobility stamped legibly on her brow . " " I have been much , very much pleased with 6 * AND PATRICIANS . 65 of a mother's love, or a mother's sympathy, ...
... - ness . Who can tell from whence she has derived her origin , for there is nobility stamped legibly on her brow . " " I have been much , very much pleased with 6 * AND PATRICIANS . 65 of a mother's love, or a mother's sympathy, ...
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Página 26 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks and wanton wiles, Nods and becks and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Página 140 - Ask'st thou how long my love will stay, When all that's new is past? How long, ah Delia, can I say How long my life will last? Dry be that tear, be hush'd that sigh, At least I'll love thee till I die : Hush'd be that sigh.
Página 136 - ... hopes. We see in needleworks and embroideries it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground. Judge, therefore, of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly, virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed. For prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.
Página 98 - O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To his full height.
Página 149 - And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light, And closed them beneath the kisses of night. And the Spring arose on the garden fair, Like the Spirit of Love felt every where ; And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast Rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.
Página 149 - The unseen clouds of the dew. which lie Like fire in the flowers till the sun rides high, Then wander like spirits among the spheres, Each cloud faint with the fragrance it bears...
Página 130 - early to bed and early to rise, is the way to be healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Página 44 - This is the prettiest low-born lass that ever Ran on the green-sward : nothing she does or seems But smacks of something greater than herself, Too noble for this place.
Página 121 - I'll have no glittering gewgaws stuck about you, To stretch the gaping eyes of idiot wonder, And make men stare upon a piece of earth As on the star-wrought firmament — no feathers To wave as streamers to your vanity — Nor cumbrous silk, that with its rustling sound Makes proud the flesh that bears it.
Página 117 - This comes with my kind love to you, hoping it will find you in good health, as it leaves us at present.