The Parlour Portfolio, Or, Post-chaise Companion: Being a Selection of the Most Amusing and Interesting Articles and Anecdotes that Have Appeared in the Magazines, Newspapers, and Other Daily and Periodical Journals, from the Year 1700, to the Present Time, Volumen 2Matthew Iley, and sold, 1820 |
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... once fastened on its throat or belly , ( the only penetrable place ) , will not let go its hold . Thus the tiger in turn becomes the prey of this terrible amphibious ani- mal , who after a short struggle drowns him . The Indians , when ...
... once fastened on its throat or belly , ( the only penetrable place ) , will not let go its hold . Thus the tiger in turn becomes the prey of this terrible amphibious ani- mal , who after a short struggle drowns him . The Indians , when ...
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... once whiten'd , show All the foul stains which damp and dirt bestow ; And from the roof , ' twere hopeless now to mend , Unwholesome dews with every shower descend : There , on his pallet , some poor being thrown , Watches for death ...
... once whiten'd , show All the foul stains which damp and dirt bestow ; And from the roof , ' twere hopeless now to mend , Unwholesome dews with every shower descend : There , on his pallet , some poor being thrown , Watches for death ...
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... Peter went forth with him straightway ; And , with due care , ere break of day Together they brought back the corse . 1 And many years did this poor ass , Whom once E 2 OR , POST - CHAISE COMPANION . 51 Is it a fiend that to a stake ...
... Peter went forth with him straightway ; And , with due care , ere break of day Together they brought back the corse . 1 And many years did this poor ass , Whom once E 2 OR , POST - CHAISE COMPANION . 51 Is it a fiend that to a stake ...
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... once it was my luck to see Cropping the shrubs of Leming - lane , Help by his labour to maintain The widow and her family . And Peter Bell , who , till that night , Had been the wildest of his clan , Forsook his crimes , repressed his ...
... once it was my luck to see Cropping the shrubs of Leming - lane , Help by his labour to maintain The widow and her family . And Peter Bell , who , till that night , Had been the wildest of his clan , Forsook his crimes , repressed his ...
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... once reproved for it by the Court , for his want of feeling . The particulars of this horrid transaction , as detailed in evidence , were as follow : Hyena , an inferior overseer of captured Ne- groes at Charlotte - town , employed to ...
... once reproved for it by the Court , for his want of feeling . The particulars of this horrid transaction , as detailed in evidence , were as follow : Hyena , an inferior overseer of captured Ne- groes at Charlotte - town , employed to ...
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Página 132 - And but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not, now. And but for that chill changeless brow, Where cold Obstruction's apathy Appals the gazing mourner's heart...
Página 132 - Such is the aspect of this shore; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there.
Página 350 - The school-boy whips his taxed top ; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon that has paid fifteen per cent., flings himself back upon his...
Página 359 - O God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul !' This was followed by a general laugh.
Página 266 - The flash of Wit, the bright Intelligence, The beam of Song, the blaze of Eloquence, Set with their Sun, but still have left behind The enduring produce of immortal Mind ; Fruits of a genial morn, and glorious noon, A deathless part of him who died too soon.
Página 133 - Here is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath : But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue that haunts it to the tomb, Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away, Spark of that flame perchance of heavenly birth, Which gleams, but warms no more its cherished earth.
Página 51 - Is it a fiend that to a stake Of fire his desperate self is tethering ? Or stubborn spirit doomed to yell In solitary ward or cell, Ten thousand miles from all his brethren.
Página 265 - WHEN the last sunshine of expiring day In summer's twilight weeps itself away, Who hath not felt the softness of the hour Sink on the heart, as dew along the flower? With a pure feeling which absorbs and awes While nature makes that melancholy pause, Her breathing moment on the bridge where Time Of light and darkness forms an arch sublime.
Página 352 - Love in my bosom like a bee Doth suck his sweet: Now with his wings he plays with me, Now with his feet. Within mine eyes he makes his nest, His bed amidst my tender breast; My kisses are his daily feast, And yet he robs me of my rest. Ah, wanton, will ye?
Página 349 - ... that comes from abroad or is grown at home ; taxes on the raw material ; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man...