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... least , our national perplexity would be sorely increased by the whole lottery - tickets of the most unparalleled plan ever arran- In like manner , it is our intention to avoid all political discussion by which par- tizans on either ...
... least , our national perplexity would be sorely increased by the whole lottery - tickets of the most unparalleled plan ever arran- In like manner , it is our intention to avoid all political discussion by which par- tizans on either ...
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... least disarmed of that motive for severity which arises from the pleasure of making its stings felt . And , therefore , we once more promise , that , like a band of repulsed guisards , whom a churlish domestic has threatened with the ...
... least disarmed of that motive for severity which arises from the pleasure of making its stings felt . And , therefore , we once more promise , that , like a band of repulsed guisards , whom a churlish domestic has threatened with the ...
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... least , never to lay aside our cloak of wisdom , save in order to assume the har- lequin jacket of wit , or , in plain terms , never to be silly and dull in the same paper . And , having thus professed our power to prepare an ...
... least , never to lay aside our cloak of wisdom , save in order to assume the har- lequin jacket of wit , or , in plain terms , never to be silly and dull in the same paper . And , having thus professed our power to prepare an ...
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... least he should be tormented with more barbarous lingo- " Aska Jeorge - street ! " That , of my three " Guides , " which in- cluded London as a part of the journey , after having directed me to lay in plenty of money and bank credit ...
... least he should be tormented with more barbarous lingo- " Aska Jeorge - street ! " That , of my three " Guides , " which in- cluded London as a part of the journey , after having directed me to lay in plenty of money and bank credit ...
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... least must be decorous . ' The hint of the following tale is taken from La Camiscia Ma- gica , a novel of Giam Battista Casti . II . In the far eastern clime , no great while since , Lived Sultaun Solimaun , a mighty prince , Whose eyes ...
... least must be decorous . ' The hint of the following tale is taken from La Camiscia Ma- gica , a novel of Giam Battista Casti . II . In the far eastern clime , no great while since , Lived Sultaun Solimaun , a mighty prince , Whose eyes ...
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Página 213 - Tis to create, and in creating live A being more intense, that we endow With form our fancy, gaining as we give The life we image, even as I do now.
Página 46 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Página 30 - Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Página 32 - And now my tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol, or a harp ; Or like a cunning instrument cas'd up, Or, being open, put into his hands That knows no touch to tune the harmony.
Página 174 - There's a bower of roses by Bendemeer's stream, And the nightingale sings round it all the day long ; In the time of my childhood 'twas like a sweet dream, To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song.
Página 175 - Fly to the desert, fly with me, Our Arab tents are rude for thee ; But oh ! the choice what heart can doubt Of tents with love, or thrones without ? Our rocks are rough, but smiling there Th' acacia waves her yellow hair, Lonely and sweet, nor loved the less For flowering in a wilderness.
Página 33 - In chimney corner seek domestic joys — I love a prince will bid the bottle pass, Exchanging with his subjects glance and glass ; In fitting time, can, gayest of the gay, Keep up the jest, and mingle in the lay — Such Monarchs best our free-born humours suit, But Despots must be stately, stern, and mute.
Página 213 - He, who grown aged in this world of woe, In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life, So that no wonder waits him...
Página 175 - Oh ! there are looks and tones that dart An instant sunshine through the heart, — As if the soul that minute caught Some treasure it through life had sought...