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... Better and better you mean , " said Pis- mire . " I mean worse and worse , by said Peter , with an oath ; for the extrava gance of an assertion so contrary to his constant creed , surprised him into unusual animation of contradiction ...
... Better and better you mean , " said Pis- mire . " I mean worse and worse , by said Peter , with an oath ; for the extrava gance of an assertion so contrary to his constant creed , surprised him into unusual animation of contradiction ...
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... better than at pre- sent . " " You would not , however , include the most barbarous and early period , I sup- pose , " said Andrew , " when men wore the skins of beasts , lived in the marshes , or in dens made of loose and uncemented ...
... better than at pre- sent . " " You would not , however , include the most barbarous and early period , I sup- pose , " said Andrew , " when men wore the skins of beasts , lived in the marshes , or in dens made of loose and uncemented ...
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... better , when he stab- bed his rival , the Earl of Douglas , with his own hand , -when Scotland was divided into two parties , for the Stuarts and Douglasses , and only the factions of our neighbours of England , as inveterate as our ...
... better , when he stab- bed his rival , the Earl of Douglas , with his own hand , -when Scotland was divided into two parties , for the Stuarts and Douglasses , and only the factions of our neighbours of England , as inveterate as our ...
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... better time of it in the neighbourhood of a pack of hounds . " Here Peter interrupted the orator , to make what the gentlemen of the fancy call a rally . But we must necessarily defer the rest of the conversation to our next Number ...
... better time of it in the neighbourhood of a pack of hounds . " Here Peter interrupted the orator , to make what the gentlemen of the fancy call a rally . But we must necessarily defer the rest of the conversation to our next Number ...
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... better than Mon- sieur's in all respects ; for we found the stairs spacious , the food excellent , and our party were severally accommodated with sepa rate bed - rooms , possessing all the usual equipments of curtained beds and windows ...
... better than Mon- sieur's in all respects ; for we found the stairs spacious , the food excellent , and our party were severally accommodated with sepa rate bed - rooms , possessing all the usual equipments of curtained beds and windows ...
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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...