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... head against a post , they always begin the laugh . If they do any thing very foolish , they know well enough , that if they don't tell of it , somebody else will . Thus Homer , after his absurd comparison of armies to bees , pro ...
... head against a post , they always begin the laugh . If they do any thing very foolish , they know well enough , that if they don't tell of it , somebody else will . Thus Homer , after his absurd comparison of armies to bees , pro ...
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... head , but spare , oh spare in thy merciful good- ness mythat aged man , visit not my sins on his head , grant him resig- nation and happiness , till thou takest him to thyself and I swear this form of mine shall never shame a home that ...
... head , but spare , oh spare in thy merciful good- ness mythat aged man , visit not my sins on his head , grant him resig- nation and happiness , till thou takest him to thyself and I swear this form of mine shall never shame a home that ...
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... head cured . Verily , the reme- dy is waur than the disease . But what remead ? It was to watch in the session - house , with loaded guns , night about , three at a time . I never likit to gang into the kirkyard after darkening , let a ...
... head cured . Verily , the reme- dy is waur than the disease . But what remead ? It was to watch in the session - house , with loaded guns , night about , three at a time . I never likit to gang into the kirkyard after darkening , let a ...
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... head - Gang out , and see ! " some- At that moment , a clap like thun- der was heard - the candle was dri- ven ower - the sleeping laddie roar- ed " Help ! " and " Murder ! " and " Thieves ! " and , as the furm on which we were sitting ...
... head - Gang out , and see ! " some- At that moment , a clap like thun- der was heard - the candle was dri- ven ower - the sleeping laddie roar- ed " Help ! " and " Murder ! " and " Thieves ! " and , as the furm on which we were sitting ...
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... head . If you see a dap- ATHENEUM , VOL . 3. 2d series . per little " Mervilleux " hopping about most vivaciously , and announ- cing himself in every corner of a well- filled drawing - room by the small ar- tillery of a pun , your ...
... head . If you see a dap- ATHENEUM , VOL . 3. 2d series . per little " Mervilleux " hopping about most vivaciously , and announ- cing himself in every corner of a well- filled drawing - room by the small ar- tillery of a pun , your ...
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Page 212 - Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded, bear The flying chariot through the fields of air ; — Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above, Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs as they move, Or warrior bands alarm the gaping crowd, And armies shrink beneath the shadowy cloud.
Page 317 - Time all to himself. It seemed to me that I had more time on my hands than I could ever manage. From a poor man, poor in Time, I was suddenly lifted up into a vast revenue ; I could see no end of my possessions ; I wanted some steward, or judicious bailiff, to manage my estates in Time for me.
Page 204 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
Page 423 - How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to himself ! he is his own exclusive object. Supreme selfishness is inculcated upon him as his only duty. 'Tis the Two Tables of the Law to him.
Page 209 - I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in [my] heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
Page 20 - London dead : Much good, some ill, he did ; so hope all's even, And that his soul through mercy's gone to heaven.
Page 187 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 358 - I can visit a sick friend. I can interrupt the man of much occupation when he is busiest. I can insult over him with an invitation to take a day's pleasure with me to Windsor this fine May morning. It is Lucretian pleasure to behold the poor drudges, whom I have left behind in the world carking and caring, like horses in a mill, drudging on in the same eternal round— and what is it all for?
Page 318 - And here let me caution persons grown old in active business, not lightly, nor without weighing their own resources, to forego their customary employment all at once, for there may be danger in it.
Page 186 - I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.