The British Prose Writers, Volume 18, Parts 1-2John Sharpe, 1821 - British prose literature |
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... morning turned off his tailor for having detected him in cabbaging . I disdained to make any reply to the grossness of their wit , nor did I even reproach them with in- gratitude . I neither reminded the one of the cha- rity sermon ...
... morning turned off his tailor for having detected him in cabbaging . I disdained to make any reply to the grossness of their wit , nor did I even reproach them with in- gratitude . I neither reminded the one of the cha- rity sermon ...
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... . is so justly celebrated . DEAR SIR , Friday morning . THE Commission you have been so vour me with , highly flatters me . kind as to fa- It raises my idea of your discernment , and my own abilities : 48 OLLA PODRIDA .
... . is so justly celebrated . DEAR SIR , Friday morning . THE Commission you have been so vour me with , highly flatters me . kind as to fa- It raises my idea of your discernment , and my own abilities : 48 OLLA PODRIDA .
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... morning , waş rejected , as insufficient ; and nothing would do but a tumbler full , to bathe Pero's foot in : it was af- terwards rubbed with friar's balsam , bound up with rags , and committed to the care of Mrs. Betty , to travel in ...
... morning , waş rejected , as insufficient ; and nothing would do but a tumbler full , to bathe Pero's foot in : it was af- terwards rubbed with friar's balsam , bound up with rags , and committed to the care of Mrs. Betty , to travel in ...
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... morning , he is trying a pair of horses for his own chariot ; if in an evening , you cannot see him , for he is at the opera your hair - dresser refuses to shave you , for he is a ploco cosmist , and not a barber : the barber sends his ...
... morning , he is trying a pair of horses for his own chariot ; if in an evening , you cannot see him , for he is at the opera your hair - dresser refuses to shave you , for he is a ploco cosmist , and not a barber : the barber sends his ...
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... morning visits , and afternoon visits , dining visits , and supping visits , tea - drinking visits , and card- playing visits , exclusive of balls and concerts , for their parts , they have not an hour to themselves in the four and ...
... morning visits , and afternoon visits , dining visits , and supping visits , tea - drinking visits , and card- playing visits , exclusive of balls and concerts , for their parts , they have not an hour to themselves in the four and ...
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Page 143 - When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
Page 133 - When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd blows his nail...
Page 26 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Page 134 - While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw, And birds sit brooding in the snow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
Page 148 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Page 135 - For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children : That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments...
Page 139 - And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
Page 147 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
Page 26 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Page 148 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry ; her clothing is silk and purple. Her husband is known in the gates when he sitteth among the elders of the land.