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Page 93
... asking various questions before he touched the main . spring of his visit . At length , after some fumbling in his pocket , he produced a dingy sheet of paper , which he handed to Mr. Clavers . " There ; I want you to read that , and ...
... asking various questions before he touched the main . spring of his visit . At length , after some fumbling in his pocket , he produced a dingy sheet of paper , which he handed to Mr. Clavers . " There ; I want you to read that , and ...
Page 95
... asking ques . tions on every possible theme . " You're doing your own work now , a ' n't ye ? " This might not be denied ; and I asked if she did not know of a girl whom I might be likely to get . “ Well , I do n't know ; I'm looking ...
... asking ques . tions on every possible theme . " You're doing your own work now , a ' n't ye ? " This might not be denied ; and I asked if she did not know of a girl whom I might be likely to get . “ Well , I do n't know ; I'm looking ...
Page 96
... asked if I really disliked tobacco - smoke , seeming to think it scarcely possible . " Don't your old man smoke ? " said he . 66 No , indeed , " said I , with more than my usual energy ; " I should hope he never would . ” " Well ...
... asked if I really disliked tobacco - smoke , seeming to think it scarcely possible . " Don't your old man smoke ? " said he . 66 No , indeed , " said I , with more than my usual energy ; " I should hope he never would . ” " Well ...
Page 104
... asked for my gruel , he had very nearly fallen on the coals , in the at- tempt to take it from the fire . He staggered to the bed , and was unable to sit up for many days after . When matters reached this pitch - when we had , literally ...
... asked for my gruel , he had very nearly fallen on the coals , in the at- tempt to take it from the fire . He staggered to the bed , and was unable to sit up for many days after . When matters reached this pitch - when we had , literally ...
Page 115
... asked for my combs and brushes : and my husband , for his shaving apparatus and his pantaloons . But the cream of the joke lies in the manner of the thing . It is so straight - forward and honest , none of your hypocritical civility and ...
... asked for my combs and brushes : and my husband , for his shaving apparatus and his pantaloons . But the cream of the joke lies in the manner of the thing . It is so straight - forward and honest , none of your hypocritical civility and ...
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Page 291 - Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.
Page 78 - Many examples may be put of the force of custom, both upon mind and body ; therefore, since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavour to obtain good customs. Certainly, custom is most perfect when it beginneth in young years: this we call education, which is, in effect, but an early custom.
Page 152 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 107 - It were good therefore that men in their innovations would follow the example of time itself, which indeed innovateth greatly, but quietly and by degrees scarce to be perceived...
Page 89 - Truly, shepherd, in respect of itself, it is a good life; but in respect that it is a shepherd's life, it is naught. In respect that it is solitary, I like it very well; but in respect that it is private, it is a very vile life. Now in respect it is in the fields, it pleaseth me well; but in respect it is not in the court, it is tedious.
Page 250 - IX. 0 how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! X.
Page 181 - While low delights, succeeding fast behind, In happier meanness occupy the mind : As in those domes, where...
Page 133 - I COME, I come ! ye have called me long, I come o'er the mountains with light and song, Ye may trace my step o'er the wakening earth, By the winds which tell of the violet's birth, By the primrose stars in the shadowy grass, By the green leaves opening as I pass.
Page 116 - The pen, and ink, and a sheet o' paper, and a wafer,' is no unusual request ; and when the pen is returned, you are generally informed, that you sent ' an awful bad pen.' " I have been frequently reminded of one of Johnson's humorous sketches. A man returning a broken wheel-barrow to a Quaker, with ' Here, I 've broke your rotten wheel-barrow, usin
Page 116 - I wish you'd get it mended right off, 'cause I want to borrow it again this afternoon." The Quaker is made to reply, "Friend, it shall be done:" and I wish I possessed more of his spirit.