The Brighton gleaner; or, General repository of literary selections, general occurrences [&c.]., Volumen1R.Sickelmore [Printer], 1822 |
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... animals are , and how swift they swim ; but that person , holding by the tail of a hog in the water was safely con- ducted to the shore , which was , fortunately , at no great distance . Thus the value of a hog is known in the time of ...
... animals are , and how swift they swim ; but that person , holding by the tail of a hog in the water was safely con- ducted to the shore , which was , fortunately , at no great distance . Thus the value of a hog is known in the time of ...
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... animal life , taken from the most celebrated writers in Natural History ; --- A hare will live 10 years , a cat 10 a goat , 8 , an ass 30 , a sheep 10 , a ram 15 , a dog from 14 to 20 , and sometimes more ; a bull 15 , and an ox ( a ...
... animal life , taken from the most celebrated writers in Natural History ; --- A hare will live 10 years , a cat 10 a goat , 8 , an ass 30 , a sheep 10 , a ram 15 , a dog from 14 to 20 , and sometimes more ; a bull 15 , and an ox ( a ...
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... animal . One expedient only presented itself . With unerring aim he drew up his rifle , and the horse fell on the very brink of the cliff . The stranger ran to the assis- tance of the unfortunate female . Though pale as the tenant of ...
... animal . One expedient only presented itself . With unerring aim he drew up his rifle , and the horse fell on the very brink of the cliff . The stranger ran to the assis- tance of the unfortunate female . Though pale as the tenant of ...
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... animal life , being really vegeta- bles with a power of motion ; and that as the boughs of an oak are dashed together by the storm , that swine may fatten upon fall- ing acorns ; so men are by some unaccountable power , driven one ...
... animal life , being really vegeta- bles with a power of motion ; and that as the boughs of an oak are dashed together by the storm , that swine may fatten upon fall- ing acorns ; so men are by some unaccountable power , driven one ...
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... animals ; when an Irish gentleman present stated his opinion to be , that a Kilkenny cat , of all animals , was the most ferocious ; and added --- " I can prove my assertion by , a fact within my own knowledge : I once , " said he , saw ...
... animals ; when an Irish gentleman present stated his opinion to be , that a Kilkenny cat , of all animals , was the most ferocious ; and added --- " I can prove my assertion by , a fact within my own knowledge : I once , " said he , saw ...
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Página 199 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
Página 199 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord ! A SPIRIT PASS'D BEFORE ME.
Página 406 - Lead then, said Eve. He leading swiftly roll'd In tangles, and made intricate seem straight. To mischief swift. Hope elevates, and joy Brightens his crest. As when a wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapour, which the night Condenses, and the cold environs round, Kindled through agitation to a flame, Which oft, they say, some evil spirit attends, Hovering and blazing with delusive light, Misleads the amazed night-wanderer from his way To bogs and mires, and oft through pond or pool, There swallow'd...
Página 257 - ... rising from her reeking hide; a wall-eyed horse, tired of the loneliness of the stable, was poking his spectral head out of a window, with the rain dripping on it from the eaves; an unhappy cur, chained to a dog-house hard by, uttered something, every now and then, between a bark and a yelp; a drab of a...
Página 458 - Behold a proof of Irish sense : Here Irish wit is seen ; When nothing's left that's worth defence, They build a magazine ! * Besides these famous books of Scott's and Johnson's, there is a copious " Life
Página 252 - There dwelt a Citizen of sober fame, A plain good man, and Balaam was his name ; Religious, punctual, frugal, and so forth; His word would pass for more than he was worth.
Página 199 - And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail: And the tents were all silent — the banners alone — The lances unlifted — the trumpet unblown.
Página 256 - It was a rainy Sunday in the gloomy month of November. I had been detained, in the course of a journey, by a slight indisposition, from which I was recovering; but was still feverish, and obliged to keep within doors all day, in an inn of the small town of Derby. A wet Sunday in a country inn! — whoever has had the luck to experience one can alone judge of my situation.
Página 397 - The Boatswain swore with wicked words, Enough to shock a saint, That though she did seem in a fit, 'Twas nothing but a feint. " Come, girl," said he, "hold up your head, He'll be as good as me ; For when your swain is in our boat, A boatswain he will be.
Página 40 - Nor hold forbidden joys in view ; We therefore need not part. Where wilt thou dwell, if not with me, From avarice and ambition free, And pleasure's fatal wiles ? For whom, alas ! dost thou prepare The sweets that I was wont to share, The banquet of thy smiles J The great, the gay, shall they partake The heaven, that thou alone canst make?