The Nic-nac: Or, Literary Cabinet, Volumen1T. Wallis, 1823 |
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... hand , if the work is utterly worthless , the reader will scarcely be prevailed upon to overlook its defects , merely because they have been foretold at the outset . A book that contains useful and amusing matter , needs none of those ...
... hand , if the work is utterly worthless , the reader will scarcely be prevailed upon to overlook its defects , merely because they have been foretold at the outset . A book that contains useful and amusing matter , needs none of those ...
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... hands of treasurers , and from thence takes so many colla- teral branches , that it is at length sift- ed like meal ... hand . Is it not a shame then , that in almost the centre of England , in a country marked by industry and opulence ...
... hands of treasurers , and from thence takes so many colla- teral branches , that it is at length sift- ed like meal ... hand . Is it not a shame then , that in almost the centre of England , in a country marked by industry and opulence ...
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... hand- somely , attended diligently , and served plentifully , at the George , at Winches- ter . I have paid sixpence a mile for post horses more than the customary charge ; and , indeed , I could mention a hundred more impositions of a ...
... hand- somely , attended diligently , and served plentifully , at the George , at Winches- ter . I have paid sixpence a mile for post horses more than the customary charge ; and , indeed , I could mention a hundred more impositions of a ...
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... hand , proves often too slippery for the bowels . A due proportion of these makes the best bread . For the more active and laborious I would recommend a mix- ture of rye with the stronger grains , as peas , beans , barley , oats ...
... hand , proves often too slippery for the bowels . A due proportion of these makes the best bread . For the more active and laborious I would recommend a mix- ture of rye with the stronger grains , as peas , beans , barley , oats ...
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... hand - of that huge lumpish and heavy cast and dashing it on the ground - whispered - ' I know where the shoe pinches , ' - and skipping up to the porter , plucked him by the tail - about one hundred and thirty yards in length , and ten ...
... hand - of that huge lumpish and heavy cast and dashing it on the ground - whispered - ' I know where the shoe pinches , ' - and skipping up to the porter , plucked him by the tail - about one hundred and thirty yards in length , and ten ...
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Página 387 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Página 104 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours: Where are they?
Página 308 - Network: anything reticulated or decussated, at equal distances with interstices between the intersections.
Página 307 - A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
Página 371 - One day a great feast was held, and after dinner the representation of Solomon, his temple, and the coming of the queen of Sheba, was made, or, as I may better say, was meant to have been made before their majesties, by device of the earl of Salisbury and others.
Página 48 - Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed You can send a boy to college but you can't make him think.
Página 371 - Queen which had been bestowed on his garments, such as wine, cream, jelly, beverage, cakes, spices and other good matters. The entertainment and show went forward, and most of the presenters went backward, or fell down, wine did so occupy their upper chambers. Now did appear, in rich dress, Hope...
Página 365 - When a negro is so fortunate as to find a diamond of the weight of an octavo (17^ carats), much ceremony takes place; he is crowned with a wreath of flowers and carried in procession to the administrator, who gives him his freedom, by paying his owner for it.
Página 279 - ... the different places they had been accustomed to visit ; such as the Bay, the Old Head or Man, the Windmill, &c. at Boulogne ; St. Vallery, and other places on the coast of Picardy ; which they afterwards confirmed, when they viewed them through their telescopes.
Página 171 - The after-part of the day is chiefly spent in dancing round a tall pole, which is called a May-pole ; which, being placed in a convenient part of the village, stands there, as it were, consecrated to the goddess of flowers, without the least violation offered it in the whole circle of the year.