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... short fleeting year ; Perchance ere another is flown , My name in the list may appear . And am I prepar'd to depart , From the race I am running below ? What a terror prevails o'er my heart , When my conscience too plainly says NO . F ...
... short fleeting year ; Perchance ere another is flown , My name in the list may appear . And am I prepar'd to depart , From the race I am running below ? What a terror prevails o'er my heart , When my conscience too plainly says NO . F ...
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... short , stints the animal nature . The best sleep should continue no longer than till we are satiated with it . This sa- tiety depends upon a hundred dif- ferent circumstances . A lively dis- position does not require so much sleep as a ...
... short , stints the animal nature . The best sleep should continue no longer than till we are satiated with it . This sa- tiety depends upon a hundred dif- ferent circumstances . A lively dis- position does not require so much sleep as a ...
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chester Street - so called , we imagine , because ' tis short and narrow - which they will find , as a whole , one of the most perfect remains of Old London now in existence . While looking up it , from Moorfields , the spectator is ...
chester Street - so called , we imagine , because ' tis short and narrow - which they will find , as a whole , one of the most perfect remains of Old London now in existence . While looking up it , from Moorfields , the spectator is ...
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... short time , and finally acquiesced in the terms proposed , and did accordingly furnish the necessary supplies . The old gen- tleman was the late Duke of Portland , and at his death the fishmonger's bill amounted to 80001. It was honour ...
... short time , and finally acquiesced in the terms proposed , and did accordingly furnish the necessary supplies . The old gen- tleman was the late Duke of Portland , and at his death the fishmonger's bill amounted to 80001. It was honour ...
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... short mea- sure , but still we see that the coal- merchant is not always in the habit of " remembering his friends " in 66 266 bumper bushels . With these few hints we have only to add , that coals of various qualities may be purchased ...
... short mea- sure , but still we see that the coal- merchant is not always in the habit of " remembering his friends " in 66 266 bumper bushels . With these few hints we have only to add , that coals of various qualities may be purchased ...
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Página 48 - There was a day when they were young and proud, Banners on high, and battles pass'd below ; But they who fought are in a bloody shroud, And those which waved are shredless dust ere now, And the bleak battlements shall bear no future blow.
Página 7 - ... or else by blind harpers, or such like taverne Minstrels, that give a. fit of mirth for a groat, . . . their matter being for the most part stories of old time, as the tale of Sir Topas, the reportes of Bevis of Southampton, Guy of Warwicke, Adam Bell and Clymme of the Clough, and such other old romances or historical rimes, made purposely for recreation of the common people at Christmasse dinners and brideales, and in tavernes and alehouses, and such other places of base resorte.
Página 112 - 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.
Página 98 - Wycherley from that instant entertained hopes. He did not fail waiting on her the next morning : and with a very melancholy tone begged to know, how it was possible for him to have so much disobliged her Grace? They were very good friends from that time; yet, after all, what did he get by her?
Página 3 - Tower, pretending only curiosity of seeing the regalia there, when, stabbing the keeper, though not mortally, he boldly went away with it through all the guards, taken only by the accident of his horse falling down. How he came to be pardoned, and even received into favour, not only after this, but several other exploits almost as daring both in Ireland and here, I could never come to understand. Some believed he became a spy of several parties, being well with the sectaries and enthusiasts, and...
Página 129 - Master Field, the player, riding up Fleet-street a great ' pace, a gentleman called him, and asked him what play was played ' that day ? He (being angry to be stayed upon so frivolous a demand) * answered, that he might see what play was to be played upon every