The St. James's medley; or, Fiction, facts, and fancies, from the roadside of life1856 |
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... never or rarely appeal to more than one sense , and that the most of them are open to illusion ; that they appear only in moments of excitement , and in seasons of soli- tude and obscurity ; that they come for no explicable purpose ...
... never or rarely appeal to more than one sense , and that the most of them are open to illusion ; that they appear only in moments of excitement , and in seasons of soli- tude and obscurity ; that they come for no explicable purpose ...
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... never have got away from the house . The coffin was so long and so broad , that the men had , in bringing it down stairs , to turn and twist it over several times . You remember , old Gritt was some six feet high without his shoes ...
... never have got away from the house . The coffin was so long and so broad , that the men had , in bringing it down stairs , to turn and twist it over several times . You remember , old Gritt was some six feet high without his shoes ...
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... never be less , and may he live a thousand years . " After these good wishes , it was time to mount the mules and be off ; for the aspect of the weather , which had been fine during the morning , had now become gloomy and over- cast ...
... never be less , and may he live a thousand years . " After these good wishes , it was time to mount the mules and be off ; for the aspect of the weather , which had been fine during the morning , had now become gloomy and over- cast ...
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... never since needed another visit of the donkey to its clock . " We bade our kind host farewell , and mounted our mules , hoping that if it was ever his lot to visit England , in his long- expected post of envoy from the court of Morocco ...
... never since needed another visit of the donkey to its clock . " We bade our kind host farewell , and mounted our mules , hoping that if it was ever his lot to visit England , in his long- expected post of envoy from the court of Morocco ...
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... Never trust the heart of any man who wears it on the outside of his waistcoat ; for what he has within is sure to be as hard as a pippin , or hollow as a pumpkin . Job Trotters abound in every walk of life ; sixpence will purchase a ...
... Never trust the heart of any man who wears it on the outside of his waistcoat ; for what he has within is sure to be as hard as a pippin , or hollow as a pumpkin . Job Trotters abound in every walk of life ; sixpence will purchase a ...
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The St. James's medley; or, Fiction, facts, and fancies, from the ..., Volumen2 Vista completa - 1858 |
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Algeria Algiers amongst amused appeared Arabs army arrived Baribools battle beautiful blind called camels Christian Church comfortable command court Crimea death delight dinner Doctor doubt Duke Duke of Wellington Emperor England English excellent eyes fish Folkestone France French hand heart honour Irun Jews journey King land light little mermaid live look Lord Lord Raglan Lord Wellington Marlborough miles Moorish Moors morning mountains nation never night obliged officers once ourselves party passed passports peace poor port possessed present prince prison Ragged School reached readers remarkable river road round Russian seemed side soldiers soon soul Spain Spanish spirit streets table d'hôte Tetuan thing thou thought thousand tion took town traveller turned versts vessel Waldshut walk Wellington whilst whole words young
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Página 62 - And see! the lady Christabel Gathers herself from out her trance; Her limbs relax, her countenance Grows sad and soft; the smooth thin lids Close o'er her eyes; and tears she sheds — Large tears that leave the lashes bright!
Página 67 - Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell; That mind and soul, according well, May make one music as before, But vaster.
Página 67 - Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they.
Página 62 - Beauteous in a wilderness, Who, praying always, prays in sleep. And, if she move unquietly, Perchance 'tis but the blood so free Comes back and tingles in her feet. No doubt she hath a vision sweet. What if her guardian spirit 'twere ? What if she knew her mother near ? But this she knows, in joys and woes, That saints will aid if men will call, For the blue sky bends over all. PART II Each matin bell, the Baron saith, Knells us back to a world of death.
Página 67 - ... the globes Of her keen eyes And in her raiment's hem was traced in flame WISDOM, a name to shake All evil dreams of power — a sacred name. And when she spake, Her words did gather thunder as they ran, And as the lightning to the thunder Which follows it, riving the spirit of man, Making earth wonder, So was their meaning to her words. No sword Of wrath her right arm whirl'd, But one poor poet's scroll, and with his word She shook the world.
Página 301 - Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian ; and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
Página 234 - In short, the inhabitants of St. James's, notwithstanding they live under the same laws, and speak the same language, are a distinct people from those of Cheapside, who are likewise removed from those of the Temple on the one side, and those of Smithfield on the other, by several climates and degrees in their way of thinking and conversing together.
Página 234 - WHEN I consider this great city in its several quarters and divisions, I look upon it as an aggregate of various nations distinguished from each other by their respective customs, manners, and interests. The courts of two countries do not so much differ from one another, as the court and city, in their peculiar ways of life and conversation. In short, the inhabitants of St.
Página 160 - ... much too cunning for that, he does not know who or what you are ; you may be a heron, his mortal enemy, for aught he knows. You move your arm, he thinks it is the heron's bill coming; down he goes again, and you see him not ; a few seconds, he regains courage and reappears, having probably communicated the intelligence to the other frogs ; for many big heads and many big eyes appear, in all parts of the pond, looking like so many Hippopotami on a small scale. Soon a conversational
Página 66 - God keeps His holy mysteries Just on the outside of man's dream. In diapason slow, we think To hear their pinions rise and sink, While they float pure beneath His eyes, Like swans adown a stream.