The St. James's medley; or, Fiction, facts, and fancies, from the roadside of life1856 |
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... young man at evening parties , who has joined in several discussions at the Clapham Mechanics ' Institute , and talks profoundly about humbug . " People , " he remarks , " eat too much pork or cold veal for supper , and then of course ...
... young man at evening parties , who has joined in several discussions at the Clapham Mechanics ' Institute , and talks profoundly about humbug . " People , " he remarks , " eat too much pork or cold veal for supper , and then of course ...
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... young Englishmen were dreamily floating down the Nile in the fast and trim - built yacht , Leon . On one especial March evening , which had followed a blazing hot day , they anchored for the night in a broad and beautiful bay of the ...
... young Englishmen were dreamily floating down the Nile in the fast and trim - built yacht , Leon . On one especial March evening , which had followed a blazing hot day , they anchored for the night in a broad and beautiful bay of the ...
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... young man from Clapham , there is no cause , object , or design , for an interference of Provi- dence ; we hear too of no result ; therefore no such interference took place . In case No. II there is an apparent design , a good cause , a ...
... young man from Clapham , there is no cause , object , or design , for an interference of Provi- dence ; we hear too of no result ; therefore no such interference took place . In case No. II there is an apparent design , a good cause , a ...
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... young African slaves . Our host informed us that he had arranged a little excursion to his country house amongst the mountains , and that his sure - footed mules and trusty slaves would conduct us safely to his suburban retreat . He ...
... young African slaves . Our host informed us that he had arranged a little excursion to his country house amongst the mountains , and that his sure - footed mules and trusty slaves would conduct us safely to his suburban retreat . He ...
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... young and sea- going yachtsman , who , to exhibit his thorough appreciation of other people's misery , kept continually attempting to perambulate the deck , and as continually tumbled headlong against our prostrate friend . The poor ...
... young and sea- going yachtsman , who , to exhibit his thorough appreciation of other people's misery , kept continually attempting to perambulate the deck , and as continually tumbled headlong against our prostrate friend . The poor ...
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The St. James's medley; or, Fiction, facts, and fancies, from the ..., Volumen2 Vista completa - 1858 |
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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.