The cruet stand, select pieces of prose and poetry, Band 21853 |
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... side , for I doubted not we should soon hear of one or more answers from some of the best pens from that side against it . Not any , however , appeared . So that I read over afresh all that had been urged on the opposite side . But here ...
... side , for I doubted not we should soon hear of one or more answers from some of the best pens from that side against it . Not any , however , appeared . So that I read over afresh all that had been urged on the opposite side . But here ...
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... side , And after your every art you have tried , Whatever my faults , I may venture to say , Hypocrisy never will come in your way . I am upright , I hope ; I'm down right , I'm clear ! And I think my worst foe must allow I'm sincere ...
... side , And after your every art you have tried , Whatever my faults , I may venture to say , Hypocrisy never will come in your way . I am upright , I hope ; I'm down right , I'm clear ! And I think my worst foe must allow I'm sincere ...
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... sides , as she came down to breakfast on the morning of the journey . Half laughing and half crying , Petrea related how ... side . " Don't cry , my dear girl , " said her mother , bathing it with oatmeal - water , " it will only inflame ...
... sides , as she came down to breakfast on the morning of the journey . Half laughing and half crying , Petrea related how ... side . " Don't cry , my dear girl , " said her mother , bathing it with oatmeal - water , " it will only inflame ...
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... side of the world , in broad noonday , business and plea- sure , amusements , battles , and revolutions , have taken place , with- out my concurrence , consent , or knowledge . OUR SAVIOUR . " All was ended now , the hope , and the fear ...
... side of the world , in broad noonday , business and plea- sure , amusements , battles , and revolutions , have taken place , with- out my concurrence , consent , or knowledge . OUR SAVIOUR . " All was ended now , the hope , and the fear ...
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... side . Away they flew round the room , in wild enjoyment , and in the polka that children dance par excellence ; and some chord in my memory had just been struck by the piteous spectacle of the poor little mortified fellow , who biting ...
... side . Away they flew round the room , in wild enjoyment , and in the polka that children dance par excellence ; and some chord in my memory had just been struck by the piteous spectacle of the poor little mortified fellow , who biting ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
answer appear asked beauty become believe better body bright bring brought called Church cold comes death divine earth eyes face fair fall father fear feel flowers give given grace hand happy head heart Heaven honour hope horse hour human keep kind king lady learned leaves less light live look Lord master means mind morning nature never night o'er observed once pain passed person pleasure poor present reason replied rest rise round says seems seen side soon soul speak spirit stand sure sweet tell thee things thou thought true truth turn walk whole wife wish woman young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 240 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat...
Seite 240 - Out of my grief and my impatience, Answer'd neglectingly, I know not what, He should, or he should not ; for he made me mad, To see him shine so brisk and smell so sweet, And talk so like a waiting gentlewoman...
Seite 274 - It is easy' in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
Seite 238 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
Seite 266 - I was ever of opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single and only talked of population.
Seite 96 - From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, — Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Seite 221 - Then holding the spectacles up to the court — Your lordship observes they are made with a straddle As wide as the ridge of the Nose is ; in short, Designed to sit close to it, just like a saddle.
Seite 291 - My heart is awed within me, when I think Of the great miracle that still goes on, In silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever.
Seite 221 - So Tongue was the lawyer, and argued the cause With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learning ; While chief baron Ear sat to balance the laws, So famed for his talent in nicely discerning. In behalf of the Nose it will quickly appear, And your lordship...
Seite 238 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.