Old Leaves: Gathered from Household WordsChapman and Hall, 1860 - 437 Seiten |
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... amount and extent , scarcely credible . Upon an average , 300 letters per day pass through the General Post - office totally unfastened ; chiefly in consequence of the use of what stationers are pleased to call " adhesive " envelopes ...
... amount and extent , scarcely credible . Upon an average , 300 letters per day pass through the General Post - office totally unfastened ; chiefly in consequence of the use of what stationers are pleased to call " adhesive " envelopes ...
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... the number of orders was more than six millions six hundred thousand , and the aggregate money amount exceeded twelve millions six hundred thousand pounds sterling . this thin piece of twine , is taken by the 10 OLD LEAVES .
... the number of orders was more than six millions six hundred thousand , and the aggregate money amount exceeded twelve millions six hundred thousand pounds sterling . this thin piece of twine , is taken by the 10 OLD LEAVES .
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... amount , and his family trebles mine in number . So much for the consistency and exactions of an irresponsible monopoly . Practically , again , there are occasions when my cisterns are without water . So much for deficient supply ...
... amount , and his family trebles mine in number . So much for the consistency and exactions of an irresponsible monopoly . Practically , again , there are occasions when my cisterns are without water . So much for deficient supply ...
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... amount ) , steam - engines , cattle , public baths , and other supplies deducted , left more than 10 gallons per diem per head for the whole population - that is supposing these gallons were equitably distributed ; but they are not ...
... amount ) , steam - engines , cattle , public baths , and other supplies deducted , left more than 10 gallons per diem per head for the whole population - that is supposing these gallons were equitably distributed ; but they are not ...
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... amount- ing to starvation ; although the low dietaries of most work- houses , and some prisons , are very often complained of ; yet the old Celtic prejudice against fish still exists in great force in humble life . Few poor persons will ...
... amount- ing to starvation ; although the low dietaries of most work- houses , and some prisons , are very often complained of ; yet the old Celtic prejudice against fish still exists in great force in humble life . Few poor persons will ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Alfreton appeared asked Bank of England Bank-note Bevil Bovington Calder called carriage clerk colours Company corner Crample Crookston Dodo door Eusta exclaimed eyes face fish five forgery Fortnum and Mason four gentleman George Dornley glass hand head Hockle horse hour hundred inquiry Inspector John Clare letters live London look Lord Matthew Marshall ment miles millions minutes Miss Bliss months morning never newspapers night Nobble notes Nottingham o'clock Old Lady Old Lady's paper passed pawnbroking Paxton person plate poor Post-office pounds sterling present Prince prisoner railway replied round Royal Royal George Rrobrecht Serene Highness servant shillings Smithy Houses sort Spitalfields Squire station thousand pounds tion took turned twenty Uncle Victoria Regia Vollum watch whole wife window woman words young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 262 - is Freedom's chosen station; Here peals the people's voice, nor can entomb it Racks, prisons, inquisitions ; resurrection Awaits it, each new meeting or election.
Seite 162 - ... a body at once in a high degree solid and transparent, which might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind: which might extend the sight of the philosopher to new ranges of existence, and charm. him at one time with the unbounded extent of...
Seite 66 - On every side stood buildings of all kinds, begun or half-finished, and the greater part of them mere canvas sheds, open in front, and covered with all kinds of signs, in all languages. Great quantities of goods were piled up in the open air, for want of a place to store them. The streets were full of people, hurrying to and fro, and of as diverse and bizarre a character as the houses...
Seite 148 - I felt lu as a botanist, and felt myself rewarded : a gigantic leaf from five to six feet in diameter, salver-shaped, with a broad rim ; of a light green above, and a vivid crimson below, resting upon the water. Quite in character with the wonderful leaf was the luxuriant flower, consisting of many hundred petals, passing in alternate tints from pure white to rose and pink. The smooth water was covered with the blossoms, and as I rowed from one to the other I always observed something new to admire.
Seite 104 - It is far from my wish to promulgate to the world that the ridiculous expectations, or rather professions, of the enthusiastic speculist will be realised, and that we shall see engines travelling at the rate of twelve, sixteen, eighteen, or twenty miles an hour. Nothing could do more harm towards their general adoption and improvement than the promulgation of such nonsense.
Seite 161 - Who, when he saw the first sand or ashes, by a casual intenseness of heat, melted into a metalline form, rugged with excrescences, and clouded with impurities, would have imagined, that in this shapeless lump lay concealed so many conveniencies of life, as would in time constitute a great part of the happiness of the world...
Seite 33 - Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly spout and spout and spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood ! EPIGRAM.
Seite 71 - steward!" from all parts of the room — the word "waiter" is not considered sufficiently respectful, seeing that the waiter may have been a lawyer or a merchant's clerk a few months before.
Seite 195 - The recent assumption of certain ecclesiastical titles, conferred by a foreign power, has excited strong feelings in this country, and large bodies of my subjects have presented addresses to me, expressing attachment to the throne, and praying that such assumptions should be resisted. I have assured them...
Seite 61 - ... the parent animals are thus brought within the reach of man, who, but for the action of this law, would be deprived of many of those species most valuable to him as food. For the mackerel dispersed over the immense surface of the deep, no effective fishery could be carried on ; but, approaching the shore as they do from all directions, and roving along the coast collected in immense shoals, millions are caught, which yet form but a very small portion compared with the myriads that escape.