The Pilgrims of the Thames: In Search of the NationalW. Strange, 1838 - 375 Seiten |
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... hour or two , every evening , to his old chimney corner at his private residence ( as the humble Peter Makemoney ) to enjoy his whiffs in comfort ; and then returned , like a " giant refreshed , " to sustain the duties imposed upon him ...
... hour or two , every evening , to his old chimney corner at his private residence ( as the humble Peter Makemoney ) to enjoy his whiffs in comfort ; and then returned , like a " giant refreshed , " to sustain the duties imposed upon him ...
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... hours dedicated to recreation and comfort . Like the inimitable STERNE , his luggage was extremely light - cleanliness was his object- but dress - studied dress - that is to say , an attention to fashion- able apparel , was quite out of ...
... hours dedicated to recreation and comfort . Like the inimitable STERNE , his luggage was extremely light - cleanliness was his object- but dress - studied dress - that is to say , an attention to fashion- able apparel , was quite out of ...
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... hour or two dripping wet - being frozen as cold as a statue and not able to comfort yourself with a change of clothes - or a good fire - side to forget your troubles . " Then , my dear boy , when home , dear native home , is within our ...
... hour or two dripping wet - being frozen as cold as a statue and not able to comfort yourself with a change of clothes - or a good fire - side to forget your troubles . " Then , my dear boy , when home , dear native home , is within our ...
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... hours will change the scene ! No chest of drawers wanting , Frank - no toilette - Nature adorned - carpet - bag will do — clean face — a cigar or two in the box - put on a sailor's jacket , if you like - no nonsense - be at the scratch ...
... hours will change the scene ! No chest of drawers wanting , Frank - no toilette - Nature adorned - carpet - bag will do — clean face — a cigar or two in the box - put on a sailor's jacket , if you like - no nonsense - be at the scratch ...
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... hour from box- ing - day to Easter - Monday until the lively period arrives ! I was once young myself , and I cannot forget the days of my boyhood . " " Glorious feelings , sir , " observed Jem , " but never fret ! Young ! you are young ...
... hour from box- ing - day to Easter - Monday until the lively period arrives ! I was once young myself , and I cannot forget the days of my boyhood . " " Glorious feelings , sir , " observed Jem , " but never fret ! Young ! you are young ...
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acquainted actor Alfreyd amongst amusement answered appeared astonishment Bartholomew Fair beautiful better boat Brindle brother Pilgrims called character Charles Incledon Charlotte circumstances Cottage creature cried Dæmon dear dear Charlotte delightful dressed Duchess Edmund Kean excellent exclaimed eyes Fair father feelings fellow felt female flash song fond Friedel gentleman girl give Gravesend happy heard Holdfast Isle of Bute Jack Kean lady late laugh live London look manner match-girl matter mind Miss Azure Miss Bodger Muster Richardson never nevertheless night observed party Penelope person PIERCE EGAN pleasure poor possessed pounds racter Rentroll replied Flourish replied Makemoney replied Sprightly replied Turf respecting rich river scarcely shew slightest Smerke smile society song sort spirit splendid steamer Summersett sure talents taste Thames Theatre Theatre Royal thing thought Twickenham uncle woman word young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 221 - All the earth and air With thy voice is loud, As when night is bare, From one lonely clo.ud The moon rains out her beams, and heaven is overflowed.
Seite 225 - Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love...
Seite 66 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer's cloud, Without our special wonder?
Seite 22 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Seite 312 - Come, rest in this bosom, my own stricken deer, Though the herd have fled from thee, thy home is still here ; Here still is the smile, that no cloud can o'ercast, And a heart and a hand all thy own to the last. Oh ! what was love made for, if 'tis not the same Through joy and through torment, through glory and shame ? I know not, I ask not, if guilt's in that heart, I but know that I love thee, whatever thou art. Thou hast...
Seite 81 - Round her she made an atmosphere of life, The very air seem'd lighter from her eyes, They were so soft and beautiful, and rife With all we can imagine of the skies, And pure as Psyche ere she grew a wife — Too pure even for the purest human ties ; Her overpowering presence made you feel It would not be idolatry to kneel.
Seite 134 - Tis thou, thrice sweet and gracious goddess, addressing myself to LIBERTY, whom all in public or in private worship, whose taste is grateful, and ever will be so, till NATURE herself shall change no tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle or...
Seite 345 - The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven; And as imagination bodies forth The form of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.
Seite 205 - twere the cape of a long ridge of such, Save that there was no sea to lave its base, But a most living landscape, and the wave Of woods and cornfields, and the abodes of men Scattered at intervals, and wreathing smoke Arising from such rustic roofs...
Seite 267 - THY forests, Windsor ! and thy green retreats, At once the Monarch's and the Muse's seats, Invite my lays.