London Society, Band 11James Hogg, Florence Marryat William Clowes and Sons, 1867 |
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... better sort that does not flag in oblivion ; full of the perseverance that has , over and over again , won the loftiest re- wards , and that remains the best proof of the truth of the statement that the race is not always to the swift ...
... better sort that does not flag in oblivion ; full of the perseverance that has , over and over again , won the loftiest re- wards , and that remains the best proof of the truth of the statement that the race is not always to the swift ...
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... better to them when they did so . Miss Talbot was not affected to the point of either anxiety or en- thusiasm by the anticipation of her sister's visit . There would be a certain amount of interest , the girl felt , in the study a lady ...
... better to them when they did so . Miss Talbot was not affected to the point of either anxiety or en- thusiasm by the anticipation of her sister's visit . There would be a certain amount of interest , the girl felt , in the study a lady ...
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... better known by the somewhat indefinite term of the convenances of society , which have become to some extent law , and have a prescriptive right to our respectful attention and consideration . Against these the mind of the nineteenth ...
... better known by the somewhat indefinite term of the convenances of society , which have become to some extent law , and have a prescriptive right to our respectful attention and consideration . Against these the mind of the nineteenth ...
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... better tell you the whole story . ' ' By all means , ' said Galton . ' Silence , gentlemen . Silence , there . Monsieur raconte . ' And accordingly Monsieur recounted the following . ' When I was shooting in India , I one morning ...
... better tell you the whole story . ' ' By all means , ' said Galton . ' Silence , gentlemen . Silence , there . Monsieur raconte . ' And accordingly Monsieur recounted the following . ' When I was shooting in India , I one morning ...
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... better provided . " " Make yourself perfectly easy about that , Mr. Morley , " said Doolan , who would no more have been with- out hair triggers than hair brushes ; " I never travel without the pace- makers . Au revoir . " And Mr ...
... better provided . " " Make yourself perfectly easy about that , Mr. Morley , " said Doolan , who would no more have been with- out hair triggers than hair brushes ; " I never travel without the pace- makers . Au revoir . " And Mr ...
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Seite 105 - Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances.
Seite 105 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past; wit that might warrant be For the whole City to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was...
Seite 110 - than I can say. I never remember any weather that was not too hot or too cold, too wet or too dry; but, however God Almighty contrives it, at the end of the year 'tis all very well.
Seite 245 - The particular talents by which these misanthropes are distinguished from one another, consist in the various kinds of barbarities which they execute upon their prisoners. Some are celebrated for a happy dexterity in tipping the lion upon them ; which is performed by squeezing the nose flat to the face, and boring out the eyes with their fingers.
Seite 546 - THIS is the place. Stand still, my steed, Let me review the scene, And summon from the shadowy Past The forms that once have been.
Seite 244 - An outrageous ambition of doing all possible hurt to, their fellow-creatures is the great cement of their assembly, and the only qualification required in the members. In order to exert this principle in its full strength and perfection, they take care to drink themselves to a pitch that is beyond the possibility of attending to any motions of reason or humanity...
Seite 107 - He is passionately kind and angry, careless either to ' gain or keep; vindictive, but— if he be well answered— at himself.
Seite 106 - He is a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend than a jest, jealous of every word and action of those about him, (especially after drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth...
Seite 238 - It's no great matter whether I see them to-night, or not, for nine of them have such bad constitutions that all the physicians in the world can't save them ; and the other six have such good constitutions that all the physicians in the world can't kill them.
Seite 203 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee ; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest, I will lodge ; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God ; where thou diest I will die, and there will I be buried ; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.