London Society, Band 11James Hogg, Florence Marryat William Clowes and Sons, 1867 |
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... less frequently - a sense of there being a great deal to be got out of that portion of his life which was outside his home . Many of his ends could be furthered by his sister Beatrix , if her will would go with his - many others were ...
... less frequently - a sense of there being a great deal to be got out of that portion of his life which was outside his home . Many of his ends could be furthered by his sister Beatrix , if her will would go with his - many others were ...
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... less temptation to tell a story about it . Under less temptation , ' but still not entirely free from it . For the fascination of falsehood was strongly upon Mrs. Sutton , and she rarely told the truth - never when she could avoid doing ...
... less temptation to tell a story about it . Under less temptation , ' but still not entirely free from it . For the fascination of falsehood was strongly upon Mrs. Sutton , and she rarely told the truth - never when she could avoid doing ...
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... less , in every capital to recognize , or to appear even to notice in public , any of those fair ' unfortunates ' who lie in wait ' to hunt souls . ' They would have been distressed beyond measure at the idea that their mothers or ...
... less , in every capital to recognize , or to appear even to notice in public , any of those fair ' unfortunates ' who lie in wait ' to hunt souls . ' They would have been distressed beyond measure at the idea that their mothers or ...
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... less flowery and " tropical " in his account , but he always was a funny dog ; the drift of his letter was clear enough ; and if the tiger's having caught a Tartar was not a mere figure of speech , the animal must be a very fine one ...
... less flowery and " tropical " in his account , but he always was a funny dog ; the drift of his letter was clear enough ; and if the tiger's having caught a Tartar was not a mere figure of speech , the animal must be a very fine one ...
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... less an officer and a gentle- man for it . At that small box , high up , you may well stare , for I see you recog- nize another friend , and in strange company . It is young Syfer , I am sure , although he is doing his best to conceal ...
... less an officer and a gentle- man for it . At that small box , high up , you may well stare , for I see you recog- nize another friend , and in strange company . It is young Syfer , I am sure , although he is doing his best to conceal ...
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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.