The Amateur, or Our magazineThe Amateur, 1856 |
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... horse with wings . Now this old dame of ruby lips Or cheeks could never boast , For time had dried her up so much , She was as dry as toast ; And , from what the legend tells us , We may readily suppose That the only rubies left her Had ...
... horse with wings . Now this old dame of ruby lips Or cheeks could never boast , For time had dried her up so much , She was as dry as toast ; And , from what the legend tells us , We may readily suppose That the only rubies left her Had ...
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... horse will win a race , and what other horse he will beat . Now , from their constant observance of attendant signs , it appears that nurses are able to discern the dreaded wooden spoon in one infant's mouth , and the much - to - be ...
... horse will win a race , and what other horse he will beat . Now , from their constant observance of attendant signs , it appears that nurses are able to discern the dreaded wooden spoon in one infant's mouth , and the much - to - be ...
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... hotel , adorned with the extremely odd sign of " The Three Black Crows ; " and in lieu of the usual announcement of good entertainment for man and horse , the village painter , who managed probably to 38 THE VILLAGE MINSTREL .
... hotel , adorned with the extremely odd sign of " The Three Black Crows ; " and in lieu of the usual announcement of good entertainment for man and horse , the village painter , who managed probably to 38 THE VILLAGE MINSTREL .
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horse , the village painter , who managed probably to pick up a decent living by following at least six different trades , to which he added also the professions of poet and musician , had written these lines in white paint on a black ...
horse , the village painter , who managed probably to pick up a decent living by following at least six different trades , to which he added also the professions of poet and musician , had written these lines in white paint on a black ...
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... horses ; both which productions , I have understood from him ( for at that time his modesty was such that neither I , nor any body but himself , ever saw them ) , were full of very promising poetry . But now that he believed he was ...
... horses ; both which productions , I have understood from him ( for at that time his modesty was such that neither I , nor any body but himself , ever saw them ) , were full of very promising poetry . But now that he believed he was ...
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acquaintance Amateur appeared asked Bartrum beautiful Black Black Crows Bobchick Bustleflower called chair character Christmas course Crump Cuthbert Bede daughter day's pleasure dear Dilboy Dilboy's dinner door doubt Editor endeavour entered eyes face fancy feel Fillet FUGGLES gentleman girl give hand happy head hear heard heart horse Hungerford Market jobber Joseph Smith kind laugh look Magnus Smith manner married mind Miss Mormonism morning nature never night observe Old Kent Road opinion party passed Patio process perhaps PLANUS pleasant pleasure poor portmanteau possession present quicksilver readers round Sandy scene seat seemed silver SMITH Sniffleberry soon SQUILL suppose Sutton Telemachus tell thing THOMPSON thought told turned Verdant Green walk wife wish woman WOMAN HATER write young lady
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 210 - There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen : The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Seite 169 - Great men may jest with saints : 'tis wit in them ; But, in the less, foul profanation. Lucio. Thou'rt in the right, girl ; more o
Seite 210 - Surely there is a vein for the silver, And a place for gold where they fine it. Iron is taken out of the earth, And brass is molten out of the stone.
Seite 228 - ... town. The lady died a few days after, and the daughter grew up without any recollection of her mother, till she was of mature age. At this time, she happened to be taken into the room in which her mother died, without knowing it to have been so ; she started on entering it, and when a friend who. was along with her asked the cause of her agitation, replied, " I have a distinct impression of having been in this room before, and that a lady; who lay in that corner, and seemed very ill, leaned over...
Seite 229 - Glasgow, and was at his place at the teller's table, where money is paid, when a person entered demanding payment of a sum of six pounds. There were several people waiting, who were, in turn, entitled to be attended before him ; but he was extremely impatient, and rather noisy; and, being besides a remarkable stammerer, he became so annoying, that another gentleman requested my friend to pay him his money and get rid of him.
Seite 198 - I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
Seite 228 - A lady, in the last stage of a chronic disease, was carried from London to a lodging in the country ; there her infant daughter was taken to visit her, and, after a short interview, carried back to town. The lady died a few days after, and the daughter grew up without any recollection ot her mother, till she was of mature age.
Seite 229 - The gentleman was at the time connected with one of the principal banks in Glasgow, and was at his place at the teller's table, where money is paid, when a person entered demanding payment of a sum of six pounds. There were several people waiting, who were, in turn, entitled to be attended...
Seite 165 - Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful ; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Seite 229 - under a full impression that the dream was to lead him to the discovery of what he was so anxiously in search of; and, on examination, soon discovered that the sum paid to this person in the manner now mentioned, had been neglected to be inserted in the book of interests, and that it exactly accounted for the error in the balance.