The Metropolitan, Volume 10James Cochrane, 1834 |
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... remarked , that the major part of these Unionists were Irish labourers , who had come over to England to gain their bread . We have specimens of their conduct now at the police offices in London . These hod - and - mortar gentlemen held ...
... remarked , that the major part of these Unionists were Irish labourers , who had come over to England to gain their bread . We have specimens of their conduct now at the police offices in London . These hod - and - mortar gentlemen held ...
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... remarked , " That it was all fair game , but there was no disputing the truth of what the orator advanced , as he had nothing to do with the expense of the materials . " This pleasant turn stifled every symptom of discontent , restored ...
... remarked , " That it was all fair game , but there was no disputing the truth of what the orator advanced , as he had nothing to do with the expense of the materials . " This pleasant turn stifled every symptom of discontent , restored ...
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... utter- ing some disparaging remark in a jocular tone , to the effect that Horace was fit only to dance attendance upon the ladies . Albert understood all this , and submitted . He did ( 53 ) THE BROKEN MINIATURE. ...
... utter- ing some disparaging remark in a jocular tone , to the effect that Horace was fit only to dance attendance upon the ladies . Albert understood all this , and submitted . He did ( 53 ) THE BROKEN MINIATURE. ...
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... remarks upon her mother appeared to have made a decided impression upon her , and her conduct was much more staid and demure ; but as the remembrance wore off , so did her conduct become coquettish and flirting as before ; still it was ...
... remarks upon her mother appeared to have made a decided impression upon her , and her conduct was much more staid and demure ; but as the remembrance wore off , so did her conduct become coquettish and flirting as before ; still it was ...
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... remarks upon the advantages which might arise , I generally made an evasive answer ; but when on the day proposed for my departure , he at once came to the point , offering me every thing , and observing that he was child- less , and ...
... remarks upon the advantages which might arise , I generally made an evasive answer ; but when on the day proposed for my departure , he at once came to the point , offering me every thing , and observing that he was child- less , and ...
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Page 329 - See man for mine!" replies a pamper'd goose: And just as short of reason he must fall, Who thinks all made for one, not one for all.
Page 69 - So he drove out the man: and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Page 192 - The barge she sat in. like a burnish'd throne Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them; the oars were silver. Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person. It beggar'd all description...
Page 192 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them : the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Page 57 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 192 - So many mermaids, tended her i' the eyes, And made their bends adornings. At the helm A seeming mermaid steers; the silken tackle Swell with the touches of those flower-soft hands. That yarely frame the office. From the barge A strange invisible perfume hits the sense Of the adjacent wharfs. The city cast Her people out upon her; and Antony, Enthroned i...
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Page 11 - While the whole world seems adverse to desert. And, oh! when Nature sinks, as oft she may, Through long-lived pressure of obscure distress, Still to be strenuous for the bright reward, And in the soul admit of no decay, Brook no continuance of weak-mindedness— Great is the glory, for the strife is hard!
Page 200 - Tom's head, which, however, he dared not put into execution himself; but " a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse,
Page 182 - Though he win the wise, who frown'd before, To smile at last ; He'll never meet A joy so sweet, In all his noon of fame, As when first he sung to woman's ear His soul-felt flame, And, at every close, she blush'd to hear The one loved name.