The Metropolitan, Volume 36James Cochrane, 1843 |
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Page 21
... tell the years of an ox by the rings on his horns , the years of a stag by his tines , and the years of a Ty- rolese peasant woman by the number of her petticoats ; and the rotundity - ample as the courtly hoop , and much more solid ...
... tell the years of an ox by the rings on his horns , the years of a stag by his tines , and the years of a Ty- rolese peasant woman by the number of her petticoats ; and the rotundity - ample as the courtly hoop , and much more solid ...
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... tell him that I will take advantage of his kind trust in my honour till to - morrow , when I will repay him , with grati- tude to Heaven for having enabled me to do so . " Zechariah , after a few more speeches to Sir Henry 38 The ...
... tell him that I will take advantage of his kind trust in my honour till to - morrow , when I will repay him , with grati- tude to Heaven for having enabled me to do so . " Zechariah , after a few more speeches to Sir Henry 38 The ...
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... telling me of these circumstances , the landlady , who had accompanied Zechariah to the door , and then visited her own apart- ment , re - entered . The time had been well employed ; she had a pro- fusion of curls sporting beneath a cap ...
... telling me of these circumstances , the landlady , who had accompanied Zechariah to the door , and then visited her own apart- ment , re - entered . The time had been well employed ; she had a pro- fusion of curls sporting beneath a cap ...
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... tell me ? and wherefore ? The orchard walls are high and hard to climb , And the place death , considering who thou art , If any of my kinsmen find thee here . " ROMEO AND JUliet . THE queen was seated before a table ; her hand wandered ...
... tell me ? and wherefore ? The orchard walls are high and hard to climb , And the place death , considering who thou art , If any of my kinsmen find thee here . " ROMEO AND JUliet . THE queen was seated before a table ; her hand wandered ...
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... tell ) he escaped . I came up with him again yesterday . The wretch pretended not to know me and answered not a word to all my questions . Then I commanded him to he searched , and in his pockets , which were guilt- less of a single ...
... tell ) he escaped . I came up with him again yesterday . The wretch pretended not to know me and answered not a word to all my questions . Then I commanded him to he searched , and in his pockets , which were guilt- less of a single ...
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Page 319 - ... the appellation of benevolence, these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that if I was dry I drank the sweet draught, and if hungry ate the coarse morsel, with a double relish.
Page 80 - ... when such a man would speak, his words, like so many nimble and airy servitors, trip about him at command, and in well ordered files, as he would wish, fall aptly into their own places.
Page 54 - Ah me! for aught that ever I could read. Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth: But, either it was different in blood; Her.
Page 254 - twas, but it express'd her fortune, And she died singing it : that song to-night Will not go from my mind ; I have much to do, But to go hang my head all at one side, And sing it like poor Barbara.
Page 320 - The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her. She will do him good, and not evil, all the days of her life.
Page 7 - that the Christian religion should become universal amongst us. I look at the wisdom of these worshippers of Jehovah, and see how superior they are to us in every respect. Their ships are like floating houses, so that they can traverse the tempest-driven ocean for months with perfect safety...
Page 318 - There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.
Page 101 - On these thy spirit loved to dwell Untainted by the world's control. My brother, those were happy days When thou and I were children yet ; How fondly memory still surveys Those scenes the heart can ne'er forget...
Page 319 - I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship to a woman, whether civilized or savage, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden, frozen Lapland, rude and...