Longman's Magazine, Volume 13Longmans, Green, 1889 |
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Page 471 - Fit to deck maidens' bowers, And crown their paramours Against the bridal day, which is not long: Sweet Thames! run softly, till I end my song.
Page 570 - LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done.
Page 524 - There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack!
Page 560 - A new invention is brought before the public, and commands success. A score of abominable imitations are immediately introduced by the unscrupulous, who, in copying the original closely enough to deceive the public, and yet not so exactly as to infringe upon legal rights, exercise an ingenuity that, employed in an original channel, could not fail to secure reputation and profit."— ADAMS. CAUTION.— Examine each Bottle, and see that the Capsule is marked ENO'S
Page 192 - Death's mild curfew shall from work assoil. God did anoint thee with His odorous oil, To wrestle, not to reign ; and He assigns All thy tears over, like pure crystallines, For younger fellow-workers of the soil To wear for amulets. So others shall Take patience, labour, to their heart and hand, From thy hand and thy heart and thy brave cheer, And God's grace fructify through thee to all.
Page 153 - For breakfast, I take four or five ounces of beef, mutton, kidneys, broiled fish, bacon, or cold meat of any kind except pork; a large cup of tea (without milk or sugar), a little biscuit, or one ounce of dry toast.
Page 514 - What is the difference between six dozen dozen, and half a dozen dozen ? Ans.
Page 443 - Rushes, you should ha' been there to see the lady. There she was again, gay and ga', and the young master he never took his eyes off of her." " Well, there," says she, " I should ha' liked to ha
Page 555 - E'en though, like the old gent in Punch, " Not hungry, but, thank goodness ! greedy." I gaze upon the well-spread board, And have to own — oh, contradiction ! Though every dainty it afford, There's nothing like the food of fiction. "The better half "—how good the sound ! Of Scott's or Ainsworth's " venison pasty," In cups of old Canary drowned, (Which probably was very nasty).
Page 441 - That's good," says he. So he says to the second, " How much do you love me, my dear ?" " Why," says she, " better nor all the world." " That's good," says he. So he says to the third, " How much do you love me, my dear ?" " Why, I love you as fresh meat loves salt,