The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most Exquisite Essays and Jeux D'esprits, Principally Prose, that Appear in the Newspapers and Other Publications, Volume 15Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott James Ridgway, 1812 Being an impartial selection of the most exquisite essays and jeux d'esprits, principally prose, that appear in the newspapers and other publications. |
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... His To old share on uniqzo Myde So , as he to depart prepar'd , shat he took the Landlord star'den swier to Why , Sir , you will not use me ill , You surely mean to pay your bill ! " . " My bill ! vy yesh - be not afraid- 40 THE WHITE HAT .
... His To old share on uniqzo Myde So , as he to depart prepar'd , shat he took the Landlord star'den swier to Why , Sir , you will not use me ill , You surely mean to pay your bill ! " . " My bill ! vy yesh - be not afraid- 40 THE WHITE HAT .
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... means an angel ' in his person , or a divinity in his mind ; neither is he , ' as the Morning Post asserts , a stunted goblin , a prey to turbulent passions , and delighted with human mi- sery : moreover , he does not at all ' answer ...
... means an angel ' in his person , or a divinity in his mind ; neither is he , ' as the Morning Post asserts , a stunted goblin , a prey to turbulent passions , and delighted with human mi- sery : moreover , he does not at all ' answer ...
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... means , as he thought , shaken the confidence heretofore had by customers in the Old Firm , his next trick was to try to set himself up in business , which was no easy task , seeing he had neither capital nor credit . No one would trust ...
... means , as he thought , shaken the confidence heretofore had by customers in the Old Firm , his next trick was to try to set himself up in business , which was no easy task , seeing he had neither capital nor credit . No one would trust ...
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... means furnished with goods , having swindled the poor merchants out of their wares , and the public out of the duties , he hopes no doubt to undersell his rival , and pocket all the enormous profits . In pursuance of his plan , we now ...
... means furnished with goods , having swindled the poor merchants out of their wares , and the public out of the duties , he hopes no doubt to undersell his rival , and pocket all the enormous profits . In pursuance of his plan , we now ...
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... means with only a shade of difference . The inkhorn is suspended from the same belt from which hangs the cartouche box ; the pistol and the pen are slung together . We have cordons of troops , and cordons of Douaniers ; posts military ...
... means with only a shade of difference . The inkhorn is suspended from the same belt from which hangs the cartouche box ; the pistol and the pen are slung together . We have cordons of troops , and cordons of Douaniers ; posts military ...
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Page 47 - Here strip, my children! here at once leap in, Here prove who best can dash through thick and thin, And who the most in love of dirt excel, Or dark dexterity of groping well.
Page 227 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God.
Page 130 - I NEVER knew a sprightly fair That was not dear to me; And freely I my heart could share With every one I see. It is not this or that alone On whom my choice would fall: I do not more incline to one Than I incline to all. The circle's bounding line are they; Its centre is my heart; My ready love, the equal ray That flows to every part.
Page 125 - So, close in poplar shades, (her children gone) The mother nightingale laments alone, Whose nest some prying churl had found, and thence, By stealth, convey'd th
Page 198 - NELSON'S closing grave ; How soon to claim the sympathy He gave !) In Him, resentful of another's wrong, The dumb were eloquent, the feeble strong. Truth from his lips a charm celestial drew — Ah, who so mighty and so gentle too ? What tho...
Page 253 - AIR. From hardy sports, from manly schools, From Truth's pure lore in Learning's bower* From equal Law alike that rules The people's will, the monarch's power; From Piety, whose soul sincere Fears God, and knows no other fear ; From Loyalty, whose high disdain Turns from the fawning, faithless train ; From deeds the Historian's records show, . Valour's renown, and Freedom's glow, "Tis hence that springs the unconquered fire, That bids to Glory's heights aspire.
Page 113 - In all humility we crave, Our Regent may become our slave ; And being so, we trust that he Will thank us for our loyalty. Then, if he'll help us to pull down His father's dignity and crown, We'll make him, in some time to come, The greatest prince in Christendom.
Page 198 - Oh say, of Him now rests there but a name ; Wont, as He was, to breathe ethereal flame? Friend of the Absent, Guardian of the Dead ! Who but would here their sacred sorrows shed? (Such as He shed on Nelson's closing grave ; How soon to claim the sympathy He gave !) In Him, resentful of another's wrong, dead ; The dumb were eloquent, the feeble strong.
Page 226 - Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind ? On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires...
Page 165 - ... battle, Tooth and nail strove to worry him out of his life ; He robb'd him of children, slaves, houses, and cattle, But, mark me, he ne'er thought of taking his wife. But heaven at length Job's forbearance rewards, At length double wealth, double honor arrives, He doubles his children, slaves, houses, and herds, But we don't hear a word of a couple of wives.