Instructive Rambles in London and the Adjacent Villages: Designed to Amuse the Mind, and Improve the Understanding of Youth ...Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825 - 286 pages |
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... gave me my father's flageolet to keep for his sake , for it happened by chance to be in his pocket ! -then bid me to be honest and sober , or she should not rest in her grave ; to learn to labour , and to love my sister , and , God ...
... gave me my father's flageolet to keep for his sake , for it happened by chance to be in his pocket ! -then bid me to be honest and sober , or she should not rest in her grave ; to learn to labour , and to love my sister , and , God ...
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... She then , Sir , gave her prayer - book to Patty , and bid her not forget her reading : and talked to us till she was so weak she could not talk any longer . - - " The next day , just before she died 22 INSTRUCTIVE RAMBLES .
... She then , Sir , gave her prayer - book to Patty , and bid her not forget her reading : and talked to us till she was so weak she could not talk any longer . - - " The next day , just before she died 22 INSTRUCTIVE RAMBLES .
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... gave a dismal whine . - Indeed , Sir , it made both Patty and I cry afresh ; however , we knelt down and said our prayers , begging of God to guide and forgive us if we had done amiss . then looked about and found a piece of a broken ...
... gave a dismal whine . - Indeed , Sir , it made both Patty and I cry afresh ; however , we knelt down and said our prayers , begging of God to guide and forgive us if we had done amiss . then looked about and found a piece of a broken ...
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... gave us leave to do ; first ask- ing what we were , and from whence we came ? I answered him truly , that we came from Warwick , and were destitute orphans , but did not say we run away , for fear of being sent back . " We were so tired ...
... gave us leave to do ; first ask- ing what we were , and from whence we came ? I answered him truly , that we came from Warwick , and were destitute orphans , but did not say we run away , for fear of being sent back . " We were so tired ...
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... gave us a great lump of cheese , half a big loaf , and some old stockings , a shirt , and a shift and apron . God bless her ; and if ever her - - children want it , I hope they will meet with as good a friend . We wandered on all day ...
... gave us a great lump of cheese , half a big loaf , and some old stockings , a shirt , and a shift and apron . God bless her ; and if ever her - - children want it , I hope they will meet with as good a friend . We wandered on all day ...
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Page 178 - ... when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of" some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Page 190 - 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 14 - Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 190 - E'en such is man ; whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers ; the blossom blasteth ; The flower fades ; the morning hasteth ; The sun sets, the shadow flies ; The gourd consumes; the man he dies...
Page iii - Let us consider that youth is of no long duration, and that in maturer age, when the enchantments of fancy shall cease, and Phantoms of delight dance no more about us, we shall have no comforts but the esteem of wise men, and the means of doing Good.
Page 177 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion: when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...
Page 103 - As by their choice collections may appear, Of what is rare, in land, in sea, in air ; Whilst they (as Homer's Iliad in a nut) A world of wonders in one closet shut : These famous Antiquarians, that had been Both gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen, Transplanted now themselves, sleep here ; and when Angels shall with their trumpets waken men, And fire shall purge the world, these hence shall rise, And change this garden for a paradise.
Page 103 - Know, stranger, ere thou pass, beneath this stone Lie John Tradescant, grandsire, father, son: The last dy'd in his spring; the other two Liv'd till they had travelled art and nature thro', As by their choice collections may appear, Of what is rare in land, in seas, in air; Whilst they (as Homer's Iliad in a nut) A world of wonders in one closet shut. These famous antiquarians that had been, Both gardiners...
Page 162 - Temple, one of our celebrated seats of law, which took its name from that gallant religious military order, the Knights Templars. They were originally crusaders, who happening to be quartered in places adjacent to the holy temple in Jerusalem, in 1118, consecrated themselves to the service of religion, by deeds of arms. Hugo de Paganis, Geoffry of St. Omers, and seven others, began the order, by binding themselves, after the manner of the regular canons of St. Augustine's, t...
Page 83 - Thomas, which stood on the ninth pier from the north end, and had an entrance from the river, as well as the street, by a winding staircase.