The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern, with Biographical and Explanatory Notes, Volume 19Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl Clarke Company, limited, 1899 |
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Pagina 61
... fire ; and again , Keep thy shop , and thy shop will keep thee ; and again , If you would have your business done , go ; if not , send . And again — He that by the plough would thrive , Himself must either hold or drive . And again ...
... fire ; and again , Keep thy shop , and thy shop will keep thee ; and again , If you would have your business done , go ; if not , send . And again — He that by the plough would thrive , Himself must either hold or drive . And again ...
Pagina 62
... fire . These are not the necessaries of life ; they can scarcely be called the conveniences ; and yet , only because they look pretty , how many want to have them ! The artificial 1 Fortunate he whom others ' perils make cautious ...
... fire . These are not the necessaries of life ; they can scarcely be called the conveniences ; and yet , only because they look pretty , how many want to have them ! The artificial 1 Fortunate he whom others ' perils make cautious ...
Pagina 70
... fire , swiftness , sincerity , and strength . The rays from Voltaire's burning and far - shining spirit no sooner struck upon the genius of the time , seated dark and dead like the black stone of Memnon's statue , than the clang of the ...
... fire , swiftness , sincerity , and strength . The rays from Voltaire's burning and far - shining spirit no sooner struck upon the genius of the time , seated dark and dead like the black stone of Memnon's statue , than the clang of the ...
Pagina 73
... fire , the downright grapples , with which the hated Voltaire pushed on his work of " crushing the Infamous . " If he was bitter , he was still direct . If he was often a mocker in form , he was always serious in meaning and laborious ...
... fire , the downright grapples , with which the hated Voltaire pushed on his work of " crushing the Infamous . " If he was bitter , he was still direct . If he was often a mocker in form , he was always serious in meaning and laborious ...
Pagina 89
... fire under ashes . These were the reasons which induced me to endeavor the reform of the Italian theater , and to supply the place of farces with comedies . AGAINST INCONSISTENCY IN OUR EXPECTATIONS . BY ANNA LÆTITIA BARBAULD . [ ANNA ...
... fire under ashes . These were the reasons which induced me to endeavor the reform of the Italian theater , and to supply the place of farces with comedies . AGAINST INCONSISTENCY IN OUR EXPECTATIONS . BY ANNA LÆTITIA BARBAULD . [ ANNA ...
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Pagina 274 - Stop thief ! stop thief ! — a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space ; The toll-men thinking as before, That Gilpin rode a race.
Pagina 335 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Pagina 267 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. "To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. "My sister, and my sister's child, Myself and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Pagina 58 - We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness, three times as much by our Pride, and four times as much by our Folly; and from these Taxes the Commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an Abatement. However let us hearken to good Advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says, in his Almanack of 1733.
Pagina 271 - Until he came unto the Wash Of Edmonton so gay; And there he threw the Wash about On both sides of the way, Just like unto a trundling mop, Or a wild goose at play. At Edmonton his loving wife From the balcony spied Her tender husband, wondering much To see how he did ride. "Stop, stop, John Gilpin!— Here's the house !" They all at once did cry; "The dinner waits, and we are tired;"— Said Gilpin, "So am I!
Pagina 268 - I do admire Of womankind but one, And you are she, my dearest dear, Therefore it shall be done. "I am a linendraper bold, As all the world doth know, And my good friend the calender Will lend his horse to go.
Pagina 61 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...
Pagina 272 - Tell me you must and shall — Say why bare-headed you are come, Or why you come at all?
Pagina 65 - At present, perhaps, you may think yourselves in thriving circumstances, and that you can bear a little extravagance without injury, but — For age and want save while you may ; No morning sun lasts a whole day.
Pagina 310 - Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary! For could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see? The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign; Yet, gently prest, press gently mine, My Mary!