Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 15Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith Richard Bentley, 1844 |
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Pagina 12
... mind what Mr. Snarry says ; wash up the breakfast things , " interrupted her mistress , breaking open her letter , and con- tinuing , as she first read the signature , of course , " Well , if it isn't from the Scattergoods at Bolong ...
... mind what Mr. Snarry says ; wash up the breakfast things , " interrupted her mistress , breaking open her letter , and con- tinuing , as she first read the signature , of course , " Well , if it isn't from the Scattergoods at Bolong ...
Pagina 16
... mind , " replied Jollit ; " he can have that pastry when I have finished with it . Now see me receive him . ” Lisbeth was re - collecting clean tumblers in the kitchen , so Mr. Bam's footboy answered the knock . Mr. Jollit first walked ...
... mind , " replied Jollit ; " he can have that pastry when I have finished with it . Now see me receive him . ” Lisbeth was re - collecting clean tumblers in the kitchen , so Mr. Bam's footboy answered the knock . Mr. Jollit first walked ...
Pagina 37
... mind arose ; That whether men contend by words or blows , " He who first speaks or strikes , ' tis odds he wins . " Therefore , anticipating the assault , He promised to refrain from future fault , And to atone for all his former sins ...
... mind arose ; That whether men contend by words or blows , " He who first speaks or strikes , ' tis odds he wins . " Therefore , anticipating the assault , He promised to refrain from future fault , And to atone for all his former sins ...
Pagina 44
... mind the perplexities of my position , and inwardly cursing my own folly for embarking in the scheme , my muddy reminiscences cleared up as if by magic . The white - headed gambler and I had met before . I recollected him well . He was ...
... mind the perplexities of my position , and inwardly cursing my own folly for embarking in the scheme , my muddy reminiscences cleared up as if by magic . The white - headed gambler and I had met before . I recollected him well . He was ...
Pagina 46
... mind open out to him fresh scenes of exertion . " At the Foreign Office , ' thus I reasoned , the game is up ! Why not abandon the court , and adjourn to the city ? The Frenchman is a failure ; final and decisive . Be it so ! Will the ...
... mind open out to him fresh scenes of exertion . " At the Foreign Office , ' thus I reasoned , the game is up ! Why not abandon the court , and adjourn to the city ? The Frenchman is a failure ; final and decisive . Be it so ! Will the ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 184 - Well, do not swear: although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night : It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden ; Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be, Ere one can say — It lightens.
Pagina 267 - Dick. The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. Cade. Nay, that I mean to do. Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment ? that parchment, being scribbled o'er, should undo a man ? Some say, the bee stings ; but I say, 'tis the bee's wax, for I did but seal once to a thing, and I was never mine own man since.
Pagina 623 - We walked in the evening in Greenwich park. He asked me, I suppose, by way of trying my disposition, " Is not this very fine?" Having no exquisite relish of the beauties of nature, and being more delighted with " the busy hum of men," I answered " Yes, sir ; but not equal to Fleet-street." JOHNSON. "You are right, sir.
Pagina 269 - Rolls, the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and the Chief Baron of the Exchequer...
Pagina 559 - Archangel ; but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched, and care Sat on his faded cheek ; but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride Waiting revenge.
Pagina 180 - You tell us your wine is bad, and that the clergy do not frequent your house, which we look upon to be tautology. The best advice we can give you is, to make them a present of your wine, and come away to better.
Pagina 265 - We ourselves during the time we were there, used to suck it after their manner, as also since our return, and have found many rare and wonderful experiments of the virtues thereof: of which the relation would require a volume by itself: the use of it by so many of late, men and women of great calling as else, and some learned Physicians also, is sufficient witness.
Pagina 265 - ... being in a storme upon the waters, to pacifie their gods, they cast some up into the aire and into the water: so a weare for fish being newly set up, they cast some therein and into the aire: also after an escape of danger, they cast some into the aire likewise: but all done with strange gestures, stamping, sometime dancing, clapping of hands, holding up of hands, and staring up into the heavens uttering therewithall, and chattering strange words and noises.
Pagina 363 - Let us therefore be thankful for health and a competence, and above all, for a quiet conscience. Let me tell you, scholar, that Diogenes walked on a day, with his friend, to see a country fair; where he saw ribbons and looking-glasses, and nut-crackers, and fiddles, and hobby-horses, and many other gimcracks: and having observed them, and all the other finnimbruns that make a complete country fair, he said to his friend, " Lord, how many things are there in this world of which Diogenes hath no need!
Pagina 623 - Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude of this city, you must not be satisfied with seeing its great streets and squares, but must survey the innumerable little lanes and courts. It is not in the showy evolutions of buildings, but in the multiplicity of human habitations which are crowded together, that the wonderful immensity of London consists."— I have often amused myself with thinking how different a place London is to different people.