Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 15Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith Richard Bentley, 1844 |
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Pagina 3
... returned his compa- nion , with a half - melancholy voice . The waggoner approached his vehicle , and beckoning to the coun- tryman , they communed together in a low voice for about a minute . When this was finished the latter drew down ...
... returned his compa- nion , with a half - melancholy voice . The waggoner approached his vehicle , and beckoning to the coun- tryman , they communed together in a low voice for about a minute . When this was finished the latter drew down ...
Pagina 4
... returned Vincent ; to give the speaker his own name . " I expect there is little for me to do in London . ” " There's a good deal for everybody , " added Bolt , " only they don't know how to set about it . I've been in business in ...
... returned Vincent ; to give the speaker his own name . " I expect there is little for me to do in London . ” " There's a good deal for everybody , " added Bolt , " only they don't know how to set about it . I've been in business in ...
Pagina 8
... returned the other ; " you have seen the Flying Dutchman , without doubt . " " Indeed I have not , " said young Scattergood . " But I believe I am the only person who has been to sea that never did . " Immense effect ; that vessel ...
... returned the other ; " you have seen the Flying Dutchman , without doubt . " " Indeed I have not , " said young Scattergood . " But I believe I am the only person who has been to sea that never did . " Immense effect ; that vessel ...
Pagina 10
... returned provoking shakes of the head to the hail of belated pedestrians , who saw not that they were full , by reason of the tangible breath that crystallized on their win- dows . Boys forsook the footpaths , and selected perilous ...
... returned provoking shakes of the head to the hail of belated pedestrians , who saw not that they were full , by reason of the tangible breath that crystallized on their win- dows . Boys forsook the footpaths , and selected perilous ...
Pagina 13
... returned at five , and at the request of his partner bought a pair of white Berlin gloves ; not to join the company , but to look like a butler , that he might receive one or two shillings when the guests departed , which Mrs. Chicksand ...
... returned at five , and at the request of his partner bought a pair of white Berlin gloves ; not to join the company , but to look like a butler , that he might receive one or two shillings when the guests departed , which Mrs. Chicksand ...
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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.