Sketches and scraps, by Y.S.Simpkin, Marshall, 1854 - 103 pagina's |
Vanuit het boek
Resultaten 1-5 van 12
Pagina 13
... honour and of principle , from those who , devoid of either , and spurred on by pride , selfishness , and ignorance , seek nothing but . their own gratification and pleasure . We are thankful that C there are some in the world , and ...
... honour and of principle , from those who , devoid of either , and spurred on by pride , selfishness , and ignorance , seek nothing but . their own gratification and pleasure . We are thankful that C there are some in the world , and ...
Pagina 23
... honour to be an humble member , were much nearer heaven than we - perhaps from their very height , but he did not say so . I explained my views , and was immediately at- tacked very strongly with such a conglomeration of " bap- tismal ...
... honour to be an humble member , were much nearer heaven than we - perhaps from their very height , but he did not say so . I explained my views , and was immediately at- tacked very strongly with such a conglomeration of " bap- tismal ...
Pagina 24
... honour ; and on many other subjects , but we prefer to turn to other and more important heroes . THE MEDICAL STUDENT . " Throw physic to the dogs , I'll none of it . " - Shakspeare . I wonder if you ever really required physic , Mr ...
... honour ; and on many other subjects , but we prefer to turn to other and more important heroes . THE MEDICAL STUDENT . " Throw physic to the dogs , I'll none of it . " - Shakspeare . I wonder if you ever really required physic , Mr ...
Pagina 27
... honour of his profession appear great , for he has found out how to smoke cigars , imbibe porter , and handle a thick stick ; and he has ordered a rough short coat , a white hat , and a " vade mecum , " the two former at the assistant's ...
... honour of his profession appear great , for he has found out how to smoke cigars , imbibe porter , and handle a thick stick ; and he has ordered a rough short coat , a white hat , and a " vade mecum , " the two former at the assistant's ...
Pagina 32
... honour to their country , and idols to their profession . May such be the case , is our most hearty wish , and our humble prayer is , that henceforward this our sketch may appear but " a thing of fancy , or a poet's dream . " 66 THE ...
... honour to their country , and idols to their profession . May such be the case , is our most hearty wish , and our humble prayer is , that henceforward this our sketch may appear but " a thing of fancy , or a poet's dream . " 66 THE ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
accor acquaintance amused Antinous Articled Clerk asked barristers beauty become better betting bright called coat cold common law counsel counting house court cricket dark dead certainty deed desk dingly Discobolus door dreams dull fancy fashionable young fast father feels finer feelings followed friends gas light gentleman gone hand happy heard hero hero's high church honour jury knew ladies Laocoon latter laugh leave Leicestershire light literary young looking Lord John Russell lovely maiden mighty mind morning comes mother never night nine o'clock Novel Reader old-fashioned young paper perhaps pleasure present prisoner profession quoit race rain rocky glen rose round rubbed scenes seemed sitting sketch soon spirit stand stroll takes tell thing thinks thought told turned umbrella waistcoat walk wandering window wish witness words writes
Populaire passages
Pagina 6 - I've seen around me fall, Like leaves in wintry weather, I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed.
Pagina 71 - BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court /My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth...
Pagina 69 - A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing A flowery band to bind us to the earth, Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, \ Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darken'd ways Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all, Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From our dark spirits.
Pagina 72 - Doth a man stutter, look a-squint, or halt ; — Mimics draw humour out of Nature's fault ; With personal defects their mirth adorn, And hang misfortunes out to public scorn. E'en I, whom Nature cast in hideous mould, Whom, having made, she trembled to behold, Beneath the load of mimicry may groan, And find that Nature's errors are my own.
Pagina 9 - These our actors • • • were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And like the baseless fabric of a vision, The cloud capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And like an unsubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind.
Pagina 82 - Resolved, That a committee be appointed to take into consideration the propriety of taking measures for the civil and military protection of this colony.
Pagina 66 - Mensorem cohibent, Archyta, &c. SAY, dearest Villiers, poor departed friend, (Since fleeting life thus suddenly must end) Say, what did all thy busy hopes avail, That anxious thou from pole to pole didst sail ; Ere on thy chin the springing beard began To spread a doubtful down, and promise man...
Pagina 8 - Hamlet gives to the players, to " speak no more than is set down for them.
Pagina 70 - If but amusement were the end of life, One would not wonder at the eagerness With which the giddy multitude pursue The man amusive.