Sketches and scraps, by Y.S.Simpkin, Marshall, 1854 - 103 pagina's |
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Pagina 6
... hour arrives , he still looks on , and thinks how happy he shall be , when he has gained a plentiful supply of whis- kers and of sense , and can throw away the " young , " and stand forth " a man . " He even thinks the old know no ...
... hour arrives , he still looks on , and thinks how happy he shall be , when he has gained a plentiful supply of whis- kers and of sense , and can throw away the " young , " and stand forth " a man . " He even thinks the old know no ...
Pagina 34
... hour after hour , plodding , poking , rooting over some old musty deeds , till , as it were , the very spirit of themselves , the quintessence of mouldiness and inflexi- ble antiquity seems a part and parcel of their very nature ; but ...
... hour after hour , plodding , poking , rooting over some old musty deeds , till , as it were , the very spirit of themselves , the quintessence of mouldiness and inflexi- ble antiquity seems a part and parcel of their very nature ; but ...
Pagina 42
... the tablet of his mind , determined at some future time to transcribe the explanation there as well . There are some calm , happy moments in the studious hours of a clerk's life . There is a pleasant 42 THE ARTICLED CLERK .
... the tablet of his mind , determined at some future time to transcribe the explanation there as well . There are some calm , happy moments in the studious hours of a clerk's life . There is a pleasant 42 THE ARTICLED CLERK .
Pagina 43
Y. S. hours of a clerk's life . There is a pleasant feeling when he lights his lamp , replenishes his fire , and in the dark nights of winter , holds communion only with the sages of ancient and of modern times , and revels in the ...
Y. S. hours of a clerk's life . There is a pleasant feeling when he lights his lamp , replenishes his fire , and in the dark nights of winter , holds communion only with the sages of ancient and of modern times , and revels in the ...
Pagina 45
... hour or two , some look rather uncom- fortable ; they have finished their answers , and pumped their memory dry ... hours there are but few left , and the papers now come in by twos and threes , though slowly . Soon there are but four ...
... hour or two , some look rather uncom- fortable ; they have finished their answers , and pumped their memory dry ... hours there are but few left , and the papers now come in by twos and threes , though slowly . Soon there are but four ...
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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.