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Pagina 10
... true , had not contributed much to Ned's accomplish- ments , but nature had done great things in his fa- vour ; to a person admirably , though not fini- cally formed , she had given a most interesting set of features , with such a ...
... true , had not contributed much to Ned's accomplish- ments , but nature had done great things in his fa- vour ; to a person admirably , though not fini- cally formed , she had given a most interesting set of features , with such a ...
Pagina 30
... true : I had already made the remark in silence : - How the face of a friend , ' said I within myself , enlivens all things about him ! What hours of placid delight have I passed within these walls ! Have I ever heard a word here fall ...
... true : I had already made the remark in silence : - How the face of a friend , ' said I within myself , enlivens all things about him ! What hours of placid delight have I passed within these walls ! Have I ever heard a word here fall ...
Pagina 42
... true , is a decent conversable woman , and plays a good game at all - fours ; and I had begun to fill up an hour in her company , till I was surprized unawares by a neighbour , who is a wag , and has never ceased jeering me upon it ever ...
... true , is a decent conversable woman , and plays a good game at all - fours ; and I had begun to fill up an hour in her company , till I was surprized unawares by a neighbour , who is a wag , and has never ceased jeering me upon it ever ...
Pagina 55
... We have , it is true , a few of Cicero's table - jokes ; but how delightful would it be to know what he said , when nobody heard him ! How piously he No 52 . 55 OBSERVER Advantages of a happy talent for discerning times and seasons.
... We have , it is true , a few of Cicero's table - jokes ; but how delightful would it be to know what he said , when nobody heard him ! How piously he No 52 . 55 OBSERVER Advantages of a happy talent for discerning times and seasons.
Pagina 58
... true quaint spirit of criticism : it is to be lamented that the Roman theatre furnishes no ladies to match the heroines of our stage ; but I can produce some en- comiums upon Laberius , Roscius , and the famous Publius Syrus , which ...
... true quaint spirit of criticism : it is to be lamented that the Roman theatre furnishes no ladies to match the heroines of our stage ; but I can produce some en- comiums upon Laberius , Roscius , and the famous Publius Syrus , which ...
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Pagina 139 - And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Pagina 173 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill ; cannot be good : — If ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, • Against the use of nature...
Pagina 211 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
Pagina 284 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Pagina 147 - Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments ; which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels ; 5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me ; for I am holier than thou.
Pagina 174 - And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams, To set my brother Clarence and the King In deadly hate the one against the other...
Pagina 178 - The effect and it ! Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murth'ring ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief ! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry "Hold, hold!
Pagina 183 - I hear a knocking At the south entry : — retire we to our chamber : A little water clears us of this deed : How easy is it then ! Your constancy Hath left you unattended.
Pagina 140 - And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph...
Pagina 153 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.