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... Amusements at Barton . - Aquatic misadven- ture , · 275 CHAPTER XXXIII . Dinner at General Oglethorpe's . - Anecdotes of the general . - Dispute about duelling . - Ghost stories , • 279 CHAPTER XXXIV . Mr. Joseph Cradock . - An author's ...
... Amusements at Barton . - Aquatic misadven- ture , · 275 CHAPTER XXXIII . Dinner at General Oglethorpe's . - Anecdotes of the general . - Dispute about duelling . - Ghost stories , • 279 CHAPTER XXXIV . Mr. Joseph Cradock . - An author's ...
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... amusements , especially ball - playing , and he was foremost in all mischievous pranks . Many years afterward , an old man , Jack Fitzimmons , one of the directors of the sports and keeper of the ball - court at Ballymahon , used to ...
... amusements , especially ball - playing , and he was foremost in all mischievous pranks . Many years afterward , an old man , Jack Fitzimmons , one of the directors of the sports and keeper of the ball - court at Ballymahon , used to ...
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... amusements , was his cousin and college crony , Robert Bryanton , with whom he so- journed occasionally at Ballymulvey House in the neighborhood . They used to make excursions about the country on foot , some- times fishing , sometimes ...
... amusements , was his cousin and college crony , Robert Bryanton , with whom he so- journed occasionally at Ballymulvey House in the neighborhood . They used to make excursions about the country on foot , some- times fishing , sometimes ...
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... amusement into a present means of subsistence . I passed among the harmless peasants of Flanders , and among such of the French as were poor enough to be very merry , for I ever found them sprightly in proportion to their wants . When ...
... amusement into a present means of subsistence . I passed among the harmless peasants of Flanders , and among such of the French as were poor enough to be very merry , for I ever found them sprightly in proportion to their wants . When ...
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... a favorite with the scholars from his easy , indulgent good nature . He mingled in their sports ; told them droll stories ; played on the flute for their EXPENSIVE CHARITIES . 85 amusement , and spent his money 84 OLIVER GOLDSMITH .
... a favorite with the scholars from his easy , indulgent good nature . He mingled in their sports ; told them droll stories ; played on the flute for their EXPENSIVE CHARITIES . 85 amusement , and spent his money 84 OLIVER GOLDSMITH .
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Page 247 - ... bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...
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Page 288 - Lusiad," and I, went to visit him at this place a few days afterwards. He was not at home ; but having a curiosity to see his apartment, we went in, and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals, scrawled upon the wall with a black lead pencil.
Page 221 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 79 - Why, why was I born a man, and yet see the sufferings of wretches I cannot relieve ! Poor houseless creatures ! the world will give you reproaches, but will not give you relief.
Page 134 - Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disregarded all power and all authority.
Page 194 - By this time my curiosity began to abate, and my appetite to increase ; the company of fools may at first make us smile, but at last never fails of rendering us melancholy. I therefore pretended to recollect a prior engagement, and after having...
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Page 167 - I could say nothing but that I had a brother there, a clergyman, that stood in need of help: as for myself, I have no dependence on the promises of great men: I look to the booksellers for support; they are my best friends, and I am not inclined to forsake them for others.