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... Companion . BY W. H. MAXWELL , Esq . AUTHOR OF " THE VICTORIES OF THE BRITISH ARMIES , " WATERLOO , ' " " THE BIVOUAC , " ETC. ETC. " STORIES OF It is customary , when a work of novelty is first presented to the Public , to state ...
... Companion . BY W. H. MAXWELL , Esq . AUTHOR OF " THE VICTORIES OF THE BRITISH ARMIES , " WATERLOO , ' " " THE BIVOUAC , " ETC. ETC. " STORIES OF It is customary , when a work of novelty is first presented to the Public , to state ...
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... companions , has been occupied by a young lady from boarding - school , who always sits at one corner . Two chairs placed back to back need not speak - they are not upon speaking terms ; and a chair thrown down , especially if broken ...
... companions , has been occupied by a young lady from boarding - school , who always sits at one corner . Two chairs placed back to back need not speak - they are not upon speaking terms ; and a chair thrown down , especially if broken ...
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... companion , be sure that it has been the resting - place of a poor relation . In the present case , Mrs. Dowdum's two chairs were placed square , and dead opposite to each other , as if the parties who were to occupy them were expected ...
... companion , be sure that it has been the resting - place of a poor relation . In the present case , Mrs. Dowdum's two chairs were placed square , and dead opposite to each other , as if the parties who were to occupy them were expected ...
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... companions , and not a man of them but was prepared to mount a tree , and anoint the stem à - la- mât - de - Cocagne . So much society was far from agree- able to the cynic ; who consoled himself , however , by sneering in his sleeve at ...
... companions , and not a man of them but was prepared to mount a tree , and anoint the stem à - la- mât - de - Cocagne . So much society was far from agree- able to the cynic ; who consoled himself , however , by sneering in his sleeve at ...
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... companions on their cushions , and in a minute were as fast to the earth as if they had grown from it ; having taken especial care to strap , tie , and buckle their trowsers so securely , that no tornado that ever waltzed could pluck ...
... companions on their cushions , and in a minute were as fast to the earth as if they had grown from it ; having taken especial care to strap , tie , and buckle their trowsers so securely , that no tornado that ever waltzed could pluck ...
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Page ix - He gained from heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God.
Page vii - Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign.
Page viii - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page ix - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath, and near his favourite tree ; Another came : nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he : The next, with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne, — Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page viii - Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page vii - The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Page viii - Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
Page 94 - ... rug. Last night I had a curious dream, Miss Susan Bates...
Page 84 - Straight down the Crooked Lane, And all round the Square.
Page 35 - His breath like caller air ; His very foot has music in't As he comes up the stair. And will I see his face again ? And will I hear him speak ? I'm downright dizzy wi' the thought, In troth I'm like