New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 97Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth Henry Colburn, 1853 |
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... kind , my love . Never calmer in my life . " " You look very red in the face , for a calm person . Do keep your legs , still . One would think you were jealous of Frank Woodbine . " " Adzookers ! no - though he does come somewhat too ...
... kind , my love . Never calmer in my life . " " You look very red in the face , for a calm person . Do keep your legs , still . One would think you were jealous of Frank Woodbine . " " Adzookers ! no - though he does come somewhat too ...
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... kind of grace about her and a certain aplomb , which seemed to say that her days had not always been passed in the utter seclusion of private life , though , from the posi- tion she now occupied , it did not appear probable that she had ...
... kind of grace about her and a certain aplomb , which seemed to say that her days had not always been passed in the utter seclusion of private life , though , from the posi- tion she now occupied , it did not appear probable that she had ...
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... kind friends . grappling energy that is in ma - husband ( she pronounced these two words as one ) and the sustaining power of my own nature , ever despaired ; but it was necessary that herculean efforts should be made , and they were ...
... kind friends . grappling energy that is in ma - husband ( she pronounced these two words as one ) and the sustaining power of my own nature , ever despaired ; but it was necessary that herculean efforts should be made , and they were ...
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... kind of way . " " Ah , that's it ; you're not likely to get at the particulars from her . Though I didn't listen I know every word she said . It's stereotyped , she puts everybody in her confidence , you're the last victim . If you ...
... kind of way . " " Ah , that's it ; you're not likely to get at the particulars from her . Though I didn't listen I know every word she said . It's stereotyped , she puts everybody in her confidence , you're the last victim . If you ...
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... kind of thing , making her a beauty in spite of herself - his bill was two thousand pounds if it was a penny . What she has to go on with now comes from Old Toffy , her father , though she's much too fine a lady to live with him . " Our ...
... kind of thing , making her a beauty in spite of herself - his bill was two thousand pounds if it was a penny . What she has to go on with now comes from Old Toffy , her father , though she's much too fine a lady to live with him . " Our ...
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Anacreon appear Austrian beautiful Bolter Brioche called Captain Château cried dare dear door DUDLEY COSTELLO Dunmow Dunmow Flitch exclaimed eyes fancy feeling Flitch Flitch of Bacon followed Frank Woodbine French give Grainger hand happy head heard heart Hipgrave honour horses husband Jean Gribou Jonas Juddock knew lady Latcham Layard letter Lisette live Livingstone London look Lord Lord John Russell Lord Moira Ludvig married master miles mind Miss Smokey Montenegrins Montfichet Moore mother Nelly Nestorians Nettlebed never observed old gentleman once passed Peggy perhaps Plot poor portmanteau rejoined remarked replied river Roper Rose round seemed side Sir Gilbert Sir Walter soon Squire steward sure tell things Thomas Moore thought tion Tom Hall took town Vladika whole wife William William Sidney Walker wood word young
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Page 119 - Perplext in faith, but pure in deeds, At last he beat his music out. There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds.
Page 364 - First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was originally used in the resolutions presented to Congress on the death of Washington, December, 1799.
Page 236 - THE stranger who would form a correct opinion of the English character must not confine his observations to the metropolis. He must go forth into the country; he must sojourn in villages and hamlets; he must visit castles, villas, farm-houses, cottages; he must wander through parks and gardens; along hedges and green lanes; he must loiter about country churches; attend wakes...
Page 424 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 1 - You shall swear by Custom of Confession, That you ne'er made nuptial transgression; Nor since you were married nan and wife By household brawls or contentious strife, Or otherwise at bed or at board Offended each other in deed or word: Or since the parish clerk said Amen...
Page 1 - As when you join'd hands in holy quire. If to these Conditions, without all fear. Of your own accord you will freely swear: A whole Gammon of Bacon you shall receive, And bear it hence with love and good leave; For this is our Custom of Dunmow well known : — Though the pleasure be ours, the Bacon's your own.
Page 115 - Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy'd ; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot ; As happy as we once, to kneel and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw ; To pitch the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dextrous pat; The pleasing spectacle at once excites Such recollection of our own delights, That, viewing it, we seem almost to obtain Our innocent sweet simple years again.
Page 239 - Then comes the village shop, like other village shops, multifarious as a bazaar: a repository for bread, shoes, tea, cheese, tape, ribands, and bacon; for everything, in short, except the one particular thing which you happen to want at the moment, and will be sure not to find.
Page 427 - And take my word for this, reader, and say a fool told it you, if you please, that he who hath not a dram of folly in his mixture, hath pounds of much worse matter in his composition. It is observed that " the foolisher the fowl or fish, — woodcocks, — dotterels, — cods'-heads, &c., the finer the flesh thereof," and what are commonly the world's received fools, but such whereof the world is not worthy?
Page 127 - To such a ridiculous degree did the fancy for this toy pervade at that time all ranks and ages, that in the public gardens and in the streets numbers of persons, of both sexes, were playing it up and down as they walked along ; or, as my own very young doggerel described it, — " The ladies too, when in the streets, or walking in the GREEN, Went quizzing on, to show their shapes and graceful mien.