The Nic-Nac; or, oracle of knowledge, 1권1822 |
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... called out to the postillion , but he was stiff upon his horse , and did not hear : the coachman still held the reins , but he had lost his senses and his life . The master appeared asleep . but he was frozen under his pelisse : in ...
... called out to the postillion , but he was stiff upon his horse , and did not hear : the coachman still held the reins , but he had lost his senses and his life . The master appeared asleep . but he was frozen under his pelisse : in ...
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... called upon for a toll ; and , though you are informed that the road will be worse as you get on , there is a pompous display of the only terms on which you are permitted to pass . Thus was I compelled either to risk my neck , or walk ...
... called upon for a toll ; and , though you are informed that the road will be worse as you get on , there is a pompous display of the only terms on which you are permitted to pass . Thus was I compelled either to risk my neck , or walk ...
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... called so , forsook me , and I reso- lutely refused to pay the unreasonable demand . A most particular friend , to whom I afterwards related the cir- cumstance , told me he had one to match it . Six gentlemen , upon a pub- lic occasion ...
... called so , forsook me , and I reso- lutely refused to pay the unreasonable demand . A most particular friend , to whom I afterwards related the cir- cumstance , told me he had one to match it . Six gentlemen , upon a pub- lic occasion ...
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... called Richmond : their multitudes were so great , that the air was darkened by them . It was com- puted that two parts of them were killed , and the remaining third sud- denly vanished . This account is in- serted as preliminary to one ...
... called Richmond : their multitudes were so great , that the air was darkened by them . It was com- puted that two parts of them were killed , and the remaining third sud- denly vanished . This account is in- serted as preliminary to one ...
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... called the Scilly Islands , are supposed to have been formerly , and most probably were so , an immense range of rocky hills , making altogether but one island ; but their vallies having been broken in upon by the sea , little more than ...
... called the Scilly Islands , are supposed to have been formerly , and most probably were so , an immense range of rocky hills , making altogether but one island ; but their vallies having been broken in upon by the sea , little more than ...
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305 페이지 - PENSION [an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country'].
102 페이지 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours: Where are they?
305 페이지 - A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
168 페이지 - Nay ! not so much as out of bed ? When all the birds have matins said And sung their thankful hymns, 'tis sin, Nay, profanation to keep in, Whenas a thousand virgins on this day Spring, sooner than the lark, to fetch in May.
40 페이지 - Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed You can send a boy to college but you can't make him think.
200 페이지 - Alas ! the love of women ! it is known To be a lovely and a fearful thing ; For all of theirs upon that die is thrown, And if 'tis lost, life hath no more to bring To them but mockeries of the past alone, And their revenge is as the tiger's spring, Deadly, and quick, and crushing ; yet, as real Torture is theirs, what they inflict they feel.
159 페이지 - There is still another place, built in the form of a theatre, which serves for the baiting of bulls and bears; they are fastened behind, and then worried by great English bull-dogs, but not without great...
288 페이지 - May numerous herds and flocks be seen . And lasses chanting o'er the pail, And shepherds piping in the dale ; And ancient faith that knows no guile, And industry...
197 페이지 - The village maid steals through the shade, Her shepherd's suit to hear; To beauty shy, by lattice high, Sings high-born Cavalier. The star of Love, all stars above, Now reigns o'er earth and sky; And high and low the influence know — But where is County Guy?
202 페이지 - ... was over, remounted" their old stations in Guildhall — till by reason of their very great age, old Time, with the help of a number of city rats and mice, had eaten up all their entrails. The dissolution of the two old, weak, and feeble giants, gave birth to the two present substantial, and majestic giants ; who, by order, and at the city charge, were formed and fashioned. Captain Richard Saunders," an eminent carver in King Street...