The Nic-Nac; or, oracle of knowledge, 1권

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1822

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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...

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