The Indicator, and the Companion: A Miscellany for the Fields and the Fire-side, Band 2H. Colburn, 1834 |
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... window . " They all turned their faces towards the house , but saw nothing . Upon this they laughed at their companion , who persisted however with great earnestness , and with great reluc- tance at stopping , to say that he saw a ...
... window . " They all turned their faces towards the house , but saw nothing . Upon this they laughed at their companion , who persisted however with great earnestness , and with great reluc- tance at stopping , to say that he saw a ...
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... window . Its eyes were direct upon them ; and stretching out of window , it lifted back its head with little sharp jerks like a fowl ; and so stood keenly gazing . • The terrified sailors would have begun to depart quicklier than they ...
... window . Its eyes were direct upon them ; and stretching out of window , it lifted back its head with little sharp jerks like a fowl ; and so stood keenly gazing . • The terrified sailors would have begun to depart quicklier than they ...
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... window , always beginning the conversation with saying that the heat is overpowering . Now blinds are let down , and doors thrown open , and flannel waistcoats left off , and cold meat preferred to hot , and wonder expressed why tea ...
... window , always beginning the conversation with saying that the heat is overpowering . Now blinds are let down , and doors thrown open , and flannel waistcoats left off , and cold meat preferred to hot , and wonder expressed why tea ...
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... window ) in a hog's trough , and immediately tracing the ensuing reflection with a pen made of one of his quills.— Long and patiently did I wait for this unlucky crow , wallowing in the sluttish trough ( whose sides kept him a great ...
... window ) in a hog's trough , and immediately tracing the ensuing reflection with a pen made of one of his quills.— Long and patiently did I wait for this unlucky crow , wallowing in the sluttish trough ( whose sides kept him a great ...
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... window was canvas , the other was glass . " Draw up , " quoth friend Matthew ; " Pull down , " quoth friend John , " We shall be both hotter and colder anon . " Thus , talking and scolding , they forward did speed ; And Ralpho paced by ...
... window was canvas , the other was glass . " Draw up , " quoth friend Matthew ; " Pull down , " quoth friend John , " We shall be both hotter and colder anon . " Thus , talking and scolding , they forward did speed ; And Ralpho paced by ...
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Seite 59 - Round-hoofd, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide, High crest, short ears, straight legs and passing strong, Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide : Look, what a horse should have he did not lack, Save a proud rider on so proud a back.
Seite 87 - Thus may we gather honey from the weed, And make a moral of the devil himself.
Seite 135 - Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me, That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome ! those caves of ice ! And all who heard should see them there, And all should cry, Beware ! Beware ! His flashing eyes, his floating hair ! Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.
Seite 110 - At whose approach the soul of Petrarch wept, And from thenceforth those graces were not seen, For they this Queen attended ; in whose stead Oblivion laid him down on Laura's hearse.
Seite 332 - To Hounslow Heath I point, and Banstead Down ; Thence comes your mutton, and these chicks my own.
Seite 136 - ... in the old Law did save, And such, as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in Heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind: Her face was veiled, yet to my fancied sight, Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined So clear, as in no face with more delight. But O as to embrace me she inclined, I waked, she fled, and day brought back my night.
Seite 201 - He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Elysian gardens.
Seite 183 - ... among my books, and walled round with all the comfort and protection which they and my fireside could afford me ; to wit, a table of high-piled books at my back, my writing-desk on one side of me, some shelves on the other, and the feeling of the warm fire at my feet; I began to consider how I loved the authors of those books ; how I loved them, too, not only for the imaginative pleasures they afforded me, but for their making me love the very books themselves and delight to be in contact with...
Seite 45 - Cicely went off with a gentleman's purse ; And as to my sister, so mild and so dear, She has lain in the churchyard full many a year.
Seite 163 - ... toilet is ancient, carved at the edges, and tied about with a snow-white drapery of muslin. Beside it are various boxes, mostly japan; and the set of drawers are exquisite things for a little girl to rummage, if ever little girl be so...