The Parterre, Volume 2E. Wilson, 1835 |
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... cries of those who were perishing , and the perturbation of those on board our own vessel , who ex- pected to perish , none of our captain's orders were executed or understood ; all that was attended to was , to keep the oars at work ...
... cries of those who were perishing , and the perturbation of those on board our own vessel , who ex- pected to perish , none of our captain's orders were executed or understood ; all that was attended to was , to keep the oars at work ...
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... cried the children , skipping round the table , and clapping their hands , " what a beautiful goose ! how nice it will be when it is roasted ! You must have a " Run , Bryce ! fly ! cried Mrs. Maxwell in despair ; " put it out of sight ...
... cried the children , skipping round the table , and clapping their hands , " what a beautiful goose ! how nice it will be when it is roasted ! You must have a " Run , Bryce ! fly ! cried Mrs. Maxwell in despair ; " put it out of sight ...
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... cried a booby- " And so have your trunks , " retorted his hearer . " Go where we may , rest where we will , Eternal London haunts ns still : The trash of Almack's or Fleet - ditch , And scarce pin's head difference which , Mixes ...
... cried a booby- " And so have your trunks , " retorted his hearer . " Go where we may , rest where we will , Eternal London haunts ns still : The trash of Almack's or Fleet - ditch , And scarce pin's head difference which , Mixes ...
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... cried out , " Soldiers , to arms ! -a Christian vessel is bearing down upon us . " And such appeared to be the case ; for the vessel which the cadi's brigantine had discovered was approaching with Christian E 2 THE PARTERRE . 51.
... cried out , " Soldiers , to arms ! -a Christian vessel is bearing down upon us . " And such appeared to be the case ; for the vessel which the cadi's brigantine had discovered was approaching with Christian E 2 THE PARTERRE . 51.
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... cried so as nearly to break our hearts . " The day passed on , and we became hungry . Many wild beasts came plung- ing into the water beside us , and others swam across to our side and stood still . Although faint and weary , I managed ...
... cried so as nearly to break our hearts . " The day passed on , and we became hungry . Many wild beasts came plung- ing into the water beside us , and others swam across to our side and stood still . Although faint and weary , I managed ...
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Page 65 - When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray ; What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die.
Page 42 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Page 218 - Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Page 390 - He appears, by his modest and unaffected narration, to have described things as he saw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have consulted his senses, not his imagination. He meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes; his crocodiles devour their prey without tears; and his cataracts fall from the rock without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants.
Page 275 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest : but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind : and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee ; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life...
Page 56 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland...
Page 12 - Urania sings to thee. Oh, let me pierce thy secret cell, And in thy deep recesses dwell ! Perhaps from Norwood's oak-clad hill, When Meditation has her fill, I just may cast my careless eyes Where London's spiry turrets rise, Think of its crimes, its cares, its pain, Then shield me in the woods again.
Page 200 - ... coursing along the sands ; trains of ducks streaming over the surface ; silent and watchful cranes, intent and wading ; clamorous crows, and all the winged multitudes that subsist by the bounty of this vast liquid magazine of nature. " High over all these hovers one, whose action instantly arrests his attention.