The adventures of Maurice Drummore, by Lindon Meadows

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Page 221 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Page 244 - For the very same reason," said Amelia, " I shall not eat them/' and immediately threw them both over the garden wall ; for, besides her having said she would not eat them, she could not bear the thought of receiving a bribe to reconcile a quarrel. Amelia's next consideration was, how to make it...
Page 10 - A very delightful volume for Sunday reading, the devotional character of the hymns giving an especial charm to the work. The historical information will be proved full of interest to young Churchmen, and young ladies especially will find the work to be one well adapted to inform the mind and gladden the heart.
Page 332 - MID pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home!
Page 9 - The Glass of Fashion : A Universal Handbook of Social Etiquette and Home Culture for Ladies and Gentlemen. With Copious and Practical Hints upon the Manners and Ceremonies of every Relation in Life — at Home, in Society, and at Court. Interspersed with Numerous Anecdotes.
Page 9 - The book is the best of the kind yet produced, and no purchaser of it will regret his investment."— Bristol Mercury. " Those who live in dread lest they should not do the ' correct thing ' should procure the book, which is a complete society encyclopaedia."— G'Zowuw News.
Page 103 - That ever he takes in hand; For we are all his servants, And all at his command. Drink, boys, drink, and see you do not spill, For if you do, you must drink two, — it is your master's will. Now our harvest is ended, And supper is past ; Here's our mistress' good health, In a full flowing glass!

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