Chambers's pocket miscellany, Bände 13-15 |
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... reached them . They were now greatly in need of supplies of money , for their own was all spent , and their pay was but 3d . a day , with a pound and a half of bread . They were therefore reduced , while spending the winter here , to ...
... reached them . They were now greatly in need of supplies of money , for their own was all spent , and their pay was but 3d . a day , with a pound and a half of bread . They were therefore reduced , while spending the winter here , to ...
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... reached Lyon , their miseries were such as no gentleman could express . Yet no one could ever observe the least discom- posure or regret in their conversation : on the contrary , they bore themselves cheerfully , and when they chanced ...
... reached Lyon , their miseries were such as no gentleman could express . Yet no one could ever observe the least discom- posure or regret in their conversation : on the contrary , they bore themselves cheerfully , and when they chanced ...
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... reaching Paris , where the mother lives , the nurse durst not go to the house , and thus she thought of bringing the body here for interment . But she would scarcely part with the child . She kissed its cold brow , she kissed its hands ...
... reaching Paris , where the mother lives , the nurse durst not go to the house , and thus she thought of bringing the body here for interment . But she would scarcely part with the child . She kissed its cold brow , she kissed its hands ...
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... reached La Morgue one by one ; and there , stretched on a table , they beheld the lord of the mansion they had left , cold and lifeless . The body of the Prince had been found in a wood in the THE DEAD - HOUSE OF PARIS . 29.
... reached La Morgue one by one ; and there , stretched on a table , they beheld the lord of the mansion they had left , cold and lifeless . The body of the Prince had been found in a wood in the THE DEAD - HOUSE OF PARIS . 29.
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... reached the bloom of youthful manhood at the period when the incidents we have to relate took place . Hugh Mayne loved the daughter of Waters with his whole heart and soul . Often had this pair met on the lonely mountain- side , when no ...
... reached the bloom of youthful manhood at the period when the incidents we have to relate took place . Hugh Mayne loved the daughter of Waters with his whole heart and soul . Often had this pair met on the lonely mountain- side , when no ...
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afterwards allowed appeared arms arrived asked attention beauty became began boat body brought called captain carried cause circumstances close continued course death desire discovered entered eyes father fear feelings feet fire foot friends gave gentlemen give given hand head heard hope hour immediately Indian island Italy kind king knew known lady land leave length light lived look Lord manner means miles mind morning nature never night object observed occasion officers once party passed person piece poor possession present prisoners reached received remained remarkable respect returned rocks round scene seemed seen shew ship short side situation soon story suffered taken thing thought took town turned vessel whole wife young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 112 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Seite 21 - Mr. Fitzherbert, in all their names, upon a certain day, that they would drink Foote's small-beer no longer. On that day Foote happened to dine at Fitzherbert's, and this boy served at table; he was so delighted with Foote's stories, and merriment, and grimace, that when he went down stairs, he told them, 'This is the finest man I have ever seen. I will not deliver your message. I will drink his small-beer.
Seite 111 - ODE TO THE CUCKOO. HAIL, beauteous stranger of the grove! Thou messenger of spring ! Now Heaven repairs thy rural seat, And woods thy welcome sing. What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
Seite 153 - This pass conducts to the theatre, and here the ruins of the city burst on the view in their full grandeur, shut in on the opposite side by barren craggy precipices, from which numerous ravines and valleys, like those we had passed, branch out in all directions. The sides of the mountains, covered with an endless variety of excavated tombs and private dwellings, presented altogether the most singular scene we ever beheld...
Seite 61 - His Kingdom of Corsica, For the use of his creditors. The grave, great teacher, to a level brings. Heroes, and beggars, galley-slaves, and kings : But Theodore this moral learn'd, ere dead ; Fate pour'd its lessons on his living head, Bestow'da kingdom, and denied him bread.
Seite 105 - Upon being closely pursued, she would generally fly to the western woods and return the next winter with another litter of whelps.
Seite 106 - When he drew nearer than before, the wolf, assuming a still more fierce and terrible appearance, howling, rolling her eyes, snapping her teeth, and dropping her head between her legs, was evidently in the attitude, and on the point of springing at him. At the critical instant he levelled and fired at her head. Stunned with the shock, and suffocated with the smoke, he immediately found himself drawn out of the cave.
Seite 21 - Fitzherbert was one who took his small-beer ; but it was so bad that the servants resolved not to drink it. They were at some loss how to notify their resolution, being afraid of offending their master, who they knew liked Foote much as a companion. At last they fixed upon a little black boy, who was rather a favourite, to be their deputy, and deliver their remonstrance ; and, having invested him with the whole authority of the kitchen, he was to inform Mr.
Seite 96 - The day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches from my invention; but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention.
Seite 61 - Immediately after leaving the King's Bench Prison, By the benefit of the Act of Insolvency, In consequence of which he registered His Kingdom of Corsica For the use of his Creditors.