Facts Without Fiction and Tales from the Life, Illustrative of the Evil Effects of Spirit DrinkingB.Bagster, 1835 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 26
Seite 2
... respect- ability the wants of a rising family . For some time he had been united to a pious and intelligent woman , to whose devotedness to God and steady attachment to him- self he owed all the enjoyment which he knew . The sphere in ...
... respect- ability the wants of a rising family . For some time he had been united to a pious and intelligent woman , to whose devotedness to God and steady attachment to him- self he owed all the enjoyment which he knew . The sphere in ...
Seite 8
... respect seemed calculated to assist him in his arduous work . To such help he looked forward with pleasing anticipations - but , alas ! how frail is humanity , how little is it to be calculated upon , even in the most vigorous and ...
... respect seemed calculated to assist him in his arduous work . To such help he looked forward with pleasing anticipations - but , alas ! how frail is humanity , how little is it to be calculated upon , even in the most vigorous and ...
Seite 10
... respects , except by an improvement and increase . But , ah ! the fell destroyer came , With such imposing air , That caution might almost have thought That virtue's self was there . He came in most deceptive guise , With poison in his ...
... respects , except by an improvement and increase . But , ah ! the fell destroyer came , With such imposing air , That caution might almost have thought That virtue's self was there . He came in most deceptive guise , With poison in his ...
Seite 13
... respect , but demanded his detestation . But no ! he seemed madly bent upon his own ruin , both here and hereafter . I need not say , that the heart of Mrs. Bink was pierced with sorrow , and that the consolations of religion alone had ...
... respect , but demanded his detestation . But no ! he seemed madly bent upon his own ruin , both here and hereafter . I need not say , that the heart of Mrs. Bink was pierced with sorrow , and that the consolations of religion alone had ...
Seite 14
... " as the thirsty ox drinketh in the water . " The once healthy and respect- able appearance which he presented , was supplanted by a broken constitution , and shabby , idle exterior ; his 14 RECOLLECTIONS OF A FATHER .
... " as the thirsty ox drinketh in the water . " The once healthy and respect- able appearance which he presented , was supplanted by a broken constitution , and shabby , idle exterior ; his 14 RECOLLECTIONS OF A FATHER .
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Facts Without Fiction and Tales from the Life, Illustrative of the Evil ... John Grigg Hewlett Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
affectionate Agnes Allan Fern Andover appeared ardent spirits attention Barnabas became Bink blessed blunderbuss Burgher Burnard character Cheatum circumstances Clara companions conduct considerable counting-house course Crazy Jane daugh dear death degra delight determined dram drunken Dugald effects Ellicombe engaged entered evil experienced father fearful feel felt folly glass Gullum habits hand Hans Burgher happy heart honour hope hour husband indulged infidelity influence intemperance intoxication Julia king's men Lancelot land liquor lived look lugger Madge marriage means mind misery morning mother nature ness never night observed occasion once painful Palais Royal parents passed peace person pleasure possessed present proved received rendered replied respect ruin sailors scene seemed Sharkish society Sommerton soon sorrow soul strong drink tale Temperance Temperance Society thing thought tion vessel vice Victorine village wife Wigton Willoughby wish wretched young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 155 - Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God.
Seite 183 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Seite 10 - Waft, waft, ye winds, His story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Seite 146 - Man-like, but different sex ; so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the world, seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up...
Seite 83 - Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn; Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain.
Seite 83 - And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children leave the land ! Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay! Princes and Lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made : But a bold Peasantry, their country's pride...
Seite 139 - And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts : but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Seite 73 - And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Seite 138 - Cease your grief," said the sage, " go home for the present, and return hither when you have procured a live black beetle, together with a little ghee (or buffalo's butter), three clews, one of the finest silk, another of stout packthread, and another of whipcord ; finally, a stout coil of rope.
Seite 138 - ... ghee, to tie one end of the silk thread around him, and to place the reptile on the wall of the tower. Seduced by the smell of the butter, which he conceived to be in store somewhere above him, the beetle continued to ascend till he reached the top, and thus put the vizier in possession of the end of the silk thread...