Peter's Letters to His KinsfolkC. S. Van Winkle, 101 Greenwich street, 1820 - 575 страници |
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... once or twice , and at last down he came , having got a pretty long nail run into his foot . I turned round to curse John , but perceived that he had been fast asleep during the whole affair . However , it happened luckily that there ...
... once or twice , and at last down he came , having got a pretty long nail run into his foot . I turned round to curse John , but perceived that he had been fast asleep during the whole affair . However , it happened luckily that there ...
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... once to take a look of this superb city from a height , placed just over the point where the old and new parts of the town meet . These two quarters of the city , or rather these two neighbouring but distinct cities , are sepa- rated by ...
... once to take a look of this superb city from a height , placed just over the point where the old and new parts of the town meet . These two quarters of the city , or rather these two neighbouring but distinct cities , are sepa- rated by ...
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... once again upon the New Town - the airy bridge — the bright green vale below and beyond it - and , skirting the line of the vale on either side , the rough crags of the Castle rock , and the broad glare of Prince's Street , that most ...
... once again upon the New Town - the airy bridge — the bright green vale below and beyond it - and , skirting the line of the vale on either side , the rough crags of the Castle rock , and the broad glare of Prince's Street , that most ...
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... have undergone any essential alteration ; and after dinner , when some half a dozen bum- pers of claret had somewhat smoothed its asperities , I could almost have fancied myself to be once more transported back 12 PETER'S LETTERS .
... have undergone any essential alteration ; and after dinner , when some half a dozen bum- pers of claret had somewhat smoothed its asperities , I could almost have fancied myself to be once more transported back 12 PETER'S LETTERS .
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... once a layman yourself , and try to excuse about the worst you can imagine . What a glorious night we spent at your rooms the Saturday before you took orders ! I continue , notwithstanding all this , to pick up a vast deal of ...
... once a layman yourself , and try to excuse about the worst you can imagine . What a glorious night we spent at your rooms the Saturday before you took orders ! I continue , notwithstanding all this , to pick up a vast deal of ...
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Страница 124 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
Страница 102 - All strength — all terror, single or in bands, That ever was put forth in personal form — Jehovah — with his thunder, and the choir Of shouting Angels, and the empyreal thrones — I pass them unalarmed.
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Страница 345 - On the soft grass through half a summer's day, With music lulled his indolent repose : And, in some fit of weariness, if he, When his own breath was silent, chanced to hear A distant strain, far sweeter than the sounds Which his poor skill could make, his Fancy fetched, Even from the blazing Chariot of the Sun, A beardless Youth, who touched a golden lute, And filled the illumined groves with ravishment.
Страница 398 - With solemn touches,* troubled thoughts, and chase Anguish and doubt and fear and sorrow and pain From mortal or immortal minds. Thus they Breathing united force with fixed thought Moved on in silence to soft pipes that charmed Their painful steps o'er the burnt soil...
Страница 80 - From that bleak tenement He, many an evening, to his distant home In solitude returning, saw the hills Grow larger in the darkness; all alone Beheld the stars come out above his head, And travelled through the wood, with no one near To whom he might confess the things he saw.
Страница 340 - ... so thick the aery crowd swarmed and were straitened ; till, the signal given, behold a wonder ! they but now who seemed in bigness to surpass earth's giant sons, now less than smallest dwarfs in narrow room throng numberless...
Страница 494 - As if their silent company were charged With peaceful admonitions for the heart Of all-beholding Man, earth's thoughtful lord ; Then, in full many a region, once like this The assured domain of calm simplicity And pensive quiet, an unnatural light Prepared for never-resting Labour's eyes...
Страница 76 - I AM a son of Mars who have been in many wars, And show my cuts and scars wherever I come ; This here was for a wench, and that other in a trench, When welcoming the French at the sound of the drum.
Страница 76 - And now a widow, I must mourn The pleasures that will ne'er return; No comfort but a hearty can, When I think on John Highlandman. RECITATIVO A pigmy scraper, wi...