The Splendid Advantages of Being a WomanLovell, Adam, Wesson, 1876 - 362 страници |
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... that the crowds swarming eagerly through the streets of London in the prosecution of business , or the holiday - makers who , frantic with en- thusiasm , throng the banks of the Thames to witness DIGNITY AND DELIGHT OF IGNORANCE . 27.
... that the crowds swarming eagerly through the streets of London in the prosecution of business , or the holiday - makers who , frantic with en- thusiasm , throng the banks of the Thames to witness DIGNITY AND DELIGHT OF IGNORANCE . 27.
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Charles James Dunphie. thusiasm , throng the banks of the Thames to witness the Boat Race , would be thus zealous in the pursuit , either of profit or of pleasure , could they but gaze into futurity and see with what sorrows and ...
Charles James Dunphie. thusiasm , throng the banks of the Thames to witness the Boat Race , would be thus zealous in the pursuit , either of profit or of pleasure , could they but gaze into futurity and see with what sorrows and ...
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... may rest assured ( but we won't ) that London is the best place in winter and the only place in summer . Indeed , delightful as is the Village on the Thames in the former period , it is THE ABSURDITY OF GOING OUT OF TOWN . 59.
... may rest assured ( but we won't ) that London is the best place in winter and the only place in summer . Indeed , delightful as is the Village on the Thames in the former period , it is THE ABSURDITY OF GOING OUT OF TOWN . 59.
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Charles James Dunphie. on the Thames in the former period , it is incalculably more so in the latter . London in summer - time abounds in sights and sounds the most gratifying and ennobling that can be imagined . " One impulse from a ...
Charles James Dunphie. on the Thames in the former period , it is incalculably more so in the latter . London in summer - time abounds in sights and sounds the most gratifying and ennobling that can be imagined . " One impulse from a ...
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... done so had not the swimming mania set in with such frenzy . To see ladies buffeted about in the filthy waters of the River Thames , while " doing a swim " for a wager from London Bridge to Greenwich Pier , would 62 ERRATIC ESSAYS .
... done so had not the swimming mania set in with such frenzy . To see ladies buffeted about in the filthy waters of the River Thames , while " doing a swim " for a wager from London Bridge to Greenwich Pier , would 62 ERRATIC ESSAYS .
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Страница 268 - Falsely luxurious, will not man awake; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due and sacred song ? For is there aught in sleep can charm the wise? To lie in dead oblivion, losing half The fleeting moments of too short a life; Total extinction of th
Страница 151 - Yes, to smell pork ; to eat of the habitation which your prophet the Nazarite conjured the devil into. I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following ; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you.
Страница 51 - Tumultuous grandeur crowds the blazing square, The rattling chariots clash, the torches glare. Sure scenes like these no troubles e'er annoy ; Sure these denote one universal joy.
Страница 128 - She, of whose soul, if we may say, 'twas gold, Her body was the electrum, and did hold Many degrees of that ; we understood Her by her sight ; her pure, and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say, her body thought...
Страница 341 - Nor fear'd the chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die. But this bold lord, with manly strength...
Страница 20 - Aside for ever: it may be a sound — A tone of music — summer's eve — or spring — A flower — the wind — the ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound...
Страница 355 - Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
Страница 18 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Страница 360 - Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly," death itself awakes ? Can'st thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Страница 215 - Nature never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry as divers poets have done, neither with so pleasant rivers, fruitful trees, sweet-smelling flowers, nor whatsoever else may make the too much loved earth more lovely. Her world is brazen, the poets only deliver a golden.