The Splendid Advantages of Being a WomanLovell, Adam, Wesson, 1876 - 362 страници |
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... Sure , greater praise to him is due Who sees a hundred ways with two . " As for figure , why should the human form be straight . Any poker may be straight . The line of beauty is a curve . Moreover , a friend in - kneed is a friend ...
... Sure , greater praise to him is due Who sees a hundred ways with two . " As for figure , why should the human form be straight . Any poker may be straight . The line of beauty is a curve . Moreover , a friend in - kneed is a friend ...
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... sure for the sake of saving a few shillings , or it may be a few pence ? It is inconceivable . They run the risk , and think it well worth running for the glory of thinking that they have " done " the company . Stolen kisses are sweet ...
... sure for the sake of saving a few shillings , or it may be a few pence ? It is inconceivable . They run the risk , and think it well worth running for the glory of thinking that they have " done " the company . Stolen kisses are sweet ...
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... sure , as he loafs along the street , with his glossy hat and a huge posy in his button - hole ! He is " dying of dignity , " as Dr. Arnold said of the Church of England ; but you might put his wit , learning , and refinement in your ...
... sure , as he loafs along the street , with his glossy hat and a huge posy in his button - hole ! He is " dying of dignity , " as Dr. Arnold said of the Church of England ; but you might put his wit , learning , and refinement in your ...
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... sure , is everywhere , and always a ridiculous object , and under whatsoever conditions of destiny , whether civic or rural , cannot fail to afford matter of derision to the animals whom he has the insolence to call the " lower . " But ...
... sure , is everywhere , and always a ridiculous object , and under whatsoever conditions of destiny , whether civic or rural , cannot fail to afford matter of derision to the animals whom he has the insolence to call the " lower . " But ...
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... sure that you do read . Don't nod , after the fashion of the great Homer . Nothing can be so dangerous as not reading in bed . As long as you can read in bed all will be well ; but the moment you give up reading , and fall asleep , you ...
... sure that you do read . Don't nod , after the fashion of the great Homer . Nothing can be so dangerous as not reading in bed . As long as you can read in bed all will be well ; but the moment you give up reading , and fall asleep , you ...
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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.