The Children's Miscellany: In which is Included The History of Little Jack, by Thomas Day, EsqJohn Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1797 - 325 страници |
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... lady happened to come by in a car- riage , and overheard him before he was aware . Jack ran in an inftant to open the gate ; but the lady ftopped , and afked him whom he was be- moaning fo pitifully , and calling upon . Jack anfwered ...
... lady happened to come by in a car- riage , and overheard him before he was aware . Jack ran in an inftant to open the gate ; but the lady ftopped , and afked him whom he was be- moaning fo pitifully , and calling upon . Jack anfwered ...
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... lady . ” The lady was not difpleafed with Jack's anfwer , and put- ting her hand in her pocket , gave him half a crown , to buy him shoes and stockings , and pur- fued her journey . me Jack was not unacquainted with the use of money ...
... lady . ” The lady was not difpleafed with Jack's anfwer , and put- ting her hand in her pocket , gave him half a crown , to buy him shoes and stockings , and pur- fued her journey . me Jack was not unacquainted with the use of money ...
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... lady had defired ; for he had too much honour to think of difobeying her commands , or fuffering it to be expended for any other purpose . It was not long before Jack returned ; but the old man was much furprized to fee him come back as ...
... lady had defired ; for he had too much honour to think of difobeying her commands , or fuffering it to be expended for any other purpose . It was not long before Jack returned ; but the old man was much furprized to fee him come back as ...
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... ladies were introduced to fee the works . The mafter attended them , and explain- ed , with great politeness , every part of his manu- facture . They viewed with astonishment the dif- ferent methods by which that useful and neceffary ...
... ladies were introduced to fee the works . The mafter attended them , and explain- ed , with great politeness , every part of his manu- facture . They viewed with astonishment the dif- ferent methods by which that useful and neceffary ...
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... lady who was in company feemed par- ticularly interested about little Jack , and when she had heard his ftory , faid , this must certainly be the little boy who opened a gate feveral years paft for me upon Norcot Moor . I remember being ...
... lady who was in company feemed par- ticularly interested about little Jack , and when she had heard his ftory , faid , this must certainly be the little boy who opened a gate feveral years paft for me upon Norcot Moor . I remember being ...
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Страница 193 - The bottles twain, behind his back, were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke as they had basted been. But still he...
Страница 193 - Well done! As loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin — who but he? His fame soon spread around; He carries weight! he rides a race! 'Tis for a thousand pound!
Страница 194 - Said Gilpin — So am I ! But yet his horse was not a whit Inclined to tarry there ; For why? — his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong ; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song.
Страница 202 - Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown. Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own.
Страница 202 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Страница 196 - Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before.
Страница 195 - My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. "But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case.
Страница 192 - So fair and softly, John he cried, But John he cried in vain; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein.
Страница 198 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude Forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Страница 201 - Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, "Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn; "There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.