Liber facetiarum, being a collection of curious and interesting anecdotesD. Akenhead and Sons, 1809 - 344 страници |
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... piece of wood , in which is fixed an iron , which they rub up and down the blade , and thus clear it of all inequalities , as a plane does to wood : they then temper and polish it . This polish is so highly finished , that when any one ...
... piece of wood , in which is fixed an iron , which they rub up and down the blade , and thus clear it of all inequalities , as a plane does to wood : they then temper and polish it . This polish is so highly finished , that when any one ...
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... pieces for his friends , which he gave them without retain- ing a copy ; the music - merchants , who were always on the catch , collected those pieces , and published them for their own account . When he was told this : - " They are ...
... pieces for his friends , which he gave them without retain- ing a copy ; the music - merchants , who were always on the catch , collected those pieces , and published them for their own account . When he was told this : - " They are ...
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... piece of meat which was twice their own weight . Some years ago a party of young men at Bath hired the chairmen on a Saturday night to steal all the turnspits in town , and lock them up till the follow- ing evening . Accordingly on ...
... piece of meat which was twice their own weight . Some years ago a party of young men at Bath hired the chairmen on a Saturday night to steal all the turnspits in town , and lock them up till the follow- ing evening . Accordingly on ...
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... piece of ice ; they were then packed in snow , and when arrived at Moscow , which was four days after , the eels being put into cold water , and so thawed , discovered gradually signs of life , and soon perfectly recovered ! Sporting ...
... piece of ice ; they were then packed in snow , and when arrived at Moscow , which was four days after , the eels being put into cold water , and so thawed , discovered gradually signs of life , and soon perfectly recovered ! Sporting ...
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... plate while hot , an excavation is made in the mid- dle of it with a spoon , into which excavation a Horace Walpole , brother to sir Robert . The treaty of Gertruydenberg is alluded to . piece of butter as large as a nutmeg is put 132.
... plate while hot , an excavation is made in the mid- dle of it with a spoon , into which excavation a Horace Walpole , brother to sir Robert . The treaty of Gertruydenberg is alluded to . piece of butter as large as a nutmeg is put 132.
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Страница 161 - tis no matter; honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on? how then? Can honour set to a leg? no: or an arm? no: or take away the grief of a wound? no. Honour hath no skill in surgery, then? no. What is honour? a word. What is that word, honour? air. A trim reckoning! — Who hath it? he that died o
Страница 119 - In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
Страница 151 - English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, .tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Страница 195 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Страница 241 - That's very strange ; but if you had not supped, I must have got something for you. Let me see, what should I have had ? A couple of lobsters ; ay, that would have done very well ; two shillings— tarts, a shilling ; but you will drink a glass of wine with me, though you supped so much before your usual time only to spare my pocket ?' ' No, we had rather talk with you than drink with you.
Страница 78 - And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth...
Страница 230 - May the Great God, whom I worship, grant to my Country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious Victory; and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after Victory be the predominant feature in the British Fleet. For myself, individually, I commit my life to Him, who made me, and may his blessing light upon my endeavours for serving my Country faithfully. To him I resign myself and the just cause which is entrusted to me to defend. Amen. Amen. Amen.
Страница 99 - The aperture of the den, on the east side of a very high ledge of rocks, is about two feet square ; from thence it descends obliquely fifteen feet, then running horizontally about ten more, it ascends gradually sixteen feet toward its termination.
Страница 228 - .Follow me, and hear a lecture in philosophy ;' and Charles, laying his hand on his sword, to say, ' Follow me, and dethrone the czar;' a man would be ashamed to follow Socrates.
Страница 241 - How came you to leave all the great lords that you are so fond of, to come hither to see a poor dean ? — ' Because we would rather see you than any of them.' — ' Ay, any one that did not know so well as I do might believe you. But since you are come, I must get some supper for you, I suppose.'— ' No, Doctor, we have • Speace.