The New Monthly Magazine and HumoristHenry Colburn, 1842 - English literature |
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... once purchased , cost in the year ? " " Pair of horses ? Oh , why - a hundred a - year - set it down at a hundred , certain , " was the reply . " And what , now , does the omnibus cost you , may I ask ? " " Omnibus ? Oh , why - eight ...
... once purchased , cost in the year ? " " Pair of horses ? Oh , why - a hundred a - year - set it down at a hundred , certain , " was the reply . " And what , now , does the omnibus cost you , may I ask ? " " Omnibus ? Oh , why - eight ...
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... once a day . He had a large easy - chair placed in the kitchen , and as soon as he was up , he seated himself there to superintend the preparation of the déjeuner . That meal being ended , he took his walk round the garden , and then ...
... once a day . He had a large easy - chair placed in the kitchen , and as soon as he was up , he seated himself there to superintend the preparation of the déjeuner . That meal being ended , he took his walk round the garden , and then ...
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... once receiver general of these unclaimed dividends , a pleasant office to which Sydney Smith seems to have succeeded , although no man living has so much legitimate mental wealth of his own . Well may I complain for I myself once heard ...
... once receiver general of these unclaimed dividends , a pleasant office to which Sydney Smith seems to have succeeded , although no man living has so much legitimate mental wealth of his own . Well may I complain for I myself once heard ...
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... once more on terra firma . " We are the very luckiest crea- tures upon God's earth , that's certain , major . How the sun shines , don't it ? " The facility with which it was probable " Mrs. Barnaby " would fall again into her old habit ...
... once more on terra firma . " We are the very luckiest crea- tures upon God's earth , that's certain , major . How the sun shines , don't it ? " The facility with which it was probable " Mrs. Barnaby " would fall again into her old habit ...
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... once get roaming about a new place , it is not a short time that will bring them back again . " The two Miss Perkinses rose instantly , and might perhaps have looked comforted , could the features of either at that moment have taken ...
... once get roaming about a new place , it is not a short time that will bring them back again . " The two Miss Perkinses rose instantly , and might perhaps have looked comforted , could the features of either at that moment have taken ...
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Page 76 - When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time's •waste...
Page 160 - All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Page 270 - But I must also feel it as a man: I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me. Did heaven look on, And would not take their part?
Page 332 - By the apostle Paul, shadows to-night Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard, Than can the substance of ten thousand soldiers, Armed in proof, and led by shallow Richmond.
Page 569 - tis not that now I shrink from what is suffer'd : let him speak Who hath beheld decline upon my brow, Or seen my mind's convulsion leave it weak ; But in this page a record will I seek. Not in the air shall these my words disperse, Though I be ashes ; a far hour shall wreak The deep prophetic fulness of this verse, And pile on human heads the mountain of my curse ! cxxxv.
Page 73 - Or call up him that left half -told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass On which the Tartar king did ride...
Page 94 - About an hour before sunset (for then the mice begin to run) they sally forth in quest of prey, and hunt all round the hedges of meadows and small enclosuies for them, which seem to be their only food. In this irregular country we can stand on an eminence and see them beat the fields over like a setting-dog, and often drop down in the grass or corn.
Page 519 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the...
Page 49 - The man who is fitted out by nature, and sent into the world with great abilities, is capable of doing great good or mischief in it.
Page 580 - ... in such terms of his pleasure in seeing me, that I soon lost the whole of my terror ; astonishment to find him so nearly well, and gratification to see him so pleased, removed every uneasy feeling, and the joy that succeeded, in my conviction of his recovery, made me ready to throw myself at his feet to express it. What a conversation followed ! When he saw me fearless, he grew more and more alive, and made me walk close by his side, away from the attendants, and even the Willises themselves,...