Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 34Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith Richard Bentley, 1853 - Literature |
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... arm - chair , besides some ordinary and puny furniture . " And now sit down ; you get upon the sofa , sir , and you here , Angy . And now , will you have some beer after your walk ? Don't say no if you'd rather not . " " We don't know ...
... arm - chair , besides some ordinary and puny furniture . " And now sit down ; you get upon the sofa , sir , and you here , Angy . And now , will you have some beer after your walk ? Don't say no if you'd rather not . " " We don't know ...
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... arms , by the amateur labours of visitors . And the apartment was further enlivened with a mass of tarleton , soiled satin shoes , dress linings with thread all over them , play - bills , pink stockings , various belts , half a cookery ...
... arms , by the amateur labours of visitors . And the apartment was further enlivened with a mass of tarleton , soiled satin shoes , dress linings with thread all over them , play - bills , pink stockings , various belts , half a cookery ...
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... arm was hanging by a piece of skin , the ribs over the heart were broken and bared of flesh , and the muscles of the breast torn into long strips , which were interlaced by their recoil from the dragging of the shot . As the rear ...
... arm was hanging by a piece of skin , the ribs over the heart were broken and bared of flesh , and the muscles of the breast torn into long strips , which were interlaced by their recoil from the dragging of the shot . As the rear ...
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... arms , and sur- veyed the preliminary proceedings with the coolness of a disin- terested spectator . He closed his eyes during the operation , but his face remained unchanged , and he apologized for starting when a nerve was snipped ...
... arms , and sur- veyed the preliminary proceedings with the coolness of a disin- terested spectator . He closed his eyes during the operation , but his face remained unchanged , and he apologized for starting when a nerve was snipped ...
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... arm below the shoulder , below the elbow , on the thighs , and below the knees . In some instances , they remained in a reclining posture on the ground , until this painful operation was finished , which was per- formed in all instances ...
... arm below the shoulder , below the elbow , on the thighs , and below the knees . In some instances , they remained in a reclining posture on the ground , until this painful operation was finished , which was per- formed in all instances ...
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Page 672 - As I am an honest man, I thought you had received some bodily wound; there is more sense in that than in reputation. Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
Page 41 - I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice!
Page 279 - Of whose wickedness even to this day the waste land that smoketh is a testimony, and plants bearing fruit that never come to ripeness: and a standing pillar of salt is a monument of an unbelieving soul.
Page 415 - American liberty, that all men are born free and equal, and have an inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Page 285 - Let me pass through thy land. We will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards. We will not drink of the waters of the well, but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.
Page 518 - Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.
Page 40 - Hardinge, a staff officer, who was near, attempted to take it off; but the dying man stopped him, saying, " It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me;" — and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Page 550 - Dolignan did the same, met and passed her many times on the parade, and searched for pity in her eyes, but found neither look nor recognition, nor any other sentiment; for all this she walked and walked, till all the other promenaders were tired and gone, — then her culprit summoned resolution, and, taking off his hat, with a voice for the first time tremulous, besought permission to address her.
Page 547 - ... whisper (the truth must be told) ; the one who got down at Slough, and was lost to posterity, bet ten pounds to three that he who was going down with us to Bath and immortality would not kiss either of the ladies opposite upon the road. " Done, done ! " Now I am sorry a man I have hitherto praised should have lent himself, even in a whisper, to such a speculation ; " but nobody is wise at all hours...
Page 227 - These creatures are all over black, and with such a flat nose, that they can scarcely be pitied. "It is hardly to be believed that God, who is a wise being, should place a soul, especially a good soul, in such a black ugly body.