Dreams and Reveries of a Quiet Man: Consisting of the Little Genius, and Other Essays, Volume 2J. & J. Harper, 1832 |
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... whole bur- then of which had at first been borne by him , was now lost in the superior fascinations of beef steak and onions ; and a few unintelligible monosyllables , uttered from a mouth crammed full of various articles , were the ...
... whole bur- then of which had at first been borne by him , was now lost in the superior fascinations of beef steak and onions ; and a few unintelligible monosyllables , uttered from a mouth crammed full of various articles , were the ...
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... whole army of sol- diers on the stage , and made them fight a prodigious battle , without discovering , till half the poor fellows were slain , that the whole affair had taken place in a lady's chamber ! This was easily remedied , but I ...
... whole army of sol- diers on the stage , and made them fight a prodigious battle , without discovering , till half the poor fellows were slain , that the whole affair had taken place in a lady's chamber ! This was easily remedied , but I ...
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... whole explodes , and out walks my man through a prodigious crack in the mountain , which heals up after him , as he goes along . The consterna- VOL . II . - 2 tion of the guards may be imagined , but unless THE POOR AUTHOR . 13.
... whole explodes , and out walks my man through a prodigious crack in the mountain , which heals up after him , as he goes along . The consterna- VOL . II . - 2 tion of the guards may be imagined , but unless THE POOR AUTHOR . 13.
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... on this very evening seemed at its height . A convulsion of coughing kept the whole audience in in- cessant confusion ; and , with the most harrowing appre- hensions , I listened to noises of every description , 14 THE POOR AUTHOR .
... on this very evening seemed at its height . A convulsion of coughing kept the whole audience in in- cessant confusion ; and , with the most harrowing appre- hensions , I listened to noises of every description , 14 THE POOR AUTHOR .
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... whole play was destroyed . " There was nip , and snip , and cut , and slish , and slash , ' till the first act ended , and then was a slight hiss . Cold drops of sweat stood on my trembling flesh ; ' but I pulled my hat fiercely over my ...
... whole play was destroyed . " There was nip , and snip , and cut , and slish , and slash , ' till the first act ended , and then was a slight hiss . Cold drops of sweat stood on my trembling flesh ; ' but I pulled my hat fiercely over my ...
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Page 70 - I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres; Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood : — List, list, O list!
Page 195 - But rise; let us no more contend, nor blame Each other, blamed enough elsewhere; but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten Each other's burden, in our share of woe...
Page 7 - Who hung with woods yon mountain's sultry brow ? From the dry rock who bade the waters flow ? Not to the skies in useless columns tost...
Page 98 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate — Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute — And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page 192 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear ; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come, when it will come.
Page 158 - My only strength and stay. Forlorn of thee, Whither shall I betake me, where subsist? While yet we live, scarce one short hour perhaps, Between us two let there be peace; both joining, As join'd in injuries, one enmity Against a foe by doom express assign'd us, That cruel serpent.
Page 188 - That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In the Arctic sky, and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war.
Page 89 - It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established: 'Twill be recorded for a precedent; And many an error, by the same example, Will rush into the state: it cannot be.
Page 153 - And understood not that a grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and discharged...
Page 3 - The young who labour, and the old who rest. Is any sick ? the Man of Ross relieves, Prescribes, attends, the medicine makes and gives.