Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 2 |
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Page 12
... heard those sacred whisperings of nature to which we have already alluded . At the time of the Duke d'Enghien's execution , the writer composed some stanzas on the event , of which the following is one : " The moonbeam gilds his pallid ...
... heard those sacred whisperings of nature to which we have already alluded . At the time of the Duke d'Enghien's execution , the writer composed some stanzas on the event , of which the following is one : " The moonbeam gilds his pallid ...
Page 33
... heard their victim's tramp , Who look'd half - drown'd , burst into fits , Which in fresh peals of laughter flamed , When Tibbs , in drawling tone , exclaim'd : " Isn't your cellar rather damp ? ” Grace being said , quick havoc follow'd ...
... heard their victim's tramp , Who look'd half - drown'd , burst into fits , Which in fresh peals of laughter flamed , When Tibbs , in drawling tone , exclaim'd : " Isn't your cellar rather damp ? ” Grace being said , quick havoc follow'd ...
Page 37
... heard footsteps approaching ; and , retiring to the extremity of the group , I seated myself in speechless admiration , behind the recum- bent statue of Theseus . --- Phidias , the superintendant of the works under Pericles , and author ...
... heard footsteps approaching ; and , retiring to the extremity of the group , I seated myself in speechless admiration , behind the recum- bent statue of Theseus . --- Phidias , the superintendant of the works under Pericles , and author ...
Page 42
... heard to Anytus and Melitus , and begging them to write it down , that it may be added to the materials of their intended prosecution against Socrates for impiety . " — Those , then , are the scoundrels , said I to myself , who ...
... heard to Anytus and Melitus , and begging them to write it down , that it may be added to the materials of their intended prosecution against Socrates for impiety . " — Those , then , are the scoundrels , said I to myself , who ...
Page 53
... heard a voice beseeching Him ( Muggs ! ) to listen to a call , And go , like Hudibras , a - preaching.- ' Twas a new light , which might , in fact , Have enter'd where his head was crack'd.- Is it that addled brains perchance , When the ...
... heard a voice beseeching Him ( Muggs ! ) to listen to a call , And go , like Hudibras , a - preaching.- ' Twas a new light , which might , in fact , Have enter'd where his head was crack'd.- Is it that addled brains perchance , When the ...
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