Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts, Volume 59W & R Chambers, 1882 |
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... course , proportionally busy ; while hosiers were at their wits ' end to meet the demand for flannels and mufflers . Nor did the epidemic confine its ravages to this country ; it extended to the con- tinent . In Berlin , forty thousand ...
... course , proportionally busy ; while hosiers were at their wits ' end to meet the demand for flannels and mufflers . Nor did the epidemic confine its ravages to this country ; it extended to the con- tinent . In Berlin , forty thousand ...
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... course , there was a time when the coat was new . We shall go farther back even than that , and speak of a period when it had no existence , ere ever the idea took possession of the narrow brain of stingy old James Gelsworthy to invest ...
... course , there was a time when the coat was new . We shall go farther back even than that , and speak of a period when it had no existence , ere ever the idea took possession of the narrow brain of stingy old James Gelsworthy to invest ...
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... course , of course ! How far do you think I can travel with sixpence - a paltry sixpence ? ' he inquired sarcastically . Between two and three o'clock in the morning , he staggered home drenched with rain , and alas ! intoxicated . In ...
... course , of course ! How far do you think I can travel with sixpence - a paltry sixpence ? ' he inquired sarcastically . Between two and three o'clock in the morning , he staggered home drenched with rain , and alas ! intoxicated . In ...
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... course , I do . Do you think I shall ask you to make me a present of one ? I want a coat that will fit this man here . Anything that's warm and tidy will suit . ' ' Oh , werry well ; then I think I can show you just the harticle you'll ...
... course , I do . Do you think I shall ask you to make me a present of one ? I want a coat that will fit this man here . Anything that's warm and tidy will suit . ' ' Oh , werry well ; then I think I can show you just the harticle you'll ...
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... course ; his clothing was entirely saturated , and a large pool of blood remained in the garden . The deceased was slightly built , but of very good proportions . His face was singularly swarthy , with dark eyes and heavy black eyebrows ...
... course ; his clothing was entirely saturated , and a large pool of blood remained in the garden . The deceased was slightly built , but of very good proportions . His face was singularly swarthy , with dark eyes and heavy black eyebrows ...
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Page 92 - Thy Father has written for thee.' 'Come, wander with me,' she said, 'Into regions yet untrod; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God.' And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvellous tale.
Page 60 - HE that loves a rosy cheek, Or a coral lip admires, Or from star-like eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires: As old Time makes these decay, So his flames must waste away. But a smooth and steadfast mind, Gentle thoughts, and calm desires, Hearts with equal love combined, Kindle never-dying fires: — Where these are not, I despise Lovely cheeks, or lips, or eyes.
Page 298 - If any one doubts the importance of an acquaintance with the fundamental principles of physiology as a means to complete living, let him look around and see how many men and women he can find in middle or later life who are thoroughly well.
Page 100 - THOU wert the morning star among the living, Ere thy fair light had fled ; Now, having died, thou art as Hesperus, giving New splendour to the dead.
Page 294 - ... busy that he has no leisure to laugh; the whole business of his life is to get money, and more money, that he may still get more and more money; he is still drudging on, and says, that Solomon says, " The diligent hand maketh rich...
Page 117 - I persuaded them at last to kneel down and make a large ring, which they did. I prayed with them near an hour, when I was almost spent with the heat of the sun, and the exercise.
Page 351 - Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful. Beauty is God's handwriting — a wayside sacrament; welcome it in every fair face, every fair sky, every fair flower, and thank for it Him, the fountain of all loveliness, and drink it in, simply and earnestly, with all your eyes; it is a charmed draught, a cup of blessing.
Page 400 - CHALLENGE. — I, Elizabeth Wilkinson, of Clerkenwell, ^ having had some words with Hannah Hyfield, and requiring satisfaction, do invite her to meet me upon the stage, and box me for three guineas ; each woman holding half-a-crown in each hand, and the first woman that drops the money to lose the battle.
Page 294 - Nay, let me tell you, there be many that have forty times our estates, that would give the greatest part of it to be healthful and cheerful like us ; who, with the expense of a little money, have eat and drank, and laughed, and angled, and sung, and slept, securely ; and rose next day, and cast away care, and sung, and laughed, and angled again...
Page 99 - The qualities rare in a bee that we meet, In an epigram never should fail : The body should always be little and sweet, And a sting should be left in its tail.