Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts, Volume 59W & R Chambers, 1882 |
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... seemed to stare in awful astonishment at those mean persons who presumed to offer its master less than double his legal fare . When Shortmiles tossed a coin in the palm of his hand , and inquired of a victim : What d'yer call this ...
... seemed to stare in awful astonishment at those mean persons who presumed to offer its master less than double his legal fare . When Shortmiles tossed a coin in the palm of his hand , and inquired of a victim : What d'yer call this ...
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... seemed absurd and laughable . To have seen a girl for a second or two , and to be thrown into a flutter by it for four - and - twenty hours , and to find the rout of sense and senses growing completer even then , was an experience which ...
... seemed absurd and laughable . To have seen a girl for a second or two , and to be thrown into a flutter by it for four - and - twenty hours , and to find the rout of sense and senses growing completer even then , was an experience which ...
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... seemed to induce to calm enjoyment , which was enhanced by the profound stillness that reigned around , broken only by the murmur of a distant waterfall . Whilst thoroughly enjoying this beauti- ful scene , the village church clock ...
... seemed to induce to calm enjoyment , which was enhanced by the profound stillness that reigned around , broken only by the murmur of a distant waterfall . Whilst thoroughly enjoying this beauti- ful scene , the village church clock ...
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... seemed by this time as well accustomed to the work as if it had been his daily occupation ; and when the landlord came out to look at him , no suspicion that Hiram was an amateur chair - mender crossed his mind . Hiram finished his work ...
... seemed by this time as well accustomed to the work as if it had been his daily occupation ; and when the landlord came out to look at him , no suspicion that Hiram was an amateur chair - mender crossed his mind . Hiram finished his work ...
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... seemed totally unconscious of attracting any attention , and appeared fully occupied in attending to the wants of her little girl . Charley seemed spell- bound by this handsome woman , and during the first few minutes after her arrival ...
... seemed totally unconscious of attracting any attention , and appeared fully occupied in attending to the wants of her little girl . Charley seemed spell- bound by this handsome woman , and during the first few minutes after her arrival ...
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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.