The Rising Sun,: A Serio-comic Satiric Romance, Volume 1Appleyards, 1807 |
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... give up his office , and retire behind the curtain . He certainly re- frained from all open interference in the affairs of the manor ; but as it was suspected that he con- tinued to give an impulse to the secret machi-- nery , obloquy ...
... give up his office , and retire behind the curtain . He certainly re- frained from all open interference in the affairs of the manor ; but as it was suspected that he con- tinued to give an impulse to the secret machi-- nery , obloquy ...
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... give them a flogging or not . - Blows ensued between them and those of the Lord's tenants , who were sent to reduce them to submission ; and they were at first beaten at every point ; but the leader of the Freelanders managed matters so ...
... give them a flogging or not . - Blows ensued between them and those of the Lord's tenants , who were sent to reduce them to submission ; and they were at first beaten at every point ; but the leader of the Freelanders managed matters so ...
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... give up his Stewardship , and was succeeded by one Cradle- ham . Quirke , who had always sided with the party in opposition to the Lord , again urged the depriving him of mince pies ; but it he gan to be shrewdly expected , that he ...
... give up his Stewardship , and was succeeded by one Cradle- ham . Quirke , who had always sided with the party in opposition to the Lord , again urged the depriving him of mince pies ; but it he gan to be shrewdly expected , that he ...
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... give way . At length Cradleham died , and was succeeded by one Limeburne . Farmer Gildrig's affairs now began to assume rather a brighter prospect , as one of his chieftains , named Rodwell , gave a complete overthrow to one of Farmer ...
... give way . At length Cradleham died , and was succeeded by one Limeburne . Farmer Gildrig's affairs now began to assume rather a brighter prospect , as one of his chieftains , named Rodwell , gave a complete overthrow to one of Farmer ...
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... give the Spectator's ideas on the subject , as being much better than any which I can broach of my own , or borrow elsewhere . " I consider , " says the famous Essayist , " a human soul without edu- cation 44 THE RISING SUN .
... give the Spectator's ideas on the subject , as being much better than any which I can broach of my own , or borrow elsewhere . " I consider , " says the famous Essayist , " a human soul without edu- cation 44 THE RISING SUN .
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Page 127 - Witch. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake ; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
Page 55 - For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 161 - I'll sup. Farewell. Poins. Farewell, my lord. [Exit POINS. P. Hen. I know you all, and will awhile uphold The unyok'd humour of your idleness ; Yet herein will I imitate the sun, Who doth permit the base contagious clouds To smother up his beauty from the world...
Page 124 - In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil ? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it and approve it with a text...
Page 50 - Aristotle has brought to explain his doctrine of substantial forms, when he tells us that a statue lies hid in a block of marble ; and that the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the rubbish. The figure is in the stone, the sculptor only finds it.
Page 54 - I do remember an apothecary, And hereabouts he dwells, which late I noted In tattered weeds, with overwhelming brows, Culling of simples ; meagre were his looks, Sharp misery had worn him to the bones; And in his needy shop a tortoise hung, An alligator...
Page 50 - ... the body of it. Education, after the same manner, when it works upon a noble mind, draws out to view every latent virtue and perfection, which without such helps are never able to make their appearance.
Page 57 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 50 - CONSIDER a human soul, without education, like marble in the quarry : which shows none of its inherent beauties, until the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot, and vien, that runs through the body of it.
Page 93 - Of every hearer; for it so falls out, That what we have we prize not to the worth, Whiles we enjoy it; but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value; then we find The virtue, that possession would not show us, Whiles it was ours...