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Barouche bless blest bowers breast CÆLIA CÆLIA's call'd charms cheer COLOURED BOOKS Coloured Plates Dæmon Dame dance dear deed Doctor Syntax doth e'en e'er ev'ry fair Father's Fcap fear feel flower Foix folly Folly's fond George Cruikshank give golden reign grace Granny grave happy heard heart Heaven Henry Alken Henry's honour honour'd hope hour humble Hymen impart John Leech known Lady LADY G Learning's Life's live look lov'd lyre mind Mother ne'er night Nurse o'er pain pass'd passions PIERCE EGAN play'd pleasure praise prayer preferr'd pride proud Reason receiv'd Rowlandson sage scene seem'd seen SIR HENRY smile solemn song soon sorrow sought taught tears tell thought threat'ning told tongue Twas us'd verse Virtue Virtue's voice wealth Whate'er William Blake WILLIAM COMBE wisdom wise wish Woodcuts words yield young Youth
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Page 118 - For the apparel oft proclaims the man. Neither a lender nor a borrower be, For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all,—to thine ownself be true; And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Farewel, my blessing season this in thee.
Page 117 - with You, And these few precepts in thy memory Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportioned thought his act. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. The friends thou hast, and their adoption try'd, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd
Page 242 - 6d. net. This volume is reprinted from the extremely rare and costly edition of 1843, which contains Alken's very fine illustrations instead of the usual ones by Phiz. Ask Mamma. By RS SURTEES. With 13 Coloured Plates and 70 Woodcuts in the Text by John Leech. 3s. 6d. net.
Page 118 - thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gawdy : For the apparel oft proclaims the man. Neither a
Page 242 - 6d. net. The History of Johnny Quae Genus: the Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax. By the Author of " The Three Tours ". With 24 Coloured Plates by T. Rowlandson.