Joseph Jenkins; or, Leaves from the life of a literary man, by the author of 'Random recollections of the Lords and Commons'.1843 |
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... inquired whether Mr. Harold was at home . " Your name , sir , if you please , " said a gen- tlemanly - looking young man behind the counter . " I only want a few words with him , " re- marked Mr. Jenkins , " Perhaps you would send up ...
... inquired whether Mr. Harold was at home . " Your name , sir , if you please , " said a gen- tlemanly - looking young man behind the counter . " I only want a few words with him , " re- marked Mr. Jenkins , " Perhaps you would send up ...
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... I call again ? " inquired Mr. Jenkins . " Perhaps you would be kind enough to men- tion the nature of your business . Would any one else than Mr. Harold do ? " " I should like to see Mr. Harold himself : 36 VISIT TO THE PUBLISHER .
... I call again ? " inquired Mr. Jenkins . " Perhaps you would be kind enough to men- tion the nature of your business . Would any one else than Mr. Harold do ? " " I should like to see Mr. Harold himself : 36 VISIT TO THE PUBLISHER .
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... inquired Mr. Fiction , half dubiously . Certainly not , sir , " replied Mr. Jenkins , mouthing the words in a particular manner , and VOL . I. D looking as if he deemed the question an im- proper INTERVIEW WITH MR . FICTION . 49.
... inquired Mr. Fiction , half dubiously . Certainly not , sir , " replied Mr. Jenkins , mouthing the words in a particular manner , and VOL . I. D looking as if he deemed the question an im- proper INTERVIEW WITH MR . FICTION . 49.
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... inquired , " What is the nature of the work , sir ? " " A poem , entitled ' The Universe . ' " " Oh , sir , " said the bibliopole , with a signi- ficant shake of the head , and transferring a book , which was lying on the counter , to ...
... inquired , " What is the nature of the work , sir ? " " A poem , entitled ' The Universe . ' " " Oh , sir , " said the bibliopole , with a signi- ficant shake of the head , and transferring a book , which was lying on the counter , to ...
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... it . " " What is the amount of commission in such cases ? " inquired Mr. Jenkins . " Ten per cent ; that is the invariable rule of the trade , sir . " " And you account to the author for all sales 58 SECRETS WORTH KNOWING .
... it . " " What is the amount of commission in such cases ? " inquired Mr. Jenkins . " Ten per cent ; that is the invariable rule of the trade , sir . " " And you account to the author for all sales 58 SECRETS WORTH KNOWING .
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Page 85 - And by opposing end them ? — To die — to sleep — No more ; and, by a sleep, to say we end The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to — 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die — to sleep ; — To sleep ! perchance to dream : — ay, there's the rub ; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause...
Page 86 - tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life; For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despis'd love, the law's delay, The insolence of office and the spurns That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,...
Page 86 - That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, — The undiscover'd country, from whose bourn No traveller returns, — puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of?
Page 203 - And chased them up to heaven. Their ashes flew — No marble tells us whither. With their names No bard embalms and sanctifies his song: And history, so warm on meaner themes, Is cold on this.
Page 252 - If he does not know absolutely every agent in the universe, the one that he does not know may be God. If he is not himself the chief agent in the universe, and does not know what is so, that which is so may be God. If he is not in absolute possession of all the propositions that constitute universal truth, the one which he wants may be, that there is a God. If he cannot with certainty assign the cause of all that he perceives to exist, that cause may be a God.
Page 86 - The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely. The pangs of despis'd love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin ? Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscovered country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know...
Page 251 - The wonder, then, turn* on the great process, by which a man could grow to the immense intelligence that can know that there is no God. What ages and what lights are requisite for THIS attainment! This intelligence involves the very attributes of Divinity, while a God is denied: for unless this man is omnipresent, unless he is at this moment in every place in the universe, he cannot know but there may be in some place manifestations of a Deity by which even he would be overpowered.
Page 84 - To be, or not to be, that is the question ; Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The stings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And, by opposing, end them...
Page 250 - If you were so unacquainted with mankind, that this character might be announced to you as a rare or singular phenomenon, your conjectures, till you saw and heard the man, at the nature and the extent of the discipline through which he must have advanced, would be led toward something extraordinary. And you might think that the term of that discipline must have been very long ; since a quick train of impressions, a short series of mental gradations, within the little space of a few months and years,...
Page 250 - ... of God, who explodes his laws by denying his existence. If you were so unacquainted with mankind, that this character might be announced to you as a rare or singular phenomenon, your conjectures, till you saw and heard the man, at the nature and the extent of the discipline through which he must have advanced, would be led toward something extraordinary. And you might think that the term of that discipline...