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... morning . " " And in the evening ? " " In the evening he does not know what he says . " LXXXI . NOAH'S ARK . A boatman had received into his boat some young men , who had all taken the name of an animal , such as the lion , the lynx ...
... morning . " " And in the evening ? " " In the evening he does not know what he says . " LXXXI . NOAH'S ARK . A boatman had received into his boat some young men , who had all taken the name of an animal , such as the lion , the lynx ...
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... morning he hastens to examine the sore leg , and to take off the dressing . O sur- prise ! O laughter ! On the previous evening in dressing the wound he had mistaken the leg ! XCVIII . LOUIS XVII . Louis XVII . , while studying his ...
... morning he hastens to examine the sore leg , and to take off the dressing . O sur- prise ! O laughter ! On the previous evening in dressing the wound he had mistaken the leg ! XCVIII . LOUIS XVII . Louis XVII . , while studying his ...
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... morning , " replied he , laughing . 66 One can easily guess the confusion of the poor girl on hearing those words . CXII . DR . ABERNETHY . Dr. Abernethy was well known for his lacon- ism . He detested long consultations and use- ` less ...
... morning , " replied he , laughing . 66 One can easily guess the confusion of the poor girl on hearing those words . CXII . DR . ABERNETHY . Dr. Abernethy was well known for his lacon- ism . He detested long consultations and use- ` less ...
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... morning , in a very bad humour because he had been roused at mid- night , he heard the night - bell ring . " What is the matter ? " he exclaimed angrily . " Doctor , . . . . quick ! quick ! .... My son has just swallowed a mouse ...
... morning , in a very bad humour because he had been roused at mid- night , he heard the night - bell ring . " What is the matter ? " he exclaimed angrily . " Doctor , . . . . quick ! quick ! .... My son has just swallowed a mouse ...
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... morning of a battle , mutually to help one another in case of misfortune . In the midst of the mêlée , the Scotchman , who had had his leg carried off by a cannon - ball , calls his friend . The Irishman hastens , and takes up the ...
... morning of a battle , mutually to help one another in case of misfortune . In the midst of the mêlée , the Scotchman , who had had his leg carried off by a cannon - ball , calls his friend . The Irishman hastens , and takes up the ...
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Page 122 - Yes, to smell pork ; to eat of the habitation which your prophet the Nazarite conjured the devil into. I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following ; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you.
Page 143 - It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice.
Page 158 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits, and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms; And then, the whining school-boy, with his satchel, And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school: And then, the lover; Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress...
Page 158 - With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances ; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and...
Page 153 - But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; Oh, God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap...
Page 153 - Work, work, work! From weary chime to chime ; Work, work, work, As prisoners work for crime : Band and gusset and seam, Seam and gusset and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand.
Page 154 - Oh! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet. With the sky above my head. And the grass beneath my feet ; For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal!
Page 139 - Live, while you live, the epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live, while you live, the sacred preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Page 141 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Page 153 - Work - work work Till the brain begins to swim! Work - work - work Till the eyes are heavy and dim! Seam , and gusset , and band , Band , and gusset , and seam , Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream! "O men with sisters dear! O men with mothers and wives! It is not linen you're wearing out , But human creatures