My Life; a Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1905 |
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... whole by dext'rous artifice contrives To gain the prize by which he stands accurst , And plung'd in infamy when most he thrives , He gains my second whilst he gives my first . " I myself believe the answer to be " cut - purse " -a Shake ...
... whole by dext'rous artifice contrives To gain the prize by which he stands accurst , And plung'd in infamy when most he thrives , He gains my second whilst he gives my first . " I myself believe the answer to be " cut - purse " -a Shake ...
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... whole thing came to grief , partly , it was said , by the defalcations of a manager or book- keeper , who appropriated the money advanced by my father to pay for work and materials , and partly , no doubt , from the affair being in the ...
... whole thing came to grief , partly , it was said , by the defalcations of a manager or book- keeper , who appropriated the money advanced by my father to pay for work and materials , and partly , no doubt , from the affair being in the ...
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... whole of the building estate at almost a nominal price . Out of the wreck of the solicitor's fortune my father obtained a small portion of the money due , with promises to pay all at some future time ; and I recollect his having ...
... whole of the building estate at almost a nominal price . Out of the wreck of the solicitor's fortune my father obtained a small portion of the money due , with promises to pay all at some future time ; and I recollect his having ...
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... whole churchyard is so deco- rated , at least as regards all but the oldest tombs , it becomes really beautiful . The long procession during the morning of women and children carrying baskets of flowers , and coming in from various ...
... whole churchyard is so deco- rated , at least as regards all but the oldest tombs , it becomes really beautiful . The long procession during the morning of women and children carrying baskets of flowers , and coming in from various ...
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... whole period of my residence at Usk , I have no clear recollection , and can form no distinct mental image , of either my father or mother , brothers or sisters . I simply recollect that they existed , but my recollection is only a ...
... whole period of my residence at Usk , I have no clear recollection , and can form no distinct mental image , of either my father or mother , brothers or sisters . I simply recollect that they existed , but my recollection is only a ...
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Page 155 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 155 - The land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
Page 120 - Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod, Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy. A little, round, fat, oily man of God, Was one I chiefly mark'd among the fry : He had a roguish twinkle in his eye, And shone all glittering with ungodly dew, If a tight damsel chaunc'd to trippen by ; Which when observ'd, he shrunk into his mew, And straight would recollect his piety anew.
Page 111 - But bringing up the rear of this bright host A Spirit of a different aspect waved His wings, like thunder-clouds above some coast Whose barren beach with frequent wrecks is paved ; His brow was like the deep when tempest-toss'd ; Fierce and unfathomable thoughts engraved Eternal wrath on his immortal face, And where he gazed a gloom pervaded space.
Page 99 - ... remarkable is the general spirit of kindness and affection which is shown towards them, and the entire absence of everything that is likely to give them bad habits, with the presence of whatever is calculated to inspire them with good ones ; the consequence is, that they appear like one well-regulated family, united together by the ties of the closest affection. We heard no quarrels from the youngest to the eldest; and so strongly impressed are they with the conviction that their interest and...
Page 165 - And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
Page 26 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn ; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away ! I remember, I remember...
Page 38 - His hat was off, his vest apart, To catch heaven's blessed breeze; For a burning thought was in his brow, And his bosom ill at ease; So he leaned his head on his hands, and read The book between his knees!
Page 356 - ... varieties ; or he may give me trouble by arriving at another conclusion ; but, at all events, his facts will be given for me to work upon.
Page 353 - Every species has come into existence coincident both in space and time with a preexisting closely allied species.