The Table Book, Volume 1W. Hone, 1827 |
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... tell tale to his memory . " As in the middle ages there were table- books with ivory leaves , this gentleman remarks that , in Chaucer's " Sompnour's Tale , " one of the friars is provided with " A pair of tables all of ivory , And a ...
... tell tale to his memory . " As in the middle ages there were table- books with ivory leaves , this gentleman remarks that , in Chaucer's " Sompnour's Tale , " one of the friars is provided with " A pair of tables all of ivory , And a ...
Pagina 43
... tell me that it is necessary to account for the long delay of the following work ; and I can only do it by ad- verting to the circumstances of my life . Will this be accepted as an apology ? I know but little of my family and that ...
... tell me that it is necessary to account for the long delay of the following work ; and I can only do it by ad- verting to the circumstances of my life . Will this be accepted as an apology ? I know but little of my family and that ...
Pagina 63
... tell the man to bring the bill ; and I'll pay it and have done with him . " Besides buyers , every newsman has read- ers at so much each paper per hour . One class stipulates for a journal always at breakfast ; another , that it is to ...
... tell the man to bring the bill ; and I'll pay it and have done with him . " Besides buyers , every newsman has read- ers at so much each paper per hour . One class stipulates for a journal always at breakfast ; another , that it is to ...
Pagina 69
... tell me if it does not proclaim that he has worn the sock and buskin , and trod the Thespian floor : he was the manager of the Grassing- ton theatre - the " Delawang " of Craven . cold glance on poor Tom , and saying to I fancy some ...
... tell me if it does not proclaim that he has worn the sock and buskin , and trod the Thespian floor : he was the manager of the Grassing- ton theatre - the " Delawang " of Craven . cold glance on poor Tom , and saying to I fancy some ...
Pagina 73
... telling fortunes at home is very pleasant ; and the variety of " the Sy- bil's Leaves " assists to as frequent oppor- tunities of re - consultation as the most inveterate craver can desire . A lady con- demned by one of the leaves to ...
... telling fortunes at home is very pleasant ; and the variety of " the Sy- bil's Leaves " assists to as frequent oppor- tunities of re - consultation as the most inveterate craver can desire . A lady con- demned by one of the leaves to ...
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Pagina 227 - There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While in his...
Pagina 805 - Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget What thou among the leaves hast never known, The weariness, the fever, and the fret Here, where men sit and hear each other groan...
Pagina 227 - An angel-guard of loves and graces lie ; Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fire-side pleasures gambol at her feet. Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found? " Art thou a man — a patriot ? look around, O thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps roam, That land thy country, and that spot thy home.
Pagina 61 - At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. *Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Pagina 805 - MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk : Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness, — That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, Singest of summer in full-throated ease.
Pagina 793 - And every want to luxury allied, And every pang that folly pays to pride. Those gentle hours that plenty bade to bloom, Those calm desires that...
Pagina 61 - tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright ;— He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spattered boots, strapped waist, and frozen locks ; News from all nations lumbering at his back.
Pagina 521 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter...
Pagina 805 - O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple-stained mouth; That I might drink, and leave the world unseen, And with thee fade away into the forest dim...
Pagina 61 - This folio of four pages, happy work ! Which not even critics criticise, that holds Inquisitive attention while I read Fast bound in chains of silence, which the fair, Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break, What is it but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations and its vast concerns?