The Works of Thomas Hood: Comic and Serious, in Prose and Verse with All the Original Illustrations, Volumen6E. Moxon, 1871 - 456 páginas |
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... Agib . He had , notwithstanding , a wit and shrewdness very unusual to any , especially of his childish age ; whereas his brothers were dull and slow of intellect , to an extraordinary degree . Now Abendali , though he had money , was ...
... Agib . He had , notwithstanding , a wit and shrewdness very unusual to any , especially of his childish age ; whereas his brothers were dull and slow of intellect , to an extraordinary degree . Now Abendali , though he had money , was ...
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... Agib came in , but he was so little that he could not look upon the bed . The lady asking who it was , he answered , and said , " My name is Little Agib , and I am sent here by my father , your kinsman , who is called Abendali ; for he ...
... Agib came in , but he was so little that he could not look upon the bed . The lady asking who it was , he answered , and said , " My name is Little Agib , and I am sent here by my father , your kinsman , who is called Abendali ; for he ...
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... Agib prudently held his peace till his father was gone ; whereupon the old lady asked him how he could be so wicked as to deceive her with such multiplied lies . " Alas ! " said Agib , pretending to whimper very much , " I hope God will ...
... Agib prudently held his peace till his father was gone ; whereupon the old lady asked him how he could be so wicked as to deceive her with such multiplied lies . " Alas ! " said Agib , pretending to whimper very much , " I hope God will ...
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... Agib , who had thus added his brother's money to his own : however , he quieted the two elder ones , by declaring that Agib had told them the truth . About a month after this time , the Angel of Death called upon Abendali , and touching ...
... Agib , who had thus added his brother's money to his own : however , he quieted the two elder ones , by declaring that Agib had told them the truth . About a month after this time , the Angel of Death called upon Abendali , and touching ...
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... Agib equal in means with his brethren ; whereupon , having something likewise to occupy his thoughts , his eyes were ... Agib , who was no worse off than he had been left by his father , kept up his heart . At last they came to a town ...
... Agib equal in means with his brethren ; whereupon , having something likewise to occupy his thoughts , his eyes were ... Agib , who was no worse off than he had been left by his father , kept up his heart . At last they came to a town ...
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Página 294 - It is good to be merry and wise, It is good to be honest and true, It is good to be off with the old love Before you are on with the new.
Página 428 - He told how murderers walk the earth Beneath the curse of Cain, — With crimson clouds before their eyes, And flames about their brain : For blood has left upon their souls Its everlasting stain !
Página 432 - One stern tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts its slave ; Stronger and stronger every pulse Did that temptation crave, Still urging me to go and see The dead man in his grave...
Página 432 - With breathless speed, like a soul in chase, I took him up and ran;— There was no time to dig a grave Before the day began: In a lonesome wood, with heaps of leaves, I hid the murdered man!
Página 426 - Then leaping on his feet upright, Some moody turns he took, Now up the mead, then down the mead, And past a shady nook, And, lo! he saw a little boy That pored upon a book! 'My gentle lad, what is't you read Romance or fairy fable? Or is it some historic page, Of kings and crowns unstable?' The young boy gave an upward glance, 'It is "The Death of Abel".
Página 425 - Twas in the prime of summer time, An evening calm and cool, And four-and-twenty happy boys Came bounding out of school : There were some that ran, and some that leapt, Like troutlets in a pool.
Página 428 - One that had never done me wrong — A feeble man and old; I led him to a lonely field, — The moon shone clear and cold: Now here, said I, this man shall die, And I will have his gold!
Página 391 - Blessings be with them — and eternal praise, Who gave us nobler loves, and nobler cares — The Poets, who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays ! Oh ! might my name be numbered among theirs, Then gladly would I end my mortal days.
Página 137 - ... to his great content, and at last married her, to whose wedding, amongst other guests, came Apollonius ; who, by some probable conjectures, found her out to be a serpent, a lamia ; and that all her furniture was, like Tantalus' gold, described by Homer, no substance but mere illusions.
Página 428 - Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife, And then the deed was done: There was nothing lying at my foot But lifeless flesh and bone!