Facts Without Fiction and Tales from the Life, Illustrative of the Evil Effects of Spirit DrinkingB.Bagster, 1835 |
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... former uninterrupted . felicity was experienced . The health of Mrs. Bink became considerably affected : means were resorted to for the purpose of checking the progress , and if possible , removing the disease ; but in vain . The hand ...
... former uninterrupted . felicity was experienced . The health of Mrs. Bink became considerably affected : means were resorted to for the purpose of checking the progress , and if possible , removing the disease ; but in vain . The hand ...
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... former days they had enjoyed , and spoke with feeling , such as the recollec- tion of the fact inspired , of his delight in her own and their children's society ; and then she drew a striking picture of the sad change which they all ...
... former days they had enjoyed , and spoke with feeling , such as the recollec- tion of the fact inspired , of his delight in her own and their children's society ; and then she drew a striking picture of the sad change which they all ...
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... former self behind . Who may attempt to conceive of the lengthened cata- logue of consequences which may follow even one im- proper act , or who will foolishly presume upon their own ability to proceed only to a given point of evil ...
... former self behind . Who may attempt to conceive of the lengthened cata- logue of consequences which may follow even one im- proper act , or who will foolishly presume upon their own ability to proceed only to a given point of evil ...
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... former course . Careful not to be so taken aback again , he made a larger offing , and , although with almost infinite peril , he once more prepared to make for the land . His last and seaman - like movement was be- held with delight by ...
... former course . Careful not to be so taken aback again , he made a larger offing , and , although with almost infinite peril , he once more prepared to make for the land . His last and seaman - like movement was be- held with delight by ...
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... former companions , whose habits he had abandoned himself , and striven to correct in them , and among others , from the persons with whom he had that morning sailed . He had now followed his profession as a fisherman for several months ...
... former companions , whose habits he had abandoned himself , and striven to correct in them , and among others , from the persons with whom he had that morning sailed . He had now followed his profession as a fisherman for several months ...
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affectionate Agnes Allan Fern Andover appeared ardent spirits attention Barnabas became Bink blessed blunderbuss Burgher Burnard character Cheatum circumstances Clara companions conduct considerable counting-house course Crazy Jane daugh dear death degra delight determined dram drunken Dugald effects Ellicombe engaged entered evil experienced father fearful feel felt folly glass Gullum habits hand Hans Burgher happy heart honour hope hour husband indulged infidelity influence intemperance intoxication Julia king's men Lancelot land liquor lived look lugger Madge marriage means mind misery morning mother nature ness never night observed occasion once painful Palais Royal parents passed peace person pleasure possessed present proved received rendered replied respect ruin sailors scene seemed Sharkish society Sommerton soon sorrow soul strong drink tale Temperance Temperance Society thing thought tion vessel vice Victorine village wife Wigton Willoughby wish wretched young
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Página 155 - Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God.
Página 183 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Página 10 - Waft, waft, ye winds, His story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Página 146 - Man-like, but different sex ; so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the world, seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up...
Página 83 - Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn; Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain.
Página 83 - And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children leave the land ! Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay! Princes and Lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made : But a bold Peasantry, their country's pride...
Página 139 - And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts : but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Página 73 - And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Página 138 - Cease your grief," said the sage, " go home for the present, and return hither when you have procured a live black beetle, together with a little ghee (or buffalo's butter), three clews, one of the finest silk, another of stout packthread, and another of whipcord ; finally, a stout coil of rope.
Página 138 - ... ghee, to tie one end of the silk thread around him, and to place the reptile on the wall of the tower. Seduced by the smell of the butter, which he conceived to be in store somewhere above him, the beetle continued to ascend till he reached the top, and thus put the vizier in possession of the end of the silk thread...