Facts Without Fiction and Tales from the Life, Illustrative of the Evil Effects of Spirit DrinkingB.Bagster, 1835 |
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... thing actually unimportant : no , she was aware that things so called are frequently of the greatest importance , and that by paying proper attention to little things , greater ones would not be neglected . Old age gives a kind of ...
... thing actually unimportant : no , she was aware that things so called are frequently of the greatest importance , and that by paying proper attention to little things , greater ones would not be neglected . Old age gives a kind of ...
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... things can be in the present state . Of his devoted affection for Mrs. Bink , and his ardent love to his children , proof has been furnished . It might , therefore , be considered as scarcely possible that any change could be ...
... things can be in the present state . Of his devoted affection for Mrs. Bink , and his ardent love to his children , proof has been furnished . It might , therefore , be considered as scarcely possible that any change could be ...
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... thing which we may not entirely approve ; and concerning things connected with the conduct of those dear to us , of which we only possess a limited knowledge , to hope the best . All this the affectionate Mrs. Bink did towards her ...
... thing which we may not entirely approve ; and concerning things connected with the conduct of those dear to us , of which we only possess a limited knowledge , to hope the best . All this the affectionate Mrs. Bink did towards her ...
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... thing connected with the unhappy Mr. Bink now told , too plainly , the folly and the evil of the change which he had made ; and to which , with the madness of infatuation , he adhered . He soon had no home ! had , it is true , a ...
... thing connected with the unhappy Mr. Bink now told , too plainly , the folly and the evil of the change which he had made ; and to which , with the madness of infatuation , he adhered . He soon had no home ! had , it is true , a ...
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... thing but composed . His mental agitation at times was so great as to occasion his whole bed to shake . He would not allow the candles to be put out during the night , nor would be left alone for a minute . I had always to ring the bell ...
... thing but composed . His mental agitation at times was so great as to occasion his whole bed to shake . He would not allow the candles to be put out during the night , nor would be left alone for a minute . I had always to ring the bell ...
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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...