Waifs: a Handful of Essays and SketchesJ. Maclehose, 1881 - 206 páginas |
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... once detect the true ring of the same . But then how many thousands of men and women are there who , in a literary sense , resemble children , and prefer a new penny to a golden guinea , because it is bigger and shines quite as much ...
... once detect the true ring of the same . But then how many thousands of men and women are there who , in a literary sense , resemble children , and prefer a new penny to a golden guinea , because it is bigger and shines quite as much ...
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... once disagreeably rapid and dangerous - you are like to be shaken to pieces , and it requires your utmost efforts to keep your feet and hold yourself together . Miss your footing , and you will be bowled to the bottom like a barrel ...
... once disagreeably rapid and dangerous - you are like to be shaken to pieces , and it requires your utmost efforts to keep your feet and hold yourself together . Miss your footing , and you will be bowled to the bottom like a barrel ...
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... once more among the genteel society of Strone , which we reached towards ten in the evening , having been on the tramp about eleven hours in all . We had intended to return home the night before , and the womenkind were there- fore as ...
... once more among the genteel society of Strone , which we reached towards ten in the evening , having been on the tramp about eleven hours in all . We had intended to return home the night before , and the womenkind were there- fore as ...
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... once ; where the stock , which seemed to be chiefly in the window , consisted of a box of red herrings , ditto of raisins , a bottle of pickles , a wedge " of soap , a sugar loaf , a crystal case full of " rock , " ditto half full of ...
... once ; where the stock , which seemed to be chiefly in the window , consisted of a box of red herrings , ditto of raisins , a bottle of pickles , a wedge " of soap , a sugar loaf , a crystal case full of " rock , " ditto half full of ...
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... once seen through ; their ridiculous aping of what is above them only excites diversion ; and , like the donkey too , they are laughed at even by their own brethren . Self - conceit rides off with its unfortunate owner upon all ...
... once seen through ; their ridiculous aping of what is above them only excites diversion ; and , like the donkey too , they are laughed at even by their own brethren . Self - conceit rides off with its unfortunate owner upon all ...
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Página 194 - With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much...
Página 116 - Why should a man whose blood is warm within Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster...
Página 139 - 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 ly,ing at my foot, But lifeless flesh and bone!
Página 57 - THE day is cold, and dark, and dreary ; It rains, and the wind is never weary...
Página 12 - Let him that stole steal no more : but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Página 57 - Past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast, And the days are dark and dreary. Be still, sad heart ! and cease repining ; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining ; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.
Página 10 - Leishman A SYSTEM OF MIDWIFERY, including the Diseases of Pregnancy and the Puerperal State. By WILLIAM LEISHMAN, MD, Regius Professor of Midwifery in the University of Glasgow ; Physician to the University Lying-in Hospital; Fellow and late Vice-President of the Obstetrical Society of London, etc.
Página 93 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
Página 103 - I saw her upon nearer view A spirit, yet a woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food : For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Página 148 - Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old To the very verge of the church-yard mould ; Price of many a crime untold : Gold! gold! gold! gold! Good or bad a thousand-fold ! How widely its agencies vary — To save — to ruin — to curse — to bless — As even its minted coins express, Now stamped with the image of good Queen Bess, And now of a Bloody Mary.