The Table Book, Volumen1William Hone, 1827 - 870 páginas |
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... village , when all who had been occupied in spinning and weaving brought in their work , and a prize of a hundred livres was given to each person who had spun the best skein , and woven the best web . They had a dinner in a field adjoin ...
... village , when all who had been occupied in spinning and weaving brought in their work , and a prize of a hundred livres was given to each person who had spun the best skein , and woven the best web . They had a dinner in a field adjoin ...
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... village Fly , nor meadow Bee , That trafficks daily on the neighbour plain , But will report , how all the Winged Train Have sued to me for Love ; when we have flown In swarms out to discover fields new blown , Happy was he could find ...
... village Fly , nor meadow Bee , That trafficks daily on the neighbour plain , But will report , how all the Winged Train Have sued to me for Love ; when we have flown In swarms out to discover fields new blown , Happy was he could find ...
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... villages , which terminate in ter , such as Chester , Caster , Cester , show that the Romans , in their stay among us ... village was bor- rowed from the French , was used in its stead , and is found at the end of many towns ' names ...
... villages , which terminate in ter , such as Chester , Caster , Cester , show that the Romans , in their stay among us ... village was bor- rowed from the French , was used in its stead , and is found at the end of many towns ' names ...
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... village musician , recom- mences his dance round the room , but stops when he comes to the girl he likes best , and drops the cushion at her feet ; she puts her penny in the pewter pot , and kneels down with the young man on the cushion ...
... village musician , recom- mences his dance round the room , but stops when he comes to the girl he likes best , and drops the cushion at her feet ; she puts her penny in the pewter pot , and kneels down with the young man on the cushion ...
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... villages , at private houses , which , on these occasions , are licensed for the time being . To attempt to delineate ... village not far from hence , it has , ere now , been found necessary to disturb the reverend magistrate from his ...
... villages , at private houses , which , on these occasions , are licensed for the time being . To attempt to delineate ... village not far from hence , it has , ere now , been found necessary to disturb the reverend magistrate from his ...
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Página 789 - 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...
Página 445 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Página 789 - A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life requir'd, but gave no more : His best companions, innocence and health ; And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.
Página 137 - Old man ! there is no power in holy men, Nor charm in prayer — nor purifying form Of penitence — nor outward look — nor fast — Nor agony — nor, greater than all these, The innate tortures of that deep despair, Which is remorse without the fear of hell, But all in all sufficient to itself Would make a hell of heaven— can exorcise From out the unbounded spirit, the quick sense Of its own sins, wrongs, sufferance, and revenge Upon itself; there is no future pang Can deal that justice on...
Página 789 - Those healthful sports that graced the peaceful scene, Lived in each. look, and brightened all the green; These, far departing, seek a kinder shore, And rural mirth and manners are no more.
Página 811 - The worm that draws a long immoderate size, The trout abhors, and the rank morsel flies ; And, if too small, the naked fraud's in sight, And fear forbids, while hunger does invite. Those baits will best reward the fisher's pains, Whose...
Página 743 - ... pace, with an air and a grace, swimming about, now in and now out, with a deal of state, in a figure of eight, without pipe or string, or any such thing; and now I have writ, in a rhyming fit, what will make you dance, and as you advance, will keep you still, though against your will, dancing away, alert and gay, till you come to an end of what I have...
Página 251 - When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd blows his nail, And Tom bears logs into the hall, And milk comes frozen home in pail, When blood is nipp'd, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, To-who ; Tu-whit, to-who, a merry note. While greasy Joan doth keel the pot...
Página 341 - Go boldly forth, my simple lay, Whose accents flow with artless ease, Like orient pearls at random strung...
Página 811 - To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride: Let Nature guide thee; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require: The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wings : Silks of all colours must their aid impart, And every fur promote the fisher's art.