The reciter's companion; comprising the most popular recitations, comic tales [&c.].1848 |
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... never mocks ; " But - bless ye - I'd no chest the size , " So I put it on a box ! " But la ! zur , it be little use , " It never rose a bit ; " And you may see it if you choose , For there it's sticking yet ! " b BULLUM versus BOATUM ...
... never mocks ; " But - bless ye - I'd no chest the size , " So I put it on a box ! " But la ! zur , it be little use , " It never rose a bit ; " And you may see it if you choose , For there it's sticking yet ! " b BULLUM versus BOATUM ...
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... never of running bulls before . Now , my lord , the bull could no more run away with the boat than a man in a coach may be said to run away with the horses ; therefore , my lord , how can we punish what is not punishable ? How can we ...
... never of running bulls before . Now , my lord , the bull could no more run away with the boat than a man in a coach may be said to run away with the horses ; therefore , my lord , how can we punish what is not punishable ? How can we ...
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... never meant , Will fly about like so many black crows , Of that same breed of which the story goes . Two honest tradesmen meeting in the Strand , One took the other briskly by the hand ; " Hark ye , " said he , ' tis an odd story this ...
... never meant , Will fly about like so many black crows , Of that same breed of which the story goes . Two honest tradesmen meeting in the Strand , One took the other briskly by the hand ; " Hark ye , " said he , ' tis an odd story this ...
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... never falls where the sun never shines ; Where the night - shade and wolf's - bane creep thickly beneath , Where the gloom is intense as the shadow of death ; Where the raven by day , with his ill - omen'd croak , Breaks the silence ...
... never falls where the sun never shines ; Where the night - shade and wolf's - bane creep thickly beneath , Where the gloom is intense as the shadow of death ; Where the raven by day , with his ill - omen'd croak , Breaks the silence ...
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... Never ! I've been a foolish faithful slavey all my seven years ; the morning of my life has been de- voted to your shop . Vot are now the fruits ? -rags and hunger . My spotless name , vich never yet the chand- lerkin refused to trust ...
... Never ! I've been a foolish faithful slavey all my seven years ; the morning of my life has been de- voted to your shop . Vot are now the fruits ? -rags and hunger . My spotless name , vich never yet the chand- lerkin refused to trust ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Arrah black crows blood Bolus brow Brutus bull Cæsar call'd Cassius clown countreman cried cursed dear death dere devil dinner doctor door dreadful Duke e'er eyes farmer father fear Fiddle-de-dee fool gentleman George Benson ghost give grave hand haste head hear heard heart Heaven Hodge honour horse Husband Irish stew Jolter jonteel lady Lapstone laugh linguæ littel boy look look'd lord loud Madam Mary master Monsieur morn Mortlake mysen ne'er never night nose Numps o'er once pass'd poor portmanteau pray quoth replied Richard Penlake Romford round Saib Sally sare seem'd shilling Sir Phil sleep smile soon soul soup maigre sprite squire sure swear sweet tale tears tell thee there's thing thou thought TOM LONG tongue Twas twill Vell ween wife wild word wretch Xenophon Zounds
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 148 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an houourable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honourable man.
Seite 150 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat...
Seite 148 - Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition ? Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious ; And, sure, he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause ; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him ? 0 judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason...
Seite 237 - When Cheerfulness, a nymph of healthiest hue, Her bow across her shoulder flung, Her buskins gemm'd with morning dew, Blew an inspiring air, that dale and thicket rung, The hunter's call to Faun and Dryad known...
Seite 163 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly.
Seite 237 - And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unalter'd mien, While each strain'd ball of sight seem'd bursting from his head.
Seite 202 - By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash, By any indirection.
Seite 209 - Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. "And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep?
Seite 206 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Seite 238 - Can well recall what then it heard. Where is thy native, simple heart, Devote to Virtue, Fancy, Art ? Arise, as in that elder time, Warm...