ObserverT. and J. Allman, 1823 - English essays |
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... replied , we have miserably blunted the edge of the repartee . These difficulties however have been happily overcome by Mr. Joseph Miller and other facetious compilers , whose works are in general cir- culation , and may be heard of in ...
... replied , we have miserably blunted the edge of the repartee . These difficulties however have been happily overcome by Mr. Joseph Miller and other facetious compilers , whose works are in general cir- culation , and may be heard of in ...
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... replied the artist ; I paint in the daylight , but I model , as you call it , in the dark . ' Cicero , it is well known , was a great joker , and some of his good sayings have reached us ; it does not appear as if his wit had been of ...
... replied the artist ; I paint in the daylight , but I model , as you call it , in the dark . ' Cicero , it is well known , was a great joker , and some of his good sayings have reached us ; it does not appear as if his wit had been of ...
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... replied the countryman , ' but my father has been here many a time and oft . ' The anecdote of the old soldier is still more to his credit : he solicited the emperor to defend him in a suit : Augustus sent his own advocate into court ...
... replied the countryman , ' but my father has been here many a time and oft . ' The anecdote of the old soldier is still more to his credit : he solicited the emperor to defend him in a suit : Augustus sent his own advocate into court ...
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... replied Attalus , down they must all come , for they are cruelly in my eye , and I purpose to throw all that hill into wilderness with plantations of pine , where you see the rock and broken ground , which will be a bold and striking ...
... replied Attalus , down they must all come , for they are cruelly in my eye , and I purpose to throw all that hill into wilderness with plantations of pine , where you see the rock and broken ground , which will be a bold and striking ...
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... replied , that He was without beginning and without end . ' Being farther interrogated , If the actions of men could escape the intelligence of God ? ' he answered , No , nor even their thoughts . ' Philemon , the comic poet ...
... replied , that He was without beginning and without end . ' Being farther interrogated , If the actions of men could escape the intelligence of God ? ' he answered , No , nor even their thoughts . ' Philemon , the comic poet ...
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Page 116 - I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair. And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature...
Page 124 - I am settled, and bend up Each corporal agent to this terrible feat. Away, and mock the time with fairest show : False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
Page 122 - He's here in double trust; First, as I am his kinsman and his subject Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.
Page 152 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake : Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog...
Page 91 - And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon : and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves ; for the time of figs was not yet.
Page 130 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day ; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond "Which keeps me pale...
Page 83 - And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph...
Page 130 - His cloister'd flight; ere to black Hecate's summons The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums Hath rung night's yawning peal, there shall be done A deed of dreadful note.
Page 83 - And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Page 96 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.