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... Fancy the struggle ! Fancy the squabble ! Fancy the distribution of prizes ! Shall it be the sovereign ? Who shall decide on them ? shall it be the Minister for the time being ? and has Lord Palmerston made a deep study of novels ? In ...
... Fancy the struggle ! Fancy the squabble ! Fancy the distribution of prizes ! Shall it be the sovereign ? Who shall decide on them ? shall it be the Minister for the time being ? and has Lord Palmerston made a deep study of novels ? In ...
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... fancy , has a pooh - pooh expression as the triumph passes . ( I can't see quite clearly for the laurels , which have fallen down over my nose . ) One hand is reining in the two white elephants that draw the car ; I raise the other hand ...
... fancy , has a pooh - pooh expression as the triumph passes . ( I can't see quite clearly for the laurels , which have fallen down over my nose . ) One hand is reining in the two white elephants that draw the car ; I raise the other hand ...
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... fancy the Imperator standing on the steps of the temple ( erected by Titus ) on the Mons Frumentarius , and addressing the citizens : " Quirites ! " he says , " in our campaign of six months , we have been engaged six times , and in ...
... fancy the Imperator standing on the steps of the temple ( erected by Titus ) on the Mons Frumentarius , and addressing the citizens : " Quirites ! " he says , " in our campaign of six months , we have been engaged six times , and in ...
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... fancy could have carried the matter farther , could have depicted the feast in the Egyp- tian Hall , the Ministers , Chief Justices , and right reverend prelates taking their seats round about his lordship , the turtle and other ...
... fancy could have carried the matter farther , could have depicted the feast in the Egyp- tian Hall , the Ministers , Chief Justices , and right reverend prelates taking their seats round about his lordship , the turtle and other ...
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... fancy that man happy ! Now , suppose that all through that 9th of November his lordship has had a racking rheumatism , or a toothache , let us say , during all dinner - time through which he has been obliged to grin and mumble his poor ...
... fancy that man happy ! Now , suppose that all through that 9th of November his lordship has had a racking rheumatism , or a toothache , let us say , during all dinner - time through which he has been obliged to grin and mumble his poor ...
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Page 225 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 292 - tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep...
Page 284 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Tho' round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 164 - What though in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball! What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found! In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice; For ever singing as they shine, " The Hand that made us is divine.
Page 191 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of" some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Page 164 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball? What...
Page 95 - When, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay And woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream My twilight steps I guide, But most beneath the lamp's pale beam I miss thee from my side. I spread my books, my pencil try The lingering noon to cheer, But miss thy kind approving eye, Thy meek attentive ear. But when...
Page 287 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Page 191 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents...
Page 158 - The marriage, if uncontradicted report can be credited, made no addition to his happiness ; it neither found them nor made them equal. She always remembered her own rank, and thought herself entitled to treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her son. Rowe's ballad of The Despairing Shepherd is said to have been written, either before or after marriage, upon this memorable pair...