Holiday PapersR. Hardwicke, 1864 - 431 pages |
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... Bees ; Pictures of Town and Country Life , and other Papers , containing 45 articles , among which will be found- London Smoke . Mock Auctions , The Suction - Post . Our Peck of Dirt . The Artificial Man . Britannia's Smelling - Bottle ...
... Bees ; Pictures of Town and Country Life , and other Papers , containing 45 articles , among which will be found- London Smoke . Mock Auctions , The Suction - Post . Our Peck of Dirt . The Artificial Man . Britannia's Smelling - Bottle ...
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... bee in the web of some gluttonous tyrant , just to teach him fair play , and restore the balance of power for a minute ; but I suppose it would hardly be right to turn Mr. Giblets , the butcher , into a paddock with a mad bull , for the ...
... bee in the web of some gluttonous tyrant , just to teach him fair play , and restore the balance of power for a minute ; but I suppose it would hardly be right to turn Mr. Giblets , the butcher , into a paddock with a mad bull , for the ...
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... bees or wasps . These last are the most formidable and provoking . They seem to be conscious of their powers of insult . I cannot conceive anything more gratifying to the malice of a wasp than a congregation per- force restrained in ...
... bees or wasps . These last are the most formidable and provoking . They seem to be conscious of their powers of insult . I cannot conceive anything more gratifying to the malice of a wasp than a congregation per- force restrained in ...
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Harry Jones. The Rector and the Bees . 143 furtive blow of an hymn - book with agile vindictiveness . Sometimes , however , he falls before the sudden skill of an attentive treacher- ous schoolboy . Bees , on the contrary , seldom seem ...
Harry Jones. The Rector and the Bees . 143 furtive blow of an hymn - book with agile vindictiveness . Sometimes , however , he falls before the sudden skill of an attentive treacher- ous schoolboy . Bees , on the contrary , seldom seem ...
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... bees ; indeed , it would have been dangerous to burn anything under them . When , there- fore , I opened a hole in the wall , out came the bees , highly choleric . Of course I knew that I was taking a liberty , and had tied a veil over ...
... bees ; indeed , it would have been dangerous to burn anything under them . When , there- fore , I opened a hole in the wall , out came the bees , highly choleric . Of course I knew that I was taking a liberty , and had tied a veil over ...
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Page 257 - PEACE be to this house, and to all that dwell in it. IT When he cometh into the sick man's presence, he shall say, kneeling down, REMEMBER not, LORD, our iniquities, nor the iniquities of our forefathers ; Spare us, good LORD, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood ; and be not angry with us for ever.
Page 244 - I want is, that you should be able so far to put yourself out of the question, as to rejoice with those that rejoice, and weep with those that weep.
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