All the Year Round, Volume 42

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Chapman and Hall, 1888
 

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Page 205 - When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry
Page 366 - Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furr'd gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks: Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw does pierce it.
Page 560 - My Lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn, I saw good strawberries in your garden there : I do beseech you send for some of them.
Page 5 - This night as ye use, Who shall for the present delight here ; Be a king by the lot, And who shall not Be Twelve-day queen for the night here.
Page 6 - A large cake is always provided, with a hole in the middle. After supper, the company all attend the bailiff (or head of the oxen) to the wainhouse, where the following particulars are observed : — The master, at the head of his friends, fills the cup (generally of strong ale), and stands opposite the first or finest of the oxen.
Page 103 - On this occasion, amidst a variety of ceremonies, the names of young women were put into a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed. The pastors of the early Christian church, who...
Page 91 - Cataracts of declamation thunder here, There forests of no meaning spread the page In which all comprehension wanders lost ; While fields of pleasantry amuse us there, With merry descants on a nation's woes. The rest appears a wilderness of strange But gay confusion, roses for the cheeks And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald...
Page 450 - Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions ; if they be willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies.
Page 473 - Two persons are chosen previous to the meeting to be lord and lady of the Ale, who dress as suitably as they can to the characters they assume. A large empty barn, or some such building, is provided for the lord's hall, and fitted up with seats for the accommodation of the company.

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