The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp].Robert Kemp Philp 1860 |
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... passed since the " Family Friend " needed formal presentation to the public . But custom makes laws which cannot be lightly disobeyed ; and to the custom of a Preface we must submit just now , although ours will be simply a Preface of ...
... passed since the " Family Friend " needed formal presentation to the public . But custom makes laws which cannot be lightly disobeyed ; and to the custom of a Preface we must submit just now , although ours will be simply a Preface of ...
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... passed their lips , just out of regard to the quietness - the craythur ! and sure the dhrop of new milk , and it's just to look at a grain of tea , is all we give on a two - pronged fork or the ould shovel . And the weather's mighty ...
... passed their lips , just out of regard to the quietness - the craythur ! and sure the dhrop of new milk , and it's just to look at a grain of tea , is all we give on a two - pronged fork or the ould shovel . And the weather's mighty ...
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... passed the winter by the sea- side , and at unfrozen swamps , return in vast num- bers to the marshes . Here they may be seen busily running along the grass , with quick and vigilant motions . They are , however , very tran- sient ...
... passed the winter by the sea- side , and at unfrozen swamps , return in vast num- bers to the marshes . Here they may be seen busily running along the grass , with quick and vigilant motions . They are , however , very tran- sient ...
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... passed a tolerable night ? " minces the fashionable apothecary , spruce Mr. Camomile , gliding with well- practised and noiseless steps over the muf- fled carpet of Lady Casserole's drawing- room in Carlton Terrace ; casting a signifi ...
... passed a tolerable night ? " minces the fashionable apothecary , spruce Mr. Camomile , gliding with well- practised and noiseless steps over the muf- fled carpet of Lady Casserole's drawing- room in Carlton Terrace ; casting a signifi ...
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... passed through the wicket ( for foot passengers ) of the toll - gate . Did he hear it slam to ? -at what time ? Was it one man only , or did he hear voices ? Comfortable inquiries these for a lonely man , who may be called upon to give ...
... passed through the wicket ( for foot passengers ) of the toll - gate . Did he hear it slam to ? -at what time ? Was it one man only , or did he hear voices ? Comfortable inquiries these for a lonely man , who may be called upon to give ...
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Page 169 - Silence : truths that wake To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor Man, nor Boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy ! Hence, in a season of calm weather.
Page 169 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing...
Page 332 - On the whole, it appears, and my argument shows, With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose And the Nose was as plainly intended for them.
Page 46 - He reads much; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing.
Page 86 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and everduring dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 169 - The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction: not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest — Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of Childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast...
Page 222 - Upon the rapid current, which, through veins Of porous earth with kindly thirst up-drawn, Rose a fresh fountain, and with many a rill Watered the garden; thence united fell Down the steep glade, and met the nether flood, Which from his darksome passage now appears, And now, divided into four main streams, Runs diverse, wandering many a famous realm And country...
Page 125 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven...
Page 332 - In behalf of the Nose it will quickly appear, And your lordship, he said, will undoubtedly find That the Nose has had spectacles always in wear, Which amounts to possession time out of mind.
Page 30 - Smooth to the shelving brink a copious flood Rolls fair and placid; where collected all, In one impetuous torrent, down the steep It thundering shoots, and shakes the country round.