The Glory and the Shame of England, المجلد 1 |
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I am sitting in an old oak chair , in a narrow and gloomy apartment of the Guildhall Coffee - house , which stands in the heart of this great metropolis . There is but one window in the room , and the storm is beating against it .
I am sitting in an old oak chair , in a narrow and gloomy apartment of the Guildhall Coffee - house , which stands in the heart of this great metropolis . There is but one window in the room , and the storm is beating against it .
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On my way to the cars in Liverpool I met a blind woman , who was standing at the corner of one of the principal streets : her only covering was a tattered skirt , a ragged handkerchief thrown over her shoulders , and an old straw bonnet ...
On my way to the cars in Liverpool I met a blind woman , who was standing at the corner of one of the principal streets : her only covering was a tattered skirt , a ragged handkerchief thrown over her shoulders , and an old straw bonnet ...
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In this state of mind , he is introduced to another and a private room , where the French hazard - table stands , and here the work of plunder and robbery is prosecuted on a grand scale . The stakes are usually high : the first he wins ...
In this state of mind , he is introduced to another and a private room , where the French hazard - table stands , and here the work of plunder and robbery is prosecuted on a grand scale . The stakes are usually high : the first he wins ...
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Their charges ! and for what ? First of all comes " Boots " with his demand : he wishes to be " remembered . " You wear laced cloth boots , which stand in no particular need of any assistance from the knight of the brush .
Their charges ! and for what ? First of all comes " Boots " with his demand : he wishes to be " remembered . " You wear laced cloth boots , which stand in no particular need of any assistance from the knight of the brush .
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... decanters and cruet stands , packing needles , horn lanterns , buckle - ring forger , toywatch maker , glass eyes for dolls , mortise and rim locksmith , button - card cutter , iron - drawer , gridiron and round bolt maker , spades ...
... decanters and cruet stands , packing needles , horn lanterns , buckle - ring forger , toywatch maker , glass eyes for dolls , mortise and rim locksmith , button - card cutter , iron - drawer , gridiron and round bolt maker , spades ...
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الصفحة 69 - The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room: Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read and praise to give.
الصفحة 243 - As one, who, destined from his friends to part, Regrets his loss, but hopes again erewhile To share their converse, and enjoy their smile, And tempers, as he may, affliction's dart ; Thus, loved associates, chiefs of elder art, Teachers of wisdom, who could once beguile My tedious hours, and lighten every toil, I now resign you...
الصفحة 190 - There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest. There the prisoners are at ease together ; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
الصفحة 210 - Poor people, said a sensible old nurse to us once, do not bring up their children ; they drag them up. The little careless darling of the wealthier nursery, in their hovel is transformed betimes into a premature reflecting person No one has time to dandle it, no one thinks it worth while to coax it, to soothe it, to toss it up and down, to humour it.
الصفحة 227 - Oh, the grave ! — the grave ! It buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment ! From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.
الصفحة 211 - It was never sung to — -no one ever told to it a tale of the nursery. It was dragged up, to live or to die as it happened. It had no young dreams. It broke at once into the iron realities of life.
الصفحة 211 - It is the rival, till it can be the co-operator, for food with the parent. It is never his mirth, his diversion, his solace ; it never makes him young again, with recalling his young times. The children of the very poor have no young times.
الصفحة 210 - The innocent prattle of his children takes out the sting of a man's poverty. But the children of the very poor do not prattle. It is none of the least frightful features in that condition, that there is no childishness in its dwellings. Poor people, said a sensible old nurse to us once, do not bring up their children ; they drag them up.
الصفحة 200 - The schoolboy whips his taxed top ; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid...
الصفحة 268 - Latin Grammar, Part I. Containing the most important Parts of the Grammar of the Latin Language, together with appropriate Exercises in the translating and writing of Latin.
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| العنوان | The Glory and the Shame of England, المجلد 1 Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Society, Spirituality, and Reform The Glory and the Shame of England, Charles Edwards Lester |
| المؤلف | Charles Edwards Lester |
| الناشر | Harper & brothers, 1842 |
| أصلي من | جامعة هارفارد |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 31 آب (أغسطس) 2007 |
| رقم ISBN (الرقم الدولي المعياري للكتاب) | 0716517892, 9780716517894 |
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