ComedyFrederick Brigham De Berard Bodleian Society, 1905 |
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الصفحة iii
... speed , and never stopped until he reached Ware , miles beyond . Being rescued and rested at Ware , the timid citizen again mounted his now subdued animal and turned toward Islington , but , alas ! the horse determined to return to ...
... speed , and never stopped until he reached Ware , miles beyond . Being rescued and rested at Ware , the timid citizen again mounted his now subdued animal and turned toward Islington , but , alas ! the horse determined to return to ...
الصفحة v
... speed ; but the specter hurls after him the horrible head , he is felled to the ground , and for reasons which appear in the story he vanishes to escape the ridicule which he foresees . MENDING THE CLOCK : BY J. M. BARRIE : This ...
... speed ; but the specter hurls after him the horrible head , he is felled to the ground , and for reasons which appear in the story he vanishes to escape the ridicule which he foresees . MENDING THE CLOCK : BY J. M. BARRIE : This ...
الصفحة 122
... speed . I mean the law of motion which shall accomplish an infinitely great distance in an infinitely short time . You may mix in a little practical mechanics , if you choose . Invent some method of taking the tardy Courier over his ...
... speed . I mean the law of motion which shall accomplish an infinitely great distance in an infinitely short time . You may mix in a little practical mechanics , if you choose . Invent some method of taking the tardy Courier over his ...
الصفحة 127
... speed , Rivarol could do it . I filled my pipe and told him the story . He heard with grave and patient attention . Then , for full half an hour , he whiffed away in silence . Finally he spoke . " The ancient cipher has overreached ...
... speed , Rivarol could do it . I filled my pipe and told him the story . He heard with grave and patient attention . Then , for full half an hour , he whiffed away in silence . Finally he spoke . " The ancient cipher has overreached ...
الصفحة 128
... speed . There are several ways in which this may be accomplished , theoret- ically . By the lever , for instance . Imagine a lever with a very long and a very short arm . Apply power to the shorter arm which will move it with great ...
... speed . There are several ways in which this may be accomplished , theoret- ically . By the lever , for instance . Imagine a lever with a very long and a very short arm . Apply power to the shorter arm which will move it with great ...
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afore Akehurst asked assented Charmian Aurelia Baby Baltus Van Tassel began blessed bowed broke Brom Bones capital ring carriage Char Cissy clock course cried Charmian dance dear young lady devil Dicker door Euphemia exclaimed eyes face Fastburg Father fell fingers Fletcher ghost Gilpin girl glance Granton hand haunted head heard Holiness horse Ichabod Ichabod Crane Imogen J. M. BARRIE jist Jocasta knew Lady Chatfield lobbyist looked Lord Francis Madam ment mian mile mind minutes Miss Aubyn Miss Bagot Miss Langley Miss Potts mother murmured never night old gentleman ould pardon pause perhaps Pullwool purse replied Rivarol says his Riv'rence says the Pope seemed Sleepy Hollow Slowburg smiling stammered stood stopped story suddenly sure Tachypomp TAM O'SHANTER tell thing thought tion took turned voice whispered wonder
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الصفحة 56 - John he cried, But John he cried in vain ; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might.
الصفحة 53 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
الصفحة 58 - Until he came unto the Wash Of Edmonton so gay ; And there he threw the wash about On both sides of the way, Just like unto a trundling mop, Or a wild goose at play. At Edmonton his loving wife From the balcony spied Her tender husband, wond'ring much To see how he did ride Stop, stop, John Gilpin !— Here's the house — They all at once did cry ; The dinner waits and we are tired...
الصفحة 60 - And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware!" So, turning to his horse, he said, "I am in haste to dine; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine.
الصفحة 295 - The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air, is the apparition of a figure on horseback without a head. It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball, in some nameless battle during the revolutionary war; and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk, hurrying along in the gloom of night, as if on the wings of the wind.
الصفحة 293 - IN the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee, and where they always prudently shortened sail, and implored the protection of St.