Nugæ, by Nugator: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, العدد 9Woods and Crane, 1844 - 215 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 29
... beauty ; gay as a young filly , and she walks upon her pasterns . " Well , well , " said I , interrupting him , " Simon let us be off ; what have you brought for me to ride ? " " Old Reglus , sir , your old favorite . " Having taken ...
... beauty ; gay as a young filly , and she walks upon her pasterns . " Well , well , " said I , interrupting him , " Simon let us be off ; what have you brought for me to ride ? " " Old Reglus , sir , your old favorite . " Having taken ...
الصفحة 31
... beauty with an axe , would have been considered a felon , and met his fate without benefit of clergy . I have lived to see them all cut down by the ruthless hand of an overseer , who sees no beauty in any thing but a cornstalk . However ...
... beauty with an axe , would have been considered a felon , and met his fate without benefit of clergy . I have lived to see them all cut down by the ruthless hand of an overseer , who sees no beauty in any thing but a cornstalk . However ...
الصفحة 42
... beauty bows too at the shrine- Oh virtue ! how envied thy lot ! The grave cannot darken thy splendor divine , Nor sully thy brightness , but adds to its shine . Yet Christian ! -come nearer and read , For conjecture 42 Washington and ...
... beauty bows too at the shrine- Oh virtue ! how envied thy lot ! The grave cannot darken thy splendor divine , Nor sully thy brightness , but adds to its shine . Yet Christian ! -come nearer and read , For conjecture 42 Washington and ...
الصفحة 47
... beauty was impaired ; Her younger sons were heard to scoff- They might at least have spared . " Twas said that she was growing blind , Was lazy and supine , And that she weakly lagged behind Her sisters , grown divine . That all her ...
... beauty was impaired ; Her younger sons were heard to scoff- They might at least have spared . " Twas said that she was growing blind , Was lazy and supine , And that she weakly lagged behind Her sisters , grown divine . That all her ...
الصفحة 57
... beauty laid up in his mind , gathered from the writings of Shakspeare and others , and retained by the force of a powerful memory . He has no fancy of his own , but uses the fancy of others . Then surely he is far superior to ...
... beauty laid up in his mind , gathered from the writings of Shakspeare and others , and retained by the force of a powerful memory . He has no fancy of his own , but uses the fancy of others . Then surely he is far superior to ...
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الصفحة 200 - A pleasing land of drowsy-head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky...
الصفحة 192 - As loath to leave the helpless maid, When, fast as shaft can fly, Bloodshot his eyes, his nostrils spread, The loose rein dangling from his head. Housing and saddle bloody red, Lord Marmion's steed rushed by...
الصفحة 196 - Of the first year ! a beauty ripe as harvest ! Whose skin is whiter than a swan all over, Than silver, snow, or lilies! a soft lip, Would tempt you to eternity of kissing! And flesh that melteth in the touch to blood ! Bright as your gold, and lovely as your gold ! Volp.
الصفحة 144 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew...
الصفحة 83 - Taint in poetry, is it ?" interposed his father. " No, no/' replied Sam. " Wery glad to hear it," said Mr. Weller. " Poetry's unnat'ral ; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin...
الصفحة 7 - I've often thought if I were asked Whose lot I envied most — What one, I thought most lightly tasked Of man's unnumber'd host — I'd say, I'd be a mountain boy, And drive a noble team, Wo, hoy ! Wo, hoy ! I'd cry, And lightly fly Into my saddle seat ; My rein I'd slack — My whip I'd crack — • What music is so sweet ? Six blacks I'd drive, of ample chest, All carrying high the head ; All...
الصفحة 115 - The floor of Heaven was thick inlaid With patines of bright gold ;"* A firmament beneath was made — A mimic Heaven unroll'd.
الصفحة 22 - Entertaining his friends with kindness, he was neither a prodigal nor a thrifty host. His first wife was Judith, daughter of John Armistead, Esq. ; his second, Betty, a descendant of the noble family of the Landons, by whom he had many children, on whose education he expended a considerable portion of his property.
الصفحة 40 - The tomb was railed round with green railing, and a sentinel walked round it night and day, to prevent approach within the railing. There was no inscription upon the tomb. The ground surrounding it, it was understood, was to be laid out as gardens, for the accommodation of those who came to visit the grave of the departed Emperor. The cemetery of Napoleon is a singular instance of adaptation to the character of the individual...
الصفحة 7 - This appeal was too cogent to be resisted ? Up jumped one of the justices, and protested that " it was not to be borne ; let the prisoner go : away with your British authorities !" The counsel for the accused rubbed his hands and winked at the attorney ; the attorney stood aghast ; his astonishment was too great for utterance, and the negress was halfway home, before he recovered from his amazement.