Nugæ, by Nugator: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, العدد 9Woods and Crane, 1844 - 215 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 7
... write underneath , this is the Red Lion . This is the sheriff , and he is summoning his jury . " Mr. Buckskin , you , sir , dodging behind the blacksmith's shop , I sum- mon you on the jury ; " ah , luckless wight ! he is caught and ...
... write underneath , this is the Red Lion . This is the sheriff , and he is summoning his jury . " Mr. Buckskin , you , sir , dodging behind the blacksmith's shop , I sum- mon you on the jury ; " ah , luckless wight ! he is caught and ...
الصفحة 49
... write these libels down , Or fill me with despair . I have a friend , who'll make some stir , And take my work in hand ; I'll send him forth my " Messenger ” - To " spy out all the land . " * That Messenger went gaily forth Throughout ...
... write these libels down , Or fill me with despair . I have a friend , who'll make some stir , And take my work in hand ; I'll send him forth my " Messenger ” - To " spy out all the land . " * That Messenger went gaily forth Throughout ...
الصفحة 53
... write long essays in a style confused , Themselves more culpable than those abused ; Those sage Triptolemi who wield the pen , To show our fathers were misguided men , Far , far inferior to their wiser sons ; Mere Goths and Vandals ! or ...
... write long essays in a style confused , Themselves more culpable than those abused ; Those sage Triptolemi who wield the pen , To show our fathers were misguided men , Far , far inferior to their wiser sons ; Mere Goths and Vandals ! or ...
الصفحة 57
... writer's assertions , and declaring that he seems to me to be a Lilliputian about the body of a Gulliver . It has been said of Demosthenes , " that he has been deservedly styled the prince of orators . His orations are strongly animated ...
... writer's assertions , and declaring that he seems to me to be a Lilliputian about the body of a Gulliver . It has been said of Demosthenes , " that he has been deservedly styled the prince of orators . His orations are strongly animated ...
الصفحة 58
... writer has not condescended to define them , although he dwells at large upon such as he thinks cast discredit upon Mr. Pinkney . It is scarcely necessary to observe that Demosthenes was ungraceful in figure and action ; and that not ...
... writer has not condescended to define them , although he dwells at large upon such as he thinks cast discredit upon Mr. Pinkney . It is scarcely necessary to observe that Demosthenes was ungraceful in figure and action ; and that not ...
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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.