Nugæ, by Nugator: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, العدد 9Woods and Crane, 1844 - 215 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 6
... eyes " a little further to the main street - a street well entitled to the epithet main , in all its significa- tions , being , in truth , the principal and only street , and being , moreover , the political arena or cockpit , in which ...
... eyes " a little further to the main street - a street well entitled to the epithet main , in all its significa- tions , being , in truth , the principal and only street , and being , moreover , the political arena or cockpit , in which ...
الصفحة 10
... eye With fire would seem to burn , With lifted head , And nostrils spread , They'd seem the earth to spurn . They'd champ the bit , and fling the foam , As on they dragged my load ; And I would think of distant home , And whistle upon ...
... eye With fire would seem to burn , With lifted head , And nostrils spread , They'd seem the earth to spurn . They'd champ the bit , and fling the foam , As on they dragged my load ; And I would think of distant home , And whistle upon ...
الصفحة 13
... eye , ” at His last trumpet dread , Our bodies , fashion'd gloriously , shall rise up from the dead . The sun goes up his destined way - how few do heed my calls ! In tears the vision melts away , " the baseless fabric " falls ; I too ...
... eye , ” at His last trumpet dread , Our bodies , fashion'd gloriously , shall rise up from the dead . The sun goes up his destined way - how few do heed my calls ! In tears the vision melts away , " the baseless fabric " falls ; I too ...
الصفحة 15
... eyes snap fire when you plague him . You may talk of improving the breed of horses . Tell me not of your Eclipses , your Henrys - of Arabians or Turks . They may be all very well in their places , but this pony is the animal for my ...
... eyes snap fire when you plague him . You may talk of improving the breed of horses . Tell me not of your Eclipses , your Henrys - of Arabians or Turks . They may be all very well in their places , but this pony is the animal for my ...
الصفحة 16
... eyes , and subsist upon it . If you would give him six ears of corn twice a - day , he would be almost too fat to travel . He never stumbles . Give him the rein , and he will pick his path as carefully as a lady . His powers of ...
... eyes , and subsist upon it . If you would give him six ears of corn twice a - day , he would be almost too fat to travel . He never stumbles . Give him the rein , and he will pick his path as carefully as a lady . His powers of ...
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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.