The Glory and the Shame of England, المجلد 1Harper, 1845 |
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الصفحة 13
... night in London . The bells of St. Paul's have just struck the hour of midnight . 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 ...
... night in London . The bells of St. Paul's have just struck the hour of midnight . 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 ...
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... night . In that lonely chamber might be heard the dying groan of one once beautiful and virtuous , but now outcast and deserted , with no one but God to see her die ; while , perhaps , in some neighbouring dwelling , pure young hearts ...
... night . In that lonely chamber might be heard the dying groan of one once beautiful and virtuous , but now outcast and deserted , with no one but God to see her die ; while , perhaps , in some neighbouring dwelling , pure young hearts ...
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... night comes I go home , and we have some good things , and are so happy when we are together that we think we have pretty good times . " " How much do you get by selling these Compan- ions ? " " The Company give me sixpence for every ...
... night comes I go home , and we have some good things , and are so happy when we are together that we think we have pretty good times . " " How much do you get by selling these Compan- ions ? " " The Company give me sixpence for every ...
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... night . There is a vast number of gaming - houses in London , but the chief of all is Crockford's ; it is in the fashionable part of the town , and is proba- bly the most extensive and splendid gaming estab- lishment in the world : it ...
... night . There is a vast number of gaming - houses in London , but the chief of all is Crockford's ; it is in the fashionable part of the town , and is proba- bly the most extensive and splendid gaming estab- lishment in the world : it ...
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... nights is allowed al- most invariably to win . During the interval , Crock- ford and his agents have informed themselves ' for how much he is good , ' and he has been inspired with confidence in his skill and a deeper passion for play ...
... nights is allowed al- most invariably to win . During the interval , Crock- ford and his agents have informed themselves ' for how much he is good , ' and he has been inspired with confidence in his skill and a deeper passion for play ...
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Abbey American asked beautiful beggars Ben Jonson Birmingham bless Britain Byron called chapel Chartism Chelmsford child church classes comfort common cold Convention Crockford's crowded crown dear death earth England English factory Father feel Fletcher friends friends of humanity girl give grave Greece Hall hand hear heard heart Heaven honour House of York Hugh Lupus human hundred labour ladies land liberty live London Lord maker manufactures Marco Botzaris ment miles mills monument never night noble once operatives oppression painful passed philanthropist poor replied seemed Shakspeare side slavery slaves sleep sorrow spirit starve stranger suffering sympathy taxed tears tell things Thomas Clarkson Thorogood thought thousand tion told tomb towers truth Vale Royal voice walk Westminster Westminster Abbey WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING woman workhouse
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الصفحة 200 - a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon which has paid 30 per cent., throws himself back upon his chints bed, which has paid 22 per cent. ; and having made his will, the seals of which are also
الصفحة 65 - The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
الصفحة 69 - To draw no envy, Shakspeare, on thy name, Am I thus ample to thy book and fame ; While I confess thy writings to be such As neither man nor muse can praise too much. ****** Thou art a
الصفحة 243 - TO MY BOOKS. 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
الصفحة 69 - Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear— ****** But stay ! I see thee in the hemisphere Advanced, and made a constellation there : Shine forth, thou star of Poets.
الصفحة 243 - I now resign you ; nor with fainting heart; For pass a few short years, or days, or hours, And happier seasons may their dawn unfold, And all your sacred fellowship restore ; When freed from earth, unlimited its powers, Mind shall with mind direct communion hold, And kindred spirits meet to part no more.
الصفحة 200 - ou levant we must pay. The schoolboy whips his taxed top ; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse by a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon which has paid
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,
الصفحة 135 - Fletcher begged him to go on to things of more consequence, and Byron continued : ' Oh ! my poor, dear child ! My dear Ada ! My God ! could I but have seen her ! Give her my blessing, and my dear sister Augusta and her children ; and you will go to Lady Byron and say—tell her everything—you are friends with
الصفحة 69 - 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. ****** Triumph, my Britain ; thou hast one to show, To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe ; He was not of an age, but for all time. ****** Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear—