The Glory and the Shame of England, المجلد 1Harper, 1845 |
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... took me by the hand , and gave me a generous welcome ; and since my return I have had occasion to know that by some of them , at least , I am still remembered . Not a day passes that I do not think of their cheerful homes in " Green ...
... took me by the hand , and gave me a generous welcome ; and since my return I have had occasion to know that by some of them , at least , I am still remembered . Not a day passes that I do not think of their cheerful homes in " Green ...
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... took my book , and the girl turned away to find another customer , an accomplished and fine- looking man of youthful appearance ( who had been seated near us , and overheard our conversation ) call- ed her back , and gave her a ...
... took my book , and the girl turned away to find another customer , an accomplished and fine- looking man of youthful appearance ( who had been seated near us , and overheard our conversation ) call- ed her back , and gave her a ...
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... took his hand , and asked him what troubled him . You are a beggar , Mary , ' he screamed out in despair , and fell senseless on the floor . After he was restored , she came and sat down by my side on the sofa , and prayed me to tell ...
... took his hand , and asked him what troubled him . You are a beggar , Mary , ' he screamed out in despair , and fell senseless on the floor . After he was restored , she came and sat down by my side on the sofa , and prayed me to tell ...
الصفحة 39
... took in your hand . Next , " waiter , . sir , please . " You look at the gentleman somewhat dubiously , and he " hopes you will remember him . ” This you cannot readily do , as you never had the honour of seeing him before ; but he ...
... took in your hand . Next , " waiter , . sir , please . " You look at the gentleman somewhat dubiously , and he " hopes you will remember him . ” This you cannot readily do , as you never had the honour of seeing him before ; but he ...
الصفحة 69
... which he could scarce- ly have written had he not loved the man . Ben Jonson's mother married a brick - layer , who took Ben from Westminster school to lay brick ; and the story is told , that at the building of Lincoln's.
... which he could scarce- ly have written had he not loved the man . Ben Jonson's mother married a brick - layer , who took Ben from Westminster school to lay brick ; and the story is told , that at the building of Lincoln's.
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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—