A Collection of Newspaper Extracts: Being, with a Few Exceptions, Taken from the Newspapers of the Day, and Designed to Afford Some Amusement to Those who are Fond of an Every-day BookW. Davison, 1842 |
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... occasion , which was nearly as follows : - The tenants having assembled by noon at the White Swan Inn , the company walked from thence in the following order , viz . : -1st . A band of music . 2ndly . A gentleman carrying a blue and ...
... occasion , which was nearly as follows : - The tenants having assembled by noon at the White Swan Inn , the company walked from thence in the following order , viz . : -1st . A band of music . 2ndly . A gentleman carrying a blue and ...
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... occasion for calling in any person , as they hoped all would be well in a few days . Here I should remark , that his lord- ship repeatedly said in the course of the day , he was sure the doctors did not understand his disease ; to which ...
... occasion for calling in any person , as they hoped all would be well in a few days . Here I should remark , that his lord- ship repeatedly said in the course of the day , he was sure the doctors did not understand his disease ; to which ...
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... occasion of the death of his late Royal High- ness Frederick Duke of York and of Albany , next brother to his Majesty , it is expected that all persons do put themselves into deep mourning ; the said mourning to begin on Thursday next ...
... occasion of the death of his late Royal High- ness Frederick Duke of York and of Albany , next brother to his Majesty , it is expected that all persons do put themselves into deep mourning ; the said mourning to begin on Thursday next ...
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... occasion he dedicated a portion of his time , giving up his own leisure and amusement , and was always ready to attend meetings for such purposes as they were now assembled . It was for this reason that he requested them to drink , on ...
... occasion he dedicated a portion of his time , giving up his own leisure and amusement , and was always ready to attend meetings for such purposes as they were now assembled . It was for this reason that he requested them to drink , on ...
الصفحة 63
... occasion of a benefit for this child of his adoption , which ever since has gone by the name of the Garrick Fund . In imitation of his noble example , funds had been established in several provincial theatres in Eng- land ; but it ...
... occasion of a benefit for this child of his adoption , which ever since has gone by the name of the Garrick Fund . In imitation of his noble example , funds had been established in several provincial theatres in Eng- land ; but it ...
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الصفحة 137 - Not where he eats, but where he is eaten : a certain convocation of politic worms are e'en at him. Your worm is your only emperor for diet : we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots...
الصفحة 70 - A mother would not keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the hope.
الصفحة 25 - I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship to a woman, whether civilized or savage, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden, frozen Lapland, rude and churlish Finland, unprincipled Russia, and the widespread regions of the wandering Tartar, if hungry, dry, cold...
الصفحة 215 - And pause and start with the same vacant face, We join the critic laugh ; those tricks we scorn, Which spoil the scenes they mean them to adorn. But when, from nature's pure and genuine source, These strokes of acting flow with...
الصفحة 81 - That from under one hood, you last night show'd us twenty ! Stand forth, arch deceiver, and tell us in truth, Are you handsome or ugly, in age or in youth ? Man, woman, or child — a dog or a mouse ? Or are you, at once, each live thing in the house ? Each live thing, did I ask ? — each dead implement, too, A work-shop in your person, — -saw, chisel, and screw ! Above all, are you one individual ? I know You must be at least Alexandre and Co.
الصفحة 38 - I must sleep now;' upon which he laid down never to rise again ; for he did not move hand or foot during the following twenty-four hours. His Lordship appeared, however, to be in a state of suffocation at intervals, and had a frequent rattling in the throat. On these occasions I called Tita to assist me in raising his head, and I thought he seemed to get quite stiff. The rattling and...
الصفحة 123 - For anglers, in spring, it is always unlucky to see single magpies; but two may be always regarded as a favorable omen; and the reason is, that in cold and stormy weather one magpie alone leaves the nest in search of food, the other remaining sitting upon the eggs or the young ones; but when two go out together it is only when the weather is warm and mild, and favorable for fishing.
الصفحة 70 - The sixth age shifts into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, with spectacles on nose and pouch on side; his youthful hose, well sav'd, a world too wide for his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, turning again towards childish treble, pipes and whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, that ends this strange eventful history, is second childishness and mere oblivion; sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
الصفحة 195 - In the first seat, in robe of various dyes, A noble wildness flashing from his eyes, Sat Shakespeare. — In one hand a wand he bore, For mighty wonders fam'd in days of yore ; The other held a globe, which to his will Obedient turn'd, and own'd the master's skill: Things of the noblest kind his genius drew, And look'd through Nature at a single view : A loose he gave to his unbounded soul, And taught...
الصفحة 130 - Cornwall, awoke his wife, and, exceedingly agitated, told her that he had dreamed that he was in the lobby of the House of Commons, and saw a man shoot with a pistol a gentleman who had just entered the lobby, who was said to be the chancellor; to which Mrs.