The Parlour Portfolio, Or, Post-chaise Companion: Being a Selection of the Most Amusing and Interesting Articles and Anecdotes that Have Appeared in the Magazines, Newspapers, and Other Daily and Periodical Journals, from the Year 1700, to the Present Time, المجلد 2Matthew Iley, and sold, 1820 |
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... letter of a Frenchman in England : - " I was much surprised at not finding the English in London so ridiculous as they ap- pear in Paris , and I sought the cause of it as I passed through the streets . I think it is to be found in the ...
... letter of a Frenchman in England : - " I was much surprised at not finding the English in London so ridiculous as they ap- pear in Paris , and I sought the cause of it as I passed through the streets . I think it is to be found in the ...
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... After being in the room about five minutes , a man knocked at the door with a hamper of wine , as he stated , and at the same moment the gentleman walked out of the parlour with a letter in his 28 THE PARLOUR PORTFOLIO ;
... After being in the room about five minutes , a man knocked at the door with a hamper of wine , as he stated , and at the same moment the gentleman walked out of the parlour with a letter in his 28 THE PARLOUR PORTFOLIO ;
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... letter in his hand to be put into the post , and made off . It was soon discovered that he had stolen a small time- piece from a glass - case and 14 pieces of plate . The hamper , it seems , was brought to attract the attention of the ...
... letter in his hand to be put into the post , and made off . It was soon discovered that he had stolen a small time- piece from a glass - case and 14 pieces of plate . The hamper , it seems , was brought to attract the attention of the ...
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... letter from Aleppo , and it is highly characteristic of these eastern despots . When seized with the disorder which put an end to his life , in the 75th year of his age , and the thirtieth of his Pachalick of Seida , he was con- scious ...
... letter from Aleppo , and it is highly characteristic of these eastern despots . When seized with the disorder which put an end to his life , in the 75th year of his age , and the thirtieth of his Pachalick of Seida , he was con- scious ...
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... Letter from Rio de Janeiro , dated 2d July : - " It has long been the custom here , whenever any of the Royal Family are met , either in or out of town , for every person to bend the knee to them whilst passing ; and should a gentleman ...
... Letter from Rio de Janeiro , dated 2d July : - " It has long been the custom here , whenever any of the Royal Family are met , either in or out of town , for every person to bend the knee to them whilst passing ; and should a gentleman ...
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الصفحة 132 - And but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not, now. And but for that chill changeless brow, Where cold Obstruction's apathy Appals the gazing mourner's heart...
الصفحة 132 - Such is the aspect of this shore; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there.
الصفحة 350 - The school-boy whips his taxed top ; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon that has paid fifteen per cent., flings himself back upon his...
الصفحة 359 - O God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul !' This was followed by a general laugh.
الصفحة 266 - The flash of Wit, the bright Intelligence, The beam of Song, the blaze of Eloquence, Set with their Sun, but still have left behind The enduring produce of immortal Mind ; Fruits of a genial morn, and glorious noon, A deathless part of him who died too soon.
الصفحة 133 - Here is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath : But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue that haunts it to the tomb, Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away, Spark of that flame perchance of heavenly birth, Which gleams, but warms no more its cherished earth.
الصفحة 51 - Is it a fiend that to a stake Of fire his desperate self is tethering ? Or stubborn spirit doomed to yell In solitary ward or cell, Ten thousand miles from all his brethren.
الصفحة 265 - WHEN the last sunshine of expiring day In summer's twilight weeps itself away, Who hath not felt the softness of the hour Sink on the heart, as dew along the flower? With a pure feeling which absorbs and awes While nature makes that melancholy pause, Her breathing moment on the bridge where Time Of light and darkness forms an arch sublime.
الصفحة 352 - Love in my bosom like a bee Doth suck his sweet: Now with his wings he plays with me, Now with his feet. Within mine eyes he makes his nest, His bed amidst my tender breast; My kisses are his daily feast, And yet he robs me of my rest. Ah, wanton, will ye?
الصفحة 349 - ... that comes from abroad or is grown at home ; taxes on the raw material ; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man...