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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... sent to meet us before we had been two days out . " We then commenced our voyage , and shortly came within sight of the other boats , and , as we hourly expected to meet with the enemy , we prepared for action , and cleared away our ...
... sent to meet us before we had been two days out . " We then commenced our voyage , and shortly came within sight of the other boats , and , as we hourly expected to meet with the enemy , we prepared for action , and cleared away our ...
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... sent ; upon which the King said , ' Oskh akhmedees , ' ( welcome ) ; and after repeat- ing these words , invited me into his apartment . I wore , as in Tauris , silk stockings and shoes , and boots over them . I was desired to pull them ...
... sent ; upon which the King said , ' Oskh akhmedees , ' ( welcome ) ; and after repeat- ing these words , invited me into his apartment . I wore , as in Tauris , silk stockings and shoes , and boots over them . I was desired to pull them ...
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... sent as a present to the Queen ; also the chandelier and other articles included in the present made to the Schah , by M. Jemolow , on the part of his Majesty the Em- peror . The King held a long conversation with me respecting the ...
... sent as a present to the Queen ; also the chandelier and other articles included in the present made to the Schah , by M. Jemolow , on the part of his Majesty the Em- peror . The King held a long conversation with me respecting the ...
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... sent to gaol , where they remained till yesterday , when , under a guard , they were taken to the Creole's quarter - deck , with the Eng- lish flag flying over their heads , where the Com- modore , Consul - General , and several English ...
... sent to gaol , where they remained till yesterday , when , under a guard , they were taken to the Creole's quarter - deck , with the Eng- lish flag flying over their heads , where the Com- modore , Consul - General , and several English ...
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... " The gentleman , who is a distin- guished humourist , and is a Member of the pre- sent Parliament , had now great difficulty in pre- serving his gravity , and finding further remon- strance vain OR , POST - CHAISE COMPANION . 37.
... " The gentleman , who is a distin- guished humourist , and is a Member of the pre- sent Parliament , had now great difficulty in pre- serving his gravity , and finding further remon- strance vain OR , POST - CHAISE COMPANION . 37.
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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...