Instructive Rambles in London and the Adjacent Villages: Designed to Amuse the Mind, and Improve the Understanding of Youth ...Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825 - 286 من الصفحات |
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... who were perishing with want and cold ; - would you feel no plea- sure in contemplating your work ? would you not reflect , that in all probability you had preserved them from death , or , which is 12 INSTRUCTIVE RAMBLES .
... who were perishing with want and cold ; - would you feel no plea- sure in contemplating your work ? would you not reflect , that in all probability you had preserved them from death , or , which is 12 INSTRUCTIVE RAMBLES .
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... sure I shall never forget that day as long as I live : my father had then got so weak that he could not walk without help , so my mother took one arm and I the other , while my sister held by her apron crying ; our old dog , Shock ...
... sure I shall never forget that day as long as I live : my father had then got so weak that he could not walk without help , so my mother took one arm and I the other , while my sister held by her apron crying ; our old dog , Shock ...
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... sure she was good , and always said her prayers night and morning ; then while we had it , she never sent beggars away with empty bel- lies . But I remember she used to say , the smaller the reward in this world , the greater in the ...
... sure she was good , and always said her prayers night and morning ; then while we had it , she never sent beggars away with empty bel- lies . But I remember she used to say , the smaller the reward in this world , the greater in the ...
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... sure it would kill poor Patty to be put pren- tice to that wicked man who sold my father's goods . ,, " Though you have acted very errone- ously in running away , " returned ' Mr. Richardson , " I will not falsify the confi- dence you ...
... sure it would kill poor Patty to be put pren- tice to that wicked man who sold my father's goods . ,, " Though you have acted very errone- ously in running away , " returned ' Mr. Richardson , " I will not falsify the confi- dence you ...
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... , and if your dog , Shock , is still with you , pray let him be of the party . " " Thank you , thank you , Sir , " cried both , with great pleasure ; " Shock is ' " sure enough with us , and now waiting at 30 INSTRUCTIVE RAMBLES .
... , and if your dog , Shock , is still with you , pray let him be of the party . " " Thank you , thank you , Sir , " cried both , with great pleasure ; " Shock is ' " sure enough with us , and now waiting at 30 INSTRUCTIVE RAMBLES .
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الصفحة 178 - ... when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of" some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
الصفحة 190 - LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done.
الصفحة 14 - Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
الصفحة 190 - E'en such is man ; whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers ; the blossom blasteth ; The flower fades ; the morning hasteth ; The sun sets, the shadow flies ; The gourd consumes; the man he dies...
الصفحة iii - Let us consider that youth is of no long duration, and that in maturer age, when the enchantments of fancy shall cease, and Phantoms of delight dance no more about us, we shall have no comforts but the esteem of wise men, and the means of doing Good.
الصفحة 177 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion: when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...
الصفحة 103 - As by their choice collections may appear, Of what is rare, in land, in sea, in air ; Whilst they (as Homer's Iliad in a nut) A world of wonders in one closet shut : These famous Antiquarians, that had been Both gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen, Transplanted now themselves, sleep here ; and when Angels shall with their trumpets waken men, And fire shall purge the world, these hence shall rise, And change this garden for a paradise.
الصفحة 103 - Know, stranger, ere thou pass, beneath this stone Lie John Tradescant, grandsire, father, son: The last dy'd in his spring; the other two Liv'd till they had travelled art and nature thro', As by their choice collections may appear, Of what is rare in land, in seas, in air; Whilst they (as Homer's Iliad in a nut) A world of wonders in one closet shut. These famous antiquarians that had been, Both gardiners...
الصفحة 162 - Temple, one of our celebrated seats of law, which took its name from that gallant religious military order, the Knights Templars. They were originally crusaders, who happening to be quartered in places adjacent to the holy temple in Jerusalem, in 1118, consecrated themselves to the service of religion, by deeds of arms. Hugo de Paganis, Geoffry of St. Omers, and seven others, began the order, by binding themselves, after the manner of the regular canons of St. Augustine's, t...
الصفحة 83 - Thomas, which stood on the ninth pier from the north end, and had an entrance from the river, as well as the street, by a winding staircase.