The Glory and the Shame of England, المجلد 1Harper & brothers, 1842 |
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الصفحة 31
... side on the sofa , and prayed me to tell her all . It was a painful task , I assure you . I shall never forget the scene which followed . It was a more affecting sight to see the agony of this beauti- ful woman , than it would have been ...
... side on the sofa , and prayed me to tell her all . It was a painful task , I assure you . I shall never forget the scene which followed . It was a more affecting sight to see the agony of this beauti- ful woman , than it would have been ...
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... side arches are 210 . Many single castings in this bridge weigh ten tons each ; and the whole weight of the iron is said to exceed 5308 tons . It is opposite Guild Hall , the centre of the old city of London , and cost $ 3,840,000 . But ...
... side arches are 210 . Many single castings in this bridge weigh ten tons each ; and the whole weight of the iron is said to exceed 5308 tons . It is opposite Guild Hall , the centre of the old city of London , and cost $ 3,840,000 . But ...
الصفحة 52
... side . London is about 60 miles from the sea , occupying a gentle slope on the north side of the river , with an almost uniform flat surface on its southern side . Considered as the capital of the British empire , it includes not only ...
... side . London is about 60 miles from the sea , occupying a gentle slope on the north side of the river , with an almost uniform flat surface on its southern side . Considered as the capital of the British empire , it includes not only ...
الصفحة 58
... into the Thames , which flows within a stone's throw of the Abbey walls . As he was loosing his boat from the shore , some one called to him from CONSECRATION OF THE ABBEY . 59 the opposite side of 58 GLORY AND SHAME OF ENGLAND .
... into the Thames , which flows within a stone's throw of the Abbey walls . As he was loosing his boat from the shore , some one called to him from CONSECRATION OF THE ABBEY . 59 the opposite side of 58 GLORY AND SHAME OF ENGLAND .
الصفحة 59
Charles Edwards Lester. CONSECRATION OF THE ABBEY . 59 the opposite side of the river to be ferried across . The ... side . 66 Strange reports of what he had seen were circu- lated by the fisherman through London , and at the time ...
Charles Edwards Lester. CONSECRATION OF THE ABBEY . 59 the opposite side of the river to be ferried across . The ... side . 66 Strange reports of what he had seen were circu- lated by the fisherman through London , and at the time ...
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الصفحة 69 - The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room: 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.
الصفحة 243 - 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 toil, I now resign you...
الصفحة 190 - There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest. There the prisoners are at ease together ; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
الصفحة 210 - Poor people, said a sensible old nurse to us once, do not bring up their children ; they drag them up. The little careless darling of the wealthier nursery, in their hovel is transformed betimes into a premature reflecting person No one has time to dandle it, no one thinks it worth while to coax it, to soothe it, to toss it up and down, to humour it.
الصفحة 227 - Oh, the grave ! — the grave ! It buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment ! From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.
الصفحة 211 - It was never sung to — -no one ever told to it a tale of the nursery. It was dragged up, to live or to die as it happened. It had no young dreams. It broke at once into the iron realities of life.
الصفحة 211 - It is the rival, till it can be the co-operator, for food with the parent. It is never his mirth, his diversion, his solace ; it never makes him young again, with recalling his young times. The children of the very poor have no young times.
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, do not bring up their children ; they drag them up.
الصفحة 200 - The schoolboy 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...