A Volume of VarietiesCharles Knight, 1844 - 240 էջ |
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... King , about the beginning of the last century , found the barbers degenerating in their accom- plishments , and he assigns the cause : Turning them- selves to periwig - making , they have forgot their cittern and their music . " The ...
... King , about the beginning of the last century , found the barbers degenerating in their accom- plishments , and he assigns the cause : Turning them- selves to periwig - making , they have forgot their cittern and their music . " The ...
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... king and his family lived in a plain barrack - looking lodge at his castle foot , which , in its external appearance and its in- terior arrangements , exactly corresponded with the hum- ble taste and the quiet domestic habits of George ...
... king and his family lived in a plain barrack - looking lodge at his castle foot , which , in its external appearance and its in- terior arrangements , exactly corresponded with the hum- ble taste and the quiet domestic habits of George ...
Էջ 70
... king , indeed , would sometimes stand alone for half an hour to see the boys at cricket ; —and heartily would he laugh when the wicket of some confident urchin went down at the first ball . But we did not heed his majesty . He was a ...
... king , indeed , would sometimes stand alone for half an hour to see the boys at cricket ; —and heartily would he laugh when the wicket of some confident urchin went down at the first ball . But we did not heed his majesty . He was a ...
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... king with those by whom he was surrounded , is something which is now very pleasant to look back upon . I have now no recollection of having , when a child , seen the king with any of the appendages of royalty , except when he went to ...
... king with those by whom he was surrounded , is something which is now very pleasant to look back upon . I have now no recollection of having , when a child , seen the king with any of the appendages of royalty , except when he went to ...
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... King ; ' the audience rose ; the king nodded round and took his seat next the stage ; the queen curtsied , and took her arm - chair also . The satin bills of their majesties and the princesses were then duly displayed , and the dingy ...
... King ; ' the audience rose ; the king nodded round and took his seat next the stage ; the queen curtsied , and took her arm - chair also . The satin bills of their majesties and the princesses were then duly displayed , and the dingy ...
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Էջ 212 - Look at the generations of old, and see; did ever any trust in the Lord, and was confounded? or did any abide in his fear, and was forsaken? or whom did he ever despise, that called upon him?
Էջ 124 - ... that it may please thee, of thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom ; that we, with all those that are departed in the true faith of thy holy Name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Էջ 171 - Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions and a will resigned; For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat...
Էջ 124 - ALMIGHTY GOD, with whom do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the LORD, and with whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity...
Էջ 124 - We give thee hearty thanks, for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful world...
Էջ 94 - I cannot blame him : at my nativity The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets ; and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shak'd like a coward.
Էջ 178 - Midsummer Night's Dream, which I had never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life.
Էջ 40 - CHERRY-RIPE, ripe, ripe, I cry, Full and fair ones; come and buy. If so be you ask me where They do grow, I answer : There, Where my Julia's lips do smile ; There's the land, or cherry-isle, Whose plantations fully show All the year where cherries grow.
Էջ 108 - ... their dogs ; but if men be kind unto them, and be in their habit, then are they conquered with kindness, and the sport will be plentiful.
Էջ 139 - Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, And merrily hent the stile-a : A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tures in a milc-a.