A Volume of VarietiesCharles Knight, 1844 - 240 էջ |
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Էջ 44
... telling of sunny gardens not a sparrow's flight from the city , such as that of the Bishop of Ely in Holborn , * and of plenteous orchards which could spare their boughs as well as their fruit . " Cherry ripe " was the cry in the ...
... telling of sunny gardens not a sparrow's flight from the city , such as that of the Bishop of Ely in Holborn , * and of plenteous orchards which could spare their boughs as well as their fruit . " Cherry ripe " was the cry in the ...
Էջ 62
... tell them his secret . He explained his system , and gave them slips out of his nursery . Planting and grafting soon became the taste of the district , and in a few years the bare and desolate cottages were surrounded by smiling ...
... tell them his secret . He explained his system , and gave them slips out of his nursery . Planting and grafting soon became the taste of the district , and in a few years the bare and desolate cottages were surrounded by smiling ...
Էջ 86
... tell him the way to the spot where Hicks's Hall formerly stood ? Now Hicks , the greengrocer , was a wag , and his waggery was increased by living in the keen atmosphere of the Angel at Islington , and by picking up something of the wit ...
... tell him the way to the spot where Hicks's Hall formerly stood ? Now Hicks , the greengrocer , was a wag , and his waggery was increased by living in the keen atmosphere of the Angel at Islington , and by picking up something of the wit ...
Էջ 87
... tell but he might there find the standard of the English language , which he had long been searching for ? At any rate they would there tell him of the place where Hicks's Hall formerly stood . By the aid of another omnibus our pains ...
... tell but he might there find the standard of the English language , which he had long been searching for ? At any rate they would there tell him of the place where Hicks's Hall formerly stood . By the aid of another omnibus our pains ...
Էջ 93
... tell a tale of other days , and I delight to read them . There are only two queues extant in the town in which I was born , and in which I have lived from my boyhood . How many of my old queue - bearing ON QUEUES . 93 On Queues.
... tell a tale of other days , and I delight to read them . There are only two queues extant in the town in which I was born , and in which I have lived from my boyhood . How many of my old queue - bearing ON QUEUES . 93 On Queues.
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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.