The reciter's companion; comprising the most popular recitations, comic tales [&c.].1848 |
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... twas two black crows , not three . " Resolved to trace so wond'rous an event , Whip to the third our virtuoso went . 66 66 Sir , " and so forth- " Why yes ; the thing is fact , Though in regard to number not exact ; " It was not two ...
... twas two black crows , not three . " Resolved to trace so wond'rous an event , Whip to the third our virtuoso went . 66 66 Sir , " and so forth- " Why yes ; the thing is fact , Though in regard to number not exact ; " It was not two ...
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... twas no such matter , But owing to his monstrous vat , At least as corpulent as that At Heidelberg - and , some said , fatter . His foreman was a lusty black , An honest fellow ; But one who had an ugly knack Of tasting samples as he ...
... twas no such matter , But owing to his monstrous vat , At least as corpulent as that At Heidelberg - and , some said , fatter . His foreman was a lusty black , An honest fellow ; But one who had an ugly knack Of tasting samples as he ...
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... Twas liberty ! -I turned my bow aside , And let him soar away ! Heavens , with what pride I used To walk these hills , and look up to my God , And bless him that it was so . It was free- Free as our torrents are , that leap our rocks ...
... Twas liberty ! -I turned my bow aside , And let him soar away ! Heavens , with what pride I used To walk these hills , and look up to my God , And bless him that it was so . It was free- Free as our torrents are , that leap our rocks ...
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... Twas but that instant she had left Francesco , Laughing and looking back and flying still , Her ivory tooth imprinted on his finger . But now , alas ! she was not to be found ; Nor from that hour could any thing be guess'd , But that ...
... Twas but that instant she had left Francesco , Laughing and looking back and flying still , Her ivory tooth imprinted on his finger . But now , alas ! she was not to be found ; Nor from that hour could any thing be guess'd , But that ...
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... twas said , By one as young , as thoughtless as Genevra , " Why not remove it from its lurking place ? " ' Twas done as soon as said ; but on the way It burst , it fell - and lo , a skeleton , With here and there a pearl , an emerald ...
... twas said , By one as young , as thoughtless as Genevra , " Why not remove it from its lurking place ? " ' Twas done as soon as said ; but on the way It burst , it fell - and lo , a skeleton , With here and there a pearl , an emerald ...
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Arrah black crows blood Bolus brow Brutus bull Cæsar call'd Cassius clown countreman cried cursed dear death dere devil dinner doctor door dreadful Duke e'er eyes farmer father fear Fiddle-de-dee fool gentleman George Benson ghost give grave hand haste head hear heard heart Heaven Hodge honour horse Husband Irish stew Jolter jonteel lady Lapstone laugh linguæ littel boy look look'd lord loud Madam Mary master Monsieur morn Mortlake mysen ne'er never night nose Numps o'er once pass'd poor portmanteau pray quoth replied Richard Penlake Romford round Saib Sally sare seem'd shilling Sir Phil sleep smile soon soul soup maigre sprite squire sure swear sweet tale tears tell thee there's thing thou thought TOM LONG tongue Twas twill Vell ween wife wild word wretch Xenophon Zounds
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Էջ 148 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an houourable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honourable man.
Էջ 150 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat...
Էջ 148 - Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition ? Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious ; And, sure, he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause ; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him ? 0 judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason...
Էջ 237 - When Cheerfulness, a nymph of healthiest hue, Her bow across her shoulder flung, Her buskins gemm'd with morning dew, Blew an inspiring air, that dale and thicket rung, The hunter's call to Faun and Dryad known...
Էջ 163 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly.
Էջ 237 - And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unalter'd mien, While each strain'd ball of sight seem'd bursting from his head.
Էջ 202 - By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash, By any indirection.
Էջ 209 - Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. "And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep?
Էջ 206 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Էջ 238 - Can well recall what then it heard. Where is thy native, simple heart, Devote to Virtue, Fancy, Art ? Arise, as in that elder time, Warm...