The reciter's companion; comprising the most popular recitations, comic tales [&c.].1848 |
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Էջ 20
... brace . let of Samba's hair ; I gave to the sea the precious token , and while the waves swift bore it from me , vowed aloud eternal hatred to mankind . I have kept my oath I will keep it . A DEVIL OF A WAISTCOAT . Are you a man 20.
... brace . let of Samba's hair ; I gave to the sea the precious token , and while the waves swift bore it from me , vowed aloud eternal hatred to mankind . I have kept my oath I will keep it . A DEVIL OF A WAISTCOAT . Are you a man 20.
Էջ 21
Reciter. A DEVIL OF A WAISTCOAT . Are you a man of fashion ? no matter whatsoever your quality , whether noble or simple , merchant or manufacturer , shopkeeper , mechanic , or of no pro- fession , you must undoubtedly have heard of Mr ...
Reciter. A DEVIL OF A WAISTCOAT . Are you a man of fashion ? no matter whatsoever your quality , whether noble or simple , merchant or manufacturer , shopkeeper , mechanic , or of no pro- fession , you must undoubtedly have heard of Mr ...
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... devil , in your tongue ? -The devil , sir , is the general appella- tion we give him . - Ah , oui , vraiment ; but you have many more names for de devil , comme nous ? —Oh , yes , sir , he's a character well - known in London ; we call ...
... devil , in your tongue ? -The devil , sir , is the general appella- tion we give him . - Ah , oui , vraiment ; but you have many more names for de devil , comme nous ? —Oh , yes , sir , he's a character well - known in London ; we call ...
Էջ 37
... devil . He paid like a prince , gave the widow a smack , And flopp'd on his horse , at the door , like a sack ; While the landlady touching the chink , Cried , " Sir , should you travel this country again , I heartily hope that the ...
... devil . He paid like a prince , gave the widow a smack , And flopp'd on his horse , at the door , like a sack ; While the landlady touching the chink , Cried , " Sir , should you travel this country again , I heartily hope that the ...
Էջ 40
... if e'er they came before him more , He'd kick both harps and minstrels to the devil ! Then closed his gates ; the harpers hied away , E'en glad to find their bones were left them whole ; The knight then went as usual every day , Along 40.
... if e'er they came before him more , He'd kick both harps and minstrels to the devil ! Then closed his gates ; the harpers hied away , E'en glad to find their bones were left them whole ; The knight then went as usual every day , Along 40.
Common terms and phrases
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...