The Living Age, Volum 128E. Littell & Company, 1876 |
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Pàgina 22
... tell you that I was too hasty , and ask you to be my dear old uncle again . ” Is that what you want ? " he said , sit- ting down in his arm - chair , and looking me steadily in the face . " Well , then , I'll tell you that I was going ...
... tell you that I was too hasty , and ask you to be my dear old uncle again . ” Is that what you want ? " he said , sit- ting down in his arm - chair , and looking me steadily in the face . " Well , then , I'll tell you that I was going ...
Pàgina 23
... tell him the whole story , after which he became a little more friendly , nodded , and said , " Ex- cellent ; " then shook his head , remarking , " That was not exactly to his mind . " When I had told the whole , he rose with a face ...
... tell him the whole story , after which he became a little more friendly , nodded , and said , " Ex- cellent ; " then shook his head , remarking , " That was not exactly to his mind . " When I had told the whole , he rose with a face ...
Pàgina 24
... tell , " said the fur- rier , " my womenkind pitched me out . " " But why ? " asked the other . " I'll tell you , " said the furrier , rising ; " my wife wants what I want , and I don't want this . " As this story gave me no information ...
... tell , " said the fur- rier , " my womenkind pitched me out . " " But why ? " asked the other . " I'll tell you , " said the furrier , rising ; " my wife wants what I want , and I don't want this . " As this story gave me no information ...
Pàgina 25
... tell you I have gone into excellent service . ' . " Yes , ' said the miller , ' when she isn't in the house . ' I " Come with me , ' replied the smith . killed a hog yesterday , and you know my wife is very fond of black sausage . I'll ...
... tell you I have gone into excellent service . ' . " Yes , ' said the miller , ' when she isn't in the house . ' I " Come with me , ' replied the smith . killed a hog yesterday , and you know my wife is very fond of black sausage . I'll ...
Pàgina 26
... tell you I played the trick before marriage ? What serves before marriage is useless after . " And this is the story , my son , " said my Uncle Matthias , rising ; " and , if you are wise , you can act accordingly . " I also rose ...
... tell you I played the trick before marriage ? What serves before marriage is useless after . " And this is the story , my son , " said my Uncle Matthias , rising ; " and , if you are wise , you can act accordingly . " I also rose ...
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Pàgina 219 - Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met, or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Pàgina 45 - A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind!
Pàgina 137 - COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your GOD. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned : for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
Pàgina 94 - I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars, And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, And the tree-toad is a...
Pàgina 221 - At intervals, some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment, then is stilL There seems a floating whisper on the hill, But that is fancy, for the starlight dews All silently their tears of love instil, Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues.
Pàgina 406 - We only toil, who are the first of things. And make perpetual moan, Still from one sorrow to another thrown : Nor ever fold our wings, And cease from wanderings, Nor steep our brows in slumber's holy balm; Nor harken what the inner spirit sings,
Pàgina 58 - Oh yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood ; That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be...
Pàgina 116 - I cannot say he is everywhere alike ; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat, insipid — his comic wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always great when some great occasion is presented to him...
Pàgina 217 - Rockabye Baby, on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, Down will come baby, cradle and all.
Pàgina 458 - Ye never dreamt of this, for ten or twenty years after ye began to preach. Ye did not then, like Korah Dathan, and Abiram, seek the priesthood also. Ye knew, ' No man taketh this honour to himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.