The reciter's companion; comprising the most popular recitations, comic tales [&c.].1848 |
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Pàgina 43
... better than Ben ever knew , He fought as a true British seaman should do . When the battle was done , o'er his grog he would sing , Here's success to Old England , and long live the king ! RAISING THE DEVIL . A LEGEND OF ALBERTUS MAGNUS ...
... better than Ben ever knew , He fought as a true British seaman should do . When the battle was done , o'er his grog he would sing , Here's success to Old England , and long live the king ! RAISING THE DEVIL . A LEGEND OF ALBERTUS MAGNUS ...
Pàgina 59
... better kept the one with which he'd parted , For this one's milk was blue , and came no faster- Indeed poor Dolly seem'd quite broken - hearted . " What's to be done ? " cried Jolter , in despair , " Canst tell , Doll , eh ? " — " No ...
... better kept the one with which he'd parted , For this one's milk was blue , and came no faster- Indeed poor Dolly seem'd quite broken - hearted . " What's to be done ? " cried Jolter , in despair , " Canst tell , Doll , eh ? " — " No ...
Pàgina 60
... better save a laugh , If not their cash , by bringing up a calf ! Poor Jolter hung his head , and look'd dejected , Rode back , and on the circumstance reflected , Resolved to keep his cow , and breed another ; And , since ' twas vain ...
... better save a laugh , If not their cash , by bringing up a calf ! Poor Jolter hung his head , and look'd dejected , Rode back , and on the circumstance reflected , Resolved to keep his cow , and breed another ; And , since ' twas vain ...
Pàgina 70
... better angel that whispered " Osmond , repent your former crimes . Commit not new ones ! " Remember , that this night should Kenrick- Osm . Kenrick ? oh , speak ! drank he the poison ? Saib . Obedient to your orders , I presented it to ...
... better angel that whispered " Osmond , repent your former crimes . Commit not new ones ! " Remember , that this night should Kenrick- Osm . Kenrick ? oh , speak ! drank he the poison ? Saib . Obedient to your orders , I presented it to ...
Pàgina 78
... better than his face bespoke , And kindly went to give the parish Hodge's tenth child to teach and nourish . But , sad mishap ! the mother died— Hodge grieved as husbands do - he sigh'd , And , as the story goes , he cried : You'll not ...
... better than his face bespoke , And kindly went to give the parish Hodge's tenth child to teach and nourish . But , sad mishap ! the mother died— Hodge grieved as husbands do - he sigh'd , And , as the story goes , he cried : You'll not ...
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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
Passatges populars
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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?
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...