Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 6Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith Richard Bentley, 1839 |
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... King , by Mrs. Trollope , 476.575 482 483 · The Pyrenean Hunter , by the Hon . James Erskine Murray , 496 The Abbot's Oak , by Dalton , 508 Remarkable Suicides , by Dr. Millingen , 516 Prospectus of a New Joint Stock Suicide Company ...
... King , by Mrs. Trollope , 476.575 482 483 · The Pyrenean Hunter , by the Hon . James Erskine Murray , 496 The Abbot's Oak , by Dalton , 508 Remarkable Suicides , by Dr. Millingen , 516 Prospectus of a New Joint Stock Suicide Company ...
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... King's cutters . The alarm had been given . Not a moment was to be lost ; and , straining every nerve , they bore out to sea . 66 They were about two miles from the shore , when some of the men declared it was a lost job , and that they ...
... King's cutters . The alarm had been given . Not a moment was to be lost ; and , straining every nerve , they bore out to sea . 66 They were about two miles from the shore , when some of the men declared it was a lost job , and that they ...
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... King's ships . Neither by voluntary enlistment nor the use of the press - gang could hands enough be picked up , and recourse was had in an evil hour to the prisons . Rogues and vagabonds from all quarters , pickpockets , thieves , and ...
... King's ships . Neither by voluntary enlistment nor the use of the press - gang could hands enough be picked up , and recourse was had in an evil hour to the prisons . Rogues and vagabonds from all quarters , pickpockets , thieves , and ...
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... King Stuff , sole monarch of the Isle of Wight , that you spoke of just now ? " asked the tutor . " Never heard of King Stuff ? " said the antiquary . Why , Mr. Elder informed me that you were a Master of Arts , and had taken first ...
... King Stuff , sole monarch of the Isle of Wight , that you spoke of just now ? " asked the tutor . " Never heard of King Stuff ? " said the antiquary . Why , Mr. Elder informed me that you were a Master of Arts , and had taken first ...
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... King Stuff was . ' " King Stuff , " replied the antiquary , " was the nephew of Cerdic , King of the West Saxons , who was the son of Elesa , who was the son of Esla , who was the son of Gewis , the son of Wye , the son of Frewin , the ...
... King Stuff was . ' " King Stuff , " replied the antiquary , " was the nephew of Cerdic , King of the West Saxons , who was the son of Elesa , who was the son of Esla , who was the son of Gewis , the son of Wye , the son of Frewin , the ...
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Page 85 - Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope ; to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy Prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Page 478 - He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. "My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled; "Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. "They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear.
Page 270 - Knowledge before — a discovery that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our philosophy.
Page 133 - Close to those walls where Folly holds her throne, And laughs to think Monroe would take her down, Where o'er the gates, by his famed father's hand Great Gibber's brazen, brainless brothers stand ; One cell there is, conceal'd from vulgar eye, The cave of Poverty and Poetry. Keen hollow winds howl thro' the bleak recess, Emblem of music caus'd by emptiness.
Page 478 - I have nought that is fair?" saith he; "Have nought but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. "My...
Page 607 - And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him : and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand ; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
Page 616 - Rialto shoot along, By night and day, all paces, swift or slow, And round the theatres, a sable throng, They wait in their dusk livery of woe ; But not to them do...
Page 84 - Enchanting vale ! beyond whate'er the Muse Has of Achaia or Hesperia sung! O vale of bliss ! O softly-swelling hills ! On which the Power of Cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil.
Page 79 - Remembrance oft shall haunt the shore When Thames in summer wreaths is drest, And oft suspend the dashing oar, To bid his gentle spirit rest!
Page 125 - Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death : but he shall be surely put to death.