The Reliques of Father ProutG. Bell, 1889 - 580 pages |
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Page 94
... youth , The jaws of a blood - royal elephant . We are told , That a surgeon of old- Oh , ' tis he was well skilled in the art of nosology ! For such was his knowledge , he Could make you a nose bran new ! I scarce can believe it , can ...
... youth , The jaws of a blood - royal elephant . We are told , That a surgeon of old- Oh , ' tis he was well skilled in the art of nosology ! For such was his knowledge , he Could make you a nose bran new ! I scarce can believe it , can ...
Page 112
... Youth has its appro- priate pursuits ; and to him who stands on the threshold of life , with all its gaieties and festive hours spread in alluring blandishment before him , such musings may come amiss , and such studies may offer no ...
... Youth has its appro- priate pursuits ; and to him who stands on the threshold of life , with all its gaieties and festive hours spread in alluring blandishment before him , such musings may come amiss , and such studies may offer no ...
Page 153
... youth and the blessings of friendship , to seek the dismal regions of bleak barbarity and murderous Canaticism . I also give it because Tommy has modelled on t his melody , " As slow our ship its foamy track , " and Byron his " Native ...
... youth and the blessings of friendship , to seek the dismal regions of bleak barbarity and murderous Canaticism . I also give it because Tommy has modelled on t his melody , " As slow our ship its foamy track , " and Byron his " Native ...
Page 156
... youth and inexpe- rience of the subsequently matured and polished melodist but there is an obscure Greek poet , called Στακκος Μορφίδης , whose ode on whisky , or negus , composed about the six- teenth olympiad , according to the ...
... youth and inexpe- rience of the subsequently matured and polished melodist but there is an obscure Greek poet , called Στακκος Μορφίδης , whose ode on whisky , or negus , composed about the six- teenth olympiad , according to the ...
Page 161
... youth . Again , when all is dark , who would object to a ray of light , merely because of the faulty or flickering medium by which it is transmitted ? And if these round towers have been hitherto a dark puzzle and a mystery , must we ...
... youth . Again , when all is dark , who would object to a ray of light , merely because of the faulty or flickering medium by which it is transmitted ? And if these round towers have been hitherto a dark puzzle and a mystery , must we ...
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