The reciter's companion; comprising the most popular recitations, comic tales [&c.].1848 |
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... dinner ; farmer A's bull , as it was very natural for a hungry bull to do , came down town to look for a dinner ; and the bull observing , discovering , seeing , and spying out , some turnips in the bottom of the ferry - boat , the bull ...
... dinner ; farmer A's bull , as it was very natural for a hungry bull to do , came down town to look for a dinner ; and the bull observing , discovering , seeing , and spying out , some turnips in the bottom of the ferry - boat , the bull ...
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... dinner , when Tim Measurewell , his foreman - vulgo , the cutter - ushered in a French gentleman , who appeared to be in want of some of their commodities , but had vainly endeavoured to make himself understood . He says something about ...
... dinner , when Tim Measurewell , his foreman - vulgo , the cutter - ushered in a French gentleman , who appeared to be in want of some of their commodities , but had vainly endeavoured to make himself understood . He says something about ...
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... dinner , not doubting but my new acquirements would enable me to see the ladies with tolerable intrepidity : but , alas ! how vain are all the hopes of theory , when unsupported by habitual practice . As I approached the house , a dinner ...
... dinner , not doubting but my new acquirements would enable me to see the ladies with tolerable intrepidity : but , alas ! how vain are all the hopes of theory , when unsupported by habitual practice . As I approached the house , a dinner ...
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Reciter. dinner for want of punctuality : impressed with this idea , I blushed the deepest crimson as my name was repeatedly announced by the several livery servants , who ushered me into the library , hardly knowing what or whom I saw ...
Reciter. dinner for want of punctuality : impressed with this idea , I blushed the deepest crimson as my name was repeatedly announced by the several livery servants , who ushered me into the library , hardly knowing what or whom I saw ...
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... dinner was served up , and I with joy perceived that the bell , which at first had so alarmed my fears , was only the half - hour dinner bell . In walking through the hall and suite of apartments to the dining - room , I had time to ...
... dinner was served up , and I with joy perceived that the bell , which at first had so alarmed my fears , was only the half - hour dinner bell . In walking through the hall and suite of apartments to the dining - room , I had time to ...
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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
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Страница 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...
Страница 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...
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Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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?
Страница 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.
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