The spirit of English wit; or, Post-chaise companion1815 |
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الصفحة 195 - To t'other books he gave, as well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning. Answered by Sir William Browne. The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force:— With equal care to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument. A
الصفحة 299 - m y hope, my love, Did all within this circle move. • A narrow compass ! and yet there Dwelt all that's good, and all that's fair! Give me but what this ribbond bound, Take all the rest the
الصفحة 104 - OF GLASS BY BURNS. Curst be the man, the poorest wretch in life, The crouching vassal to the tyrant wife, Who has no will but by her permission, Who has not sixpence but in her possession, Who must to her his dear friend's secrets tell, Who dreads a curtain lecture worse than
الصفحة 172 - Thou hast made, him most blessed for ever; thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. For the King trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved.
الصفحة 282 - ran for his life, Tom's three dearest friends came by in the squabble, And screen'd him at once from the shrew and the rabble; Then ventur'd to give him some wholesome advice : But Tom is a fellow of honour so nice, Too proud to take counsel, too wise to take warning, That he sent
الصفحة 23 - father Jacob, cried the last. I am neither Abraham, Isaac, nor Jacob, replied the old gentleman, but Saul, the son of Kish, who went out to seek his father's asses, and, lo! here I have found them.
الصفحة 184 - with it, as -you see I have done.' 'As to that, neighbour,' replied the other, 'every man has a right to do what he will with his own, and you have done so
الصفحة 12 - As I walk'd by myself, I said to myself, And myself said again to me ; Look to thyself, take care of thyself For nobody cares for thee. Then I said to myself and then answer'd myself With the self-same repartee; Look to
الصفحة 140 - HER LOOKING-GLASS TO VENUS. Venus! take my votive glass; Since I am not what I was; What, from this day, I shall be Venus! let me never see.
الصفحة 291 - had you no fear of the gallows?'—' Master,' said the culprit, looking sternly at him, •' What is it to you, if I had a mind to venture that? You had removed my greatest terror; why should I fear the less?