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... Fancy the claimants , and the row about their precedence ! Which philosopher shall have the grand cordon ? which the ... Fancy the struggle ! Fancy the squabble ! Fancy the distribution of prizes ! - Who shall decide on them ...
... Fancy the claimants , and the row about their precedence ! Which philosopher shall have the grand cordon ? which the ... Fancy the struggle ! Fancy the squabble ! Fancy the distribution of prizes ! - Who shall decide on them ...
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... fancy , has a pooh - pooh expression as the triumph passes . ( I can't see quite clearly for the laurels , which have fallen down over my nose . ) One hand is reining in the two white elephants that draw the car ; I raise the other hand ...
... fancy , has a pooh - pooh expression as the triumph passes . ( I can't see quite clearly for the laurels , which have fallen down over my nose . ) One hand is reining in the two white elephants that draw the car ; I raise the other hand ...
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... fancy could have carried the matter farther , could have depicted the feast in the Egyp- tian Hall , the Ministers , Chief Justices , and right reverend prelates taking their seats round about his lordship , the turtle and other ...
... fancy could have carried the matter farther , could have depicted the feast in the Egyp- tian Hall , the Ministers , Chief Justices , and right reverend prelates taking their seats round about his lordship , the turtle and other ...
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... fancy that man happy ! Now , suppose that all through that 9th of November his lordship has had a racking rheumatism , or a toothache , let us say , during all dinner - time - through which he has been obliged to grin and mumble his ...
... fancy that man happy ! Now , suppose that all through that 9th of November his lordship has had a racking rheumatism , or a toothache , let us say , during all dinner - time - through which he has been obliged to grin and mumble his ...
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... fancy they will take that sort of warning ! How am I to know , ( though , to be sure , I begin to know now , ) as I take the letters off the tray , which of those envelopes contains a real bonâ fide letter , and which a thorn ? One of ...
... fancy they will take that sort of warning ! How am I to know , ( though , to be sure , I begin to know now , ) as I take the letters off the tray , which of those envelopes contains a real bonâ fide letter , and which a thorn ? One of ...
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Page 63 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Page 270 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
Page 91 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to His holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Page 174 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
Page 156 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The Moon takes up the wondrous tale; And nightly, to the listening Earth, Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 276 - But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending Virtue's friend; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While Resignation gently slopes the way; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past.
Page 139 - I'll tell the signs by which you may The wandering shepherdess discover. Coquet and coy at once her air, Both studied, though both seem neglected ; Careless she is with artful care, Affecting to seem unaffected. With skill her eyes dart every glance, Yet change so soon you'd ne'er suspect them ; For she'd persuade they wound by chance, Though certain aim and art direct them. She likes herself, yet others hates For that which in herself she prizes; And, while she laughs at them, forgets She is the...
Page 150 - I hear the drums tumultuous sound the victor's shouts and dying groans confound ; the dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, and all the thunder of the battle rise. 'Twas then great Marlborough's mighty...
Page 156 - Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball? What though no real voice, nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found ? In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing, as they shine, 'The Hand that made us is Divine.
Page 219 - ... it would be hard to find a man, so well entitled to notice by his wit, that ever delighted so much in talking of his money.