Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesJ.B. Lippincott Company, 1892 - 1104 psl. |
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... things of which I was ignorant, and I took the earliest opportunity of parading it at our society, to show that I ... thing, sometimes to stop an intrigue that is nearly ripe for execution. The agony column itself is evidence of this ...
... things of which I was ignorant, and I took the earliest opportunity of parading it at our society, to show that I ... thing, sometimes to stop an intrigue that is nearly ripe for execution. The agony column itself is evidence of this ...
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... things are so different that there has been more or less discord at different times since, and not at any time real harmony." One of the causes of disagreement was Mr. Ward's ambition to be " appointed or elected as one of the editors ...
... things are so different that there has been more or less discord at different times since, and not at any time real harmony." One of the causes of disagreement was Mr. Ward's ambition to be " appointed or elected as one of the editors ...
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... things and their names, and that by the study of names, by the intense consideration and the turning inside-out of the m's and «'s of which they are composed, these correspondences might be evolved and nature made to flash out her ...
... things and their names, and that by the study of names, by the intense consideration and the turning inside-out of the m's and «'s of which they are composed, these correspondences might be evolved and nature made to flash out her ...
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... things, the things that have gone out of fashion, the bargains that are bargains only for him who sells. Probably he begins with Aldines. Anything with an anchor is good enough for him ; it is long before he discovers that there are ...
... things, the things that have gone out of fashion, the bargains that are bargains only for him who sells. Probably he begins with Aldines. Anything with an anchor is good enough for him ; it is long before he discovers that there are ...
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... things, and revealed them to such as could understand. Thus, in Eccles. x. 20 : " Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought ; and curse not the rich in thy bed-chamber : for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath ...
... things, and revealed them to such as could understand. Thus, in Eccles. x. 20 : " Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought ; and curse not the rich in thy bed-chamber : for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath ...
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208 psl. - Thou must be patient; we came crying hither. Thou know'st, the first time that we smell the air, We wawl, and cry: — I will preach to thee; mark me. Glo. Alack, alack the day ! Lear. When we are born, we cry, that we are come To this great stage of fools...
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739 psl. - SWEET Day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet Spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My Music shows ye have your closes, And all must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd...
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637 psl. - Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth. And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion.
417 psl. - O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
317 psl. - I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come ; make her laugh at that. Prithee, Horatio, tell me one thing. Hor. What's that, my lord? Ham. Dost thou think Alexander looked o' this fashion i
595 psl. - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.