Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 64Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith Richard Bentley, 1868 - Literature |
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... REEFER SOLILOQUISES . THE accommodation in the way of bedrooms at Treeby Cottage was necessarily limited . When Mr. Treeby and his guests ar- rived , the former had laid his commands on his wife to see that Ned's room and the spare room ...
... REEFER SOLILOQUISES . THE accommodation in the way of bedrooms at Treeby Cottage was necessarily limited . When Mr. Treeby and his guests ar- rived , the former had laid his commands on his wife to see that Ned's room and the spare room ...
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... Reefer being a person more given to lean upon others than upon himself , and being especially penetrated with a profound re- spect for his brother , of course duly appreciated that brother's anxious care in coming to him and lecturing ...
... Reefer being a person more given to lean upon others than upon himself , and being especially penetrated with a profound re- spect for his brother , of course duly appreciated that brother's anxious care in coming to him and lecturing ...
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... Reefer would like a cup of tea before he got up . Mr. Reefer , in reply , begged to decline , with many thanks , but looked at his watch , jumped out of bed , and set about dressing himself . As he stood brushing his hair before the ...
... Reefer would like a cup of tea before he got up . Mr. Reefer , in reply , begged to decline , with many thanks , but looked at his watch , jumped out of bed , and set about dressing himself . As he stood brushing his hair before the ...
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... Reefer , if your tea is not quite so hot as it ought to be . Mr. Thomas Reefer has been down nearly half an hour , and you said he was in very deli- cate health , which made mamma suppose that , of course , he would take breakfast in ...
... Reefer , if your tea is not quite so hot as it ought to be . Mr. Thomas Reefer has been down nearly half an hour , and you said he was in very deli- cate health , which made mamma suppose that , of course , he would take breakfast in ...
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... Reefer , as of course you're accus- tomed to in your father's princely mansion in town ; all gentlemen with splendid handsome fortunes keep billiard - tables in their houses ; my father kept one himself before Fortune frowned her frowns ...
... Reefer , as of course you're accus- tomed to in your father's princely mansion in town ; all gentlemen with splendid handsome fortunes keep billiard - tables in their houses ; my father kept one himself before Fortune frowned her frowns ...
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Page 232 - And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Page 94 - tis weary; Round its staff 'tis drooping dreary; Furl it, fold it, it is best; For there's not a man to wave it, And there's not a sword to save it, And there's not one left to lave it In the blood which heroes gave it: And its foes now scorn and brave it: Furl it, hide it— let it rest.
Page 94 - Banner — it is trailing! While around it sounds the wailing Of its people in their woe. For though conquered, they adore it! Love the cold dead hands that bore it! Weep for those who fell before it! Pardon those who trailed and tore it, But, Oh! wildly they deplore it Now who furl and fold it so.
Page 24 - Thus the mind itself is bowed to the yoke: even in what people do for pleasure, conformity is the first thing thought of ; they like in crowds ; they exercise choice only among things commonly done: peculiarity of taste, eccentricity of conduct, are shunned equally with crimes: until by dint of not following their own nature, they have no nature to follow...
Page 94 - tis hard for us to fold it; Hard to think there's none to hold it; Hard that those who once unrolled it Now must furl it with a sigh.
Page 228 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Page 64 - ... tossing mane. A moment in the British camp — A moment — and away Back to the pathless forest, Before the peep of day. Grave men there are by broad Santee, Grave men with hoary hairs ; Their hearts are all with Marion, For Marion are their prayers. And lovely ladies greet our band With kindliest welcoming, With smiles like those of summer, And tears like those of spring. For them we wear these trusty arms, And lay them down no more Till we have driven the Briton, Forever, from our shore.
Page 94 - Banner — it is trailing, While around it sounds the wailing Of its people in their woe. For, though conquered, they adore it, — Love the cold, dead hands that bore it, Weep for those who fell before it, Pardon those who trailed and tore it; And oh, wildly they deplore it, Now to furl and fold it so!
Page 236 - So he drove out the man: and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Page 25 - It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.