The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern, with Biographical and Explanatory Notes, Volum 19Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl Clarke Company, limited, 1899 |
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Side 57
... auction . " ] • COURTEOUS READER : I have heard that nothing gives an author so great pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors . 57 This pleasure I have seldom enjoyed . For though I Poor Richard's Almanac.
... auction . " ] • COURTEOUS READER : I have heard that nothing gives an author so great pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors . 57 This pleasure I have seldom enjoyed . For though I Poor Richard's Almanac.
Side 58
... heard one or other of my adages repeated , with as Poor Rich- ard says at the end of it . This gave me some satisfaction , as it showed , not only that my instructions were regarded , but dis- covered likewise some respect for my ...
... heard one or other of my adages repeated , with as Poor Rich- ard says at the end of it . This gave me some satisfaction , as it showed , not only that my instructions were regarded , but dis- covered likewise some respect for my ...
Side 65
... heard it , and approved the doctrine ; and immediately prac- ticed the contrary , just as if it had been a common sermon . For the vendue opened , and they began to buy extravagantly , notwithstanding all his cautions , and their own ...
... heard it , and approved the doctrine ; and immediately prac- ticed the contrary , just as if it had been a common sermon . For the vendue opened , and they began to buy extravagantly , notwithstanding all his cautions , and their own ...
Side 70
... heard through Europe , and men awoke in new day and more spacious air . The sentimentalist has pro- claimed him a mere mocker . To the critic of the schools , ever ready with compendious label , he is the revolutionary destruc- tive ...
... heard through Europe , and men awoke in new day and more spacious air . The sentimentalist has pro- claimed him a mere mocker . To the critic of the schools , ever ready with compendious label , he is the revolutionary destruc- tive ...
Side 92
... heard to complain of the disadvan- tages he lies under in every path of honor and profit . " Could I but get over some nice points , and conform to the practice and opinion of those about me , I might stand as fair a chance as others ...
... heard to complain of the disadvan- tages he lies under in every path of honor and profit . " Could I but get over some nice points , and conform to the practice and opinion of those about me , I might stand as fair a chance as others ...
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The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volum 19 Richard Garnett,Léon Vallée,Alois Brandl Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1899 |
The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volum 19 Richard Garnett,Léon Vallée,Alois Brandl Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1899 |
The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volum 19 Richard Garnett,Léon Vallée,Alois Brandl Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1899 |
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Side 274 - Stop thief ! stop thief ! — a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space ; The toll-men thinking as before, That Gilpin rode a race.
Side 335 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Side 267 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. "To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. "My sister, and my sister's child, Myself and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Side 58 - We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness, three times as much by our Pride, and four times as much by our Folly; and from these Taxes the Commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an Abatement. However let us hearken to good Advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says, in his Almanack of 1733.
Side 271 - Until he came unto the Wash Of Edmonton so gay; And there he threw the Wash about On both sides of the way, Just like unto a trundling mop, Or a wild goose at play. At Edmonton his loving wife From the balcony spied Her tender husband, wondering much To see how he did ride. "Stop, stop, John Gilpin!— Here's the house !" They all at once did cry; "The dinner waits, and we are tired;"— Said Gilpin, "So am I!
Side 268 - I do admire Of womankind but one, And you are she, my dearest dear, Therefore it shall be done. "I am a linendraper bold, As all the world doth know, And my good friend the calender Will lend his horse to go.
Side 61 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...
Side 272 - Tell me you must and shall — Say why bare-headed you are come, Or why you come at all?
Side 65 - At present, perhaps, you may think yourselves in thriving circumstances, and that you can bear a little extravagance without injury, but — For age and want save while you may ; No morning sun lasts a whole day.
Side 310 - Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary! For could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see? The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign; Yet, gently prest, press gently mine, My Mary!