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Side 27
... observed the quiet , grave , but cheerful , though guarded humour , that runs through his conversation ; the brevity of some of his remarks , and the artless sincerity in which they are uttered , together with his deep and manly voice ...
... observed the quiet , grave , but cheerful , though guarded humour , that runs through his conversation ; the brevity of some of his remarks , and the artless sincerity in which they are uttered , together with his deep and manly voice ...
Side 32
... observe , that the Captain is wide awake to all the advantages , of an active rural life , so very conducive to health , not only of body but of mind , for there is nothing at Ury likely to emasculate the one or enervate the other . I ...
... observe , that the Captain is wide awake to all the advantages , of an active rural life , so very conducive to health , not only of body but of mind , for there is nothing at Ury likely to emasculate the one or enervate the other . I ...
Side 33
... observed , that in those days the boxes of the mail were not on springs ! When speaking of the Captain , Pierce Egan thus writes- " Captain Barclay's mode of living is plain and unaffected . His table is always abundantly supplied , and ...
... observed , that in those days the boxes of the mail were not on springs ! When speaking of the Captain , Pierce Egan thus writes- " Captain Barclay's mode of living is plain and unaffected . His table is always abundantly supplied , and ...
Side 35
... observed , and I have no hesitation in saying - without any disparagement of Arthur , that he is a much better coachman than he was represented to me to be , by several of those who had travelled with him . He has a very good hand on ...
... observed , and I have no hesitation in saying - without any disparagement of Arthur , that he is a much better coachman than he was represented to me to be , by several of those who had travelled with him . He has a very good hand on ...
Side 56
... observed that a genuine Oxford pun is handed down from year to year for the benefit of all new comers , and probably many of the freshmen , on hearing one of these for the first time , repeat it as if it had just been uttered by one of ...
... observed that a genuine Oxford pun is handed down from year to year for the benefit of all new comers , and probably many of the freshmen , on hearing one of these for the first time , repeat it as if it had just been uttered by one of ...
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Side 414 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Side 414 - She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay.
Side 149 - Law Tracts. A man might as well think of making a fine sauce by a mixture of wormwood and aloes, as an agreeable composition by joining metaphysics and Scotch law. However, the book, I believe, has merit ; though few people will take the pains of diving into it.
Side 63 - ... is swelled into jolly dimensions by frequent potations of malt liquors, and his bulk is still further increased by a multiplicity of coats, in which he is buried like a cauliflower, the upper one reaching to his heels. He wears a broad-brimmed lowcrowned hat, a huge roll of coloured handkerchief about his neck, knowingly knotted and tucked in at the bosom ; and has in summer time a large bouquet of flowers in his button-hole ; the present, most probably, of some enamoured country lass.
Side 35 - A singular and unavoidable manner of doing or saying any thing, Peculiar and Natural to one Man only, by which his Speech and Actions are distinguished from those of other men.
Side 63 - He has commonly a broad full face, curiously mottled with red, as if the blood had been forced by hard feeding into every vessel of the skin ; he is swelled into jolly dimensions by frequent potations of malt liquors, and his bulk is still further increased by a multiplicity of coats in which he is buried like a cauliflower, the upper one reaching to his heels.
Side 299 - WHEN Time, who steals our years away, Shall steal our pleasures too, The memory of the past will stay, And half our joys renew.
Side 278 - ... day ; he receives a chicken for his hawk, a peck of oats for his horse, and a loaf of bread for his greyhound. They all dine ; after which the master blows three blasts with his horn, and...
Side 353 - Warwickshire, are also included in their beat. Our readers are doubtless aware that such portion of a county as is hunted by any one pack of hounds is technically called their country ; and of all the countries in the world, the Quorn certainly bears the bell.
Side 140 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew"d, so sanded; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-kneed and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.