The Nic-Nac; or, oracle of knowledge, Volum 11822 |
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Side 1
... horses ; in the vicinity of the town they missed their way ; they called out to the postillion , but he was stiff upon his horse , and did not hear : the coachman still held the reins , but he had lost his senses and his life . The ...
... horses ; in the vicinity of the town they missed their way ; they called out to the postillion , but he was stiff upon his horse , and did not hear : the coachman still held the reins , but he had lost his senses and his life . The ...
Side 3
... horses more than the customary charge ; and , indeed , I could mention a hundred more impositions of a simi- lar complexion which I have quietly suffered . I know not , therefore , how I came to be moved to resistance in the instance I ...
... horses more than the customary charge ; and , indeed , I could mention a hundred more impositions of a simi- lar complexion which I have quietly suffered . I know not , therefore , how I came to be moved to resistance in the instance I ...
Side 9
... horses ; in the vicinity of the town they missed their way ; they called out to the postillion , but he was stiff upon his horse , and did not hear : the coachman still held the reins , but he had lost his senses and his life . The ...
... horses ; in the vicinity of the town they missed their way ; they called out to the postillion , but he was stiff upon his horse , and did not hear : the coachman still held the reins , but he had lost his senses and his life . The ...
Side 11
... horses more than the customary charge ; and , indeed , I could mention a hundred more impositions of a simi- lar complexion which I have quietly suffered . I know not , therefore , how I came to be moved to resistance in the instance I ...
... horses more than the customary charge ; and , indeed , I could mention a hundred more impositions of a simi- lar complexion which I have quietly suffered . I know not , therefore , how I came to be moved to resistance in the instance I ...
Side 15
... horse's nose - spiked with steel - dressed up with vizards and buskins - the pave- ment flashed fire - She raised her hand of that huge lumpish and heavy cast - and dashing it on the ground - whispered - ' I know where the shoe pinches ...
... horse's nose - spiked with steel - dressed up with vizards and buskins - the pave- ment flashed fire - She raised her hand of that huge lumpish and heavy cast - and dashing it on the ground - whispered - ' I know where the shoe pinches ...
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Side 305 - PENSION [an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country'].
Side 102 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours: Where are they?
Side 305 - A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
Side 168 - Nay ! not so much as out of bed ? When all the birds have matins said And sung their thankful hymns, 'tis sin, Nay, profanation to keep in, Whenas a thousand virgins on this day Spring, sooner than the lark, to fetch in May.
Side 40 - Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed You can send a boy to college but you can't make him think.
Side 200 - Alas ! the love of women ! it is known To be a lovely and a fearful thing ; For all of theirs upon that die is thrown, And if 'tis lost, life hath no more to bring To them but mockeries of the past alone, And their revenge is as the tiger's spring, Deadly, and quick, and crushing ; yet, as real Torture is theirs, what they inflict they feel.
Side 159 - There is still another place, built in the form of a theatre, which serves for the baiting of bulls and bears; they are fastened behind, and then worried by great English bull-dogs, but not without great...
Side 288 - May numerous herds and flocks be seen . And lasses chanting o'er the pail, And shepherds piping in the dale ; And ancient faith that knows no guile, And industry...
Side 197 - The village maid steals through the shade, Her shepherd's suit to hear; To beauty shy, by lattice high, Sings high-born Cavalier. The star of Love, all stars above, Now reigns o'er earth and sky; And high and low the influence know — But where is County Guy?
Side 202 - ... was over, remounted" their old stations in Guildhall — till by reason of their very great age, old Time, with the help of a number of city rats and mice, had eaten up all their entrails. The dissolution of the two old, weak, and feeble giants, gave birth to the two present substantial, and majestic giants ; who, by order, and at the city charge, were formed and fashioned. Captain Richard Saunders," an eminent carver in King Street...