The Nic-nac: Or, Literary Cabinet, Volum 1T. Wallis, 1823 |
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... master appeared asleep , but he was frozen under his pelisse ; in short , the whole party were either dead or on the ... masters , to all the rigour of a frozen sky , while themselves , envelop- ed in the skins of bears , smoke their ...
... master appeared asleep , but he was frozen under his pelisse ; in short , the whole party were either dead or on the ... masters , to all the rigour of a frozen sky , while themselves , envelop- ed in the skins of bears , smoke their ...
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... master critic B. nonsense than the Shoe and Slipper . What pity ' tis that assumption of Cos- CEIT should meet rebuke ! K's remarks on " Horrible ! Horri- ble ! " may be just . But he , as well as B. , is requested to understand that we ...
... master critic B. nonsense than the Shoe and Slipper . What pity ' tis that assumption of Cos- CEIT should meet rebuke ! K's remarks on " Horrible ! Horri- ble ! " may be just . But he , as well as B. , is requested to understand that we ...
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... masters and mistresses , intermarry either the butler with the housekeeper , or the gentleman's own man with the lady's own maid , and buy the good - will of some inn , over which those masters and mistresses have an influence . Nothing ...
... masters and mistresses , intermarry either the butler with the housekeeper , or the gentleman's own man with the lady's own maid , and buy the good - will of some inn , over which those masters and mistresses have an influence . Nothing ...
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... master's side , Such sympathy he found ; He lick'd his pallid cheek , and tried To raise him from the ground . Heav'n and her friends their aid afford To Julia's tears and vows , And soon to life and love restor'd Her much lamented ...
... master's side , Such sympathy he found ; He lick'd his pallid cheek , and tried To raise him from the ground . Heav'n and her friends their aid afford To Julia's tears and vows , And soon to life and love restor'd Her much lamented ...
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... master's credit , but for his own ad- vantage . Call for a pint of wine , and you are sure to have a collection of ... masters , some of whom do not know , and others perhaps do not care , that they are an- swerable by the law to their ...
... master's credit , but for his own ad- vantage . Call for a pint of wine , and you are sure to have a collection of ... masters , some of whom do not know , and others perhaps do not care , that they are an- swerable by the law to their ...
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Side 387 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Side 104 - 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 308 - Network: anything reticulated or decussated, at equal distances with interstices between the intersections.
Side 307 - 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 371 - One day a great feast was held, and after dinner the representation of Solomon, his temple, and the coming of the queen of Sheba, was made, or, as I may better say, was meant to have been made before their majesties, by device of the earl of Salisbury and others.
Side 48 - 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 371 - Queen which had been bestowed on his garments, such as wine, cream, jelly, beverage, cakes, spices and other good matters. The entertainment and show went forward, and most of the presenters went backward, or fell down, wine did so occupy their upper chambers. Now did appear, in rich dress, Hope...
Side 365 - When a negro is so fortunate as to find a diamond of the weight of an octavo (17^ carats), much ceremony takes place; he is crowned with a wreath of flowers and carried in procession to the administrator, who gives him his freedom, by paying his owner for it.
Side 279 - ... the different places they had been accustomed to visit ; such as the Bay, the Old Head or Man, the Windmill, &c. at Boulogne ; St. Vallery, and other places on the coast of Picardy ; which they afterwards confirmed, when they viewed them through their telescopes.
Side 171 - The after-part of the day is chiefly spent in dancing round a tall pole, which is called a May-pole ; which, being placed in a convenient part of the village, stands there, as it were, consecrated to the goddess of flowers, without the least violation offered it in the whole circle of the year.