The Nic-nac: Or, Literary Cabinet, Volum 1T. Wallis, 1823 |
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... prove : Our head shall go bare till Merit crown it . " SHAKSPEARE . THE CHIEF GLORY OF EVERY PEO- PLE ARISES FROM ITS AUTHORS : so says Johnson ; and , all men of judgment allow that periodical publi- cations are productive of much good ...
... prove : Our head shall go bare till Merit crown it . " SHAKSPEARE . THE CHIEF GLORY OF EVERY PEO- PLE ARISES FROM ITS AUTHORS : so says Johnson ; and , all men of judgment allow that periodical publi- cations are productive of much good ...
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... prove Our head shall go bare till Meritcrown it . " SHAKSPEARE . MR . NIC - NAC , The present season has been remarkable on various ac- counts , but more particularly from the degree of mildness or warmth in the atmosphere at this ...
... prove Our head shall go bare till Meritcrown it . " SHAKSPEARE . MR . NIC - NAC , The present season has been remarkable on various ac- counts , but more particularly from the degree of mildness or warmth in the atmosphere at this ...
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... prove more inconvenient than I wished . It was impossible , however , to resist their solicitations , and a servant was sent to inform the people of the inn that we should not want beds . See- ing the next morning in the bill , not only ...
... prove more inconvenient than I wished . It was impossible , however , to resist their solicitations , and a servant was sent to inform the people of the inn that we should not want beds . See- ing the next morning in the bill , not only ...
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... prove pernicious ; but where there is a debi- litated stomach and an irritability of fibre , it never fails to do much hurt . With many it has the effect to prevent sleep . Tea will induce a total change of constitution in the people of ...
... prove pernicious ; but where there is a debi- litated stomach and an irritability of fibre , it never fails to do much hurt . With many it has the effect to prevent sleep . Tea will induce a total change of constitution in the people of ...
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... prove : Our head shall go bare till Merit crown it . " SHAKESPEARE . made her appearance , bearing in her hand a basket. No III . THE FORTUNATE DISCOVERY . AN ORIGINAL TALE . NIGHT was fast spreading its sombre shades around the varied ...
... prove : Our head shall go bare till Merit crown it . " SHAKESPEARE . made her appearance , bearing in her hand a basket. No III . THE FORTUNATE DISCOVERY . AN ORIGINAL TALE . NIGHT was fast spreading its sombre shades around the varied ...
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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.