The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volume 9Joseph Shackell, 1832 |
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... persons , looking , from the variety of their dresses , more like the colours of a splendid rainbow , than aught beside ... person who could explain every thing and every body ; point out the Duke of this , and Count that , and the other ...
... persons , looking , from the variety of their dresses , more like the colours of a splendid rainbow , than aught beside ... person who could explain every thing and every body ; point out the Duke of this , and Count that , and the other ...
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... persons who are excluded by the rules of society from the usual inlets to wealth , the courts , the camp , or the ... person . " Jamais le roi ne parut si grand , " says Voltaire , in his sneering way , " mais Jacques parut In petit ...
... persons who are excluded by the rules of society from the usual inlets to wealth , the courts , the camp , or the ... person . " Jamais le roi ne parut si grand , " says Voltaire , in his sneering way , " mais Jacques parut In petit ...
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... person lately deceased , but all the principal magistrates , and the candi- dates for magistracies , presented the ... persons of rank and fortune , insomuch that Au- gustus was obliged to issue an edict , that none of senatorial rank ...
... person lately deceased , but all the principal magistrates , and the candi- dates for magistracies , presented the ... persons of rank and fortune , insomuch that Au- gustus was obliged to issue an edict , that none of senatorial rank ...
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... person with whom he was to share his bed , but still wishing to sleep alone , he thought of the following ex- pedient to attain his object . Taking off his coat , he commenced scratching his arms and neck most violently , ex- claiming ...
... person with whom he was to share his bed , but still wishing to sleep alone , he thought of the following ex- pedient to attain his object . Taking off his coat , he commenced scratching his arms and neck most violently , ex- claiming ...
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... person's voice that they were friends whom she might safely admit . There could therefore be no doubt that it was done by some person on intimate terms with their victim- but who , was the question ; her ac- quaintances were few , very ...
... person's voice that they were friends whom she might safely admit . There could therefore be no doubt that it was done by some person on intimate terms with their victim- but who , was the question ; her ac- quaintances were few , very ...
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Page 277 - But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. 40 For he that is not against us is on our part.
Page 488 - I dreamed, and behold, I saw a man clothed with rags, standing in a certain place, with his face from his own house, a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back. I looked, and saw him open the book, and read therein; and, as he read, he wept, and trembled; and, not being able longer to contain, he brake out with a lamentable cry, saying, What shall I do?
Page 230 - When all is done, (he concludes,) human life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.
Page 181 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Page 397 - I no sooner (saith he) come into the library, but I bolt the door to me, excluding lust, ambition, avarice, and all such vices, whose nurse is idleness, the mother of ignorance, and melancholy...
Page 101 - And thick and loud the swinking crowd at every stroke pant " ho ! " Leap out, leap out, my masters ; leap out and lay on load ! Let's forge a goodly anchor— a bower thick and broad ; For a heart of oak is hanging on every blow, I bode, And I see the good ship riding, all in a perilous road — The low reef roaring on her lee — the roll of ocean...
Page 334 - I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others; not genius, power, wit, or fancy; but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing; for it makes life a discipline of goodness — creates new hopes, when all earthly hopes vanish; and throws over the decay, the destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights; awakens life even in death, and from corruption and decay calls up beauty...
Page 490 - Now I saw in my dream that just as they had ended this talk they drew near to a very miry slough that was in the midst of the plain; and they, being heedless, did both fall suddenly into the bog. The name of the slough was Despond.
Page 345 - Add to this, the inimitable roll of her eyes, and her grey hairs, which by good fortune stood directly upright, and 'tis impossible to imagine a more delightful spectacle. She had embellished all this with considerable magnificence, which made her look as big again as usual; and I should have thought her one of the largest things of God's making if my Lady St. John had not displayed all her charms in honour of the day.
Page 452 - Whosoever hath any thing fixed in his person that doth induce contempt, hath also a perpetual spur in himself to rescue and deliver himself from scorn.