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... mind , Captain , " said the publican ; " you men of the wars speak your thoughts . " " You are none the losers by Master Cockles- craft , " interposed Arnold , drily . 66 My wife pays honestly for the liquors , " said Weasel , as his ...
... mind , Captain , " said the publican ; " you men of the wars speak your thoughts . " " You are none the losers by Master Cockles- craft , " interposed Arnold , drily . 66 My wife pays honestly for the liquors , " said Weasel , as his ...
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... mind your beseeching , my modest friend . You scarce do yourself justice . You have his Lordship's license paid for in good round ducatoons - and that's the fee of a clear con- science . So let the trade thrive ! The exche- quer is not ...
... mind your beseeching , my modest friend . You scarce do yourself justice . You have his Lordship's license paid for in good round ducatoons - and that's the fee of a clear con- science . So let the trade thrive ! The exche- quer is not ...
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... mind , the wine hath a better smack from its overland journey from St. Jerome's when there was no sun to heat it . " The secretary , " said the innkeeper , anxious to give the conversation another direction , " is a worshipful youth ...
... mind , the wine hath a better smack from its overland journey from St. Jerome's when there was no sun to heat it . " The secretary , " said the innkeeper , anxious to give the conversation another direction , " is a worshipful youth ...
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... mind when chastened by affliction . He had been schooled to this gentleness both by domestic and public griefs . The loss of a favourite son , about two years before , had thrown a shadow upon his spirit , and a succession of unruly ...
... mind when chastened by affliction . He had been schooled to this gentleness both by domestic and public griefs . The loss of a favourite son , about two years before , had thrown a shadow upon his spirit , and a succession of unruly ...
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... mind the proverb . " " It is not long ago , " said Dauntrees , " per- haps not above two years , -when , they say , the old sun - dried timber of the building turned suddenly black . It was the work of a single night - your Lordship ...
... mind the proverb . " " It is not long ago , " said Dauntrees , " per- haps not above two years , -when , they say , the old sun - dried timber of the building turned suddenly black . It was the work of a single night - your Lordship ...
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Page 23 - TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, — That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you, too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much. Loved I not honour more.
Page 3 - And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain.
Page 3 - And tires their echoes with unvaried cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall; And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children leave the land.
Page 227 - She turned her right and round about, And she swore by the mold, " I would not be your love," said she, " For that church full of gold.
Page 146 - Tobacco's a Musician, And in a pipe delighteth ; It descends in a close, Through the organs of the nose, With a relish that inviteth.
Page 112 - He scant had twenty seen. But who the countless charms can draw, That grac'd his mistress true ; Such charms the old world seldom saw, Nor oft I ween the new. Her raven hair plays round her neck, Like tendrils of the vine ; Her cheeks red dewy rose buds deck, Her eyes like diamonds shine.
Page 248 - A Ranger, lady, winds his horn, And 'tis at peep of light; His blast is heard at merry morn, And mine at dead of night.
Page 112 - An old song, made by an aged old pate, Of an old worshipful gentleman who had a great estate, That kept a brave old house at a bountiful rate, And an old porter to relieve the poor at his gate.
Page 126 - Which seemly was to see: A hood to that so neat and fine In colour like the columbine, Ywrought full featously. Her...
Page 248 - I list no more the tuck of drum, No more the trumpet hear ; But when the beetle sounds his hum My comrades take the spear.