London Society, Volume 5; Volume 7James Hogg, Florence Marryat William Clowes and Sons, 1865 - English literature |
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Page 181
... Phoebe Staunton was one of this privileged class , who was also magnanimously independent of her privileges . I mean , that even had she not been the miller's daughter , she would still have commanded a position in her own small but ...
... Phoebe Staunton was one of this privileged class , who was also magnanimously independent of her privileges . I mean , that even had she not been the miller's daughter , she would still have commanded a position in her own small but ...
Page 182
... Phoebe . And then , interested friends began to remark that Miss Staunton had better look about her ; it might be wise to make up her mind in good time ; to choose while she had the power of choice ; to remember the story of the crooked ...
... Phoebe . And then , interested friends began to remark that Miss Staunton had better look about her ; it might be wise to make up her mind in good time ; to choose while she had the power of choice ; to remember the story of the crooked ...
Page 183
... Phoebe looked so pretty and so sweet sitting over her work at the table , and putting in a saucy word now and then . Then on Christmas morning , he walked beside her to church - a process which by some mental association always seemed ...
... Phoebe looked so pretty and so sweet sitting over her work at the table , and putting in a saucy word now and then . Then on Christmas morning , he walked beside her to church - a process which by some mental association always seemed ...
Page 184
... Phoebe for that of Alice , - but he was hardly satisfied with the result , although the new name fitted into the metre perfectly , in all except one burst of admiration in which he had desired to be a king that he might offer her a ...
... Phoebe for that of Alice , - but he was hardly satisfied with the result , although the new name fitted into the metre perfectly , in all except one burst of admiration in which he had desired to be a king that he might offer her a ...
Page 185
... Phoebe began to wonder , with a gradually increasing ache of the heart , why David kept away so persistently . Was he offended ? Was he so much hurt at her beha- viour ? Was he actually showing resentment ? And even at this point ...
... Phoebe began to wonder , with a gradually increasing ache of the heart , why David kept away so persistently . Was he offended ? Was he so much hurt at her beha- viour ? Was he actually showing resentment ? And even at this point ...
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Page 237 - That indisposition, unfitness, or contrariety of mind, arising from a cause in nature unchangeable, hindering, and ever likely to hinder, the main benefits of conjugal society, which are solace and peace; is a greater reason of divorce than natural frigidity, especially if there be no children and that there be mutual consent.
Page 274 - ... tis that must make us a nation in India;— without that we are but as a great number of interlopers, united by his Majesty's royal charter, fit only to trade where nobody of power thinks it their interest to prevent us;— and upon this account it is that the wise Dutch, in all their general advices which we have seen, write ten paragraphs concerning their government, their civil and military policy, warfare, and the increase of their revenue, for one paragraph they write concerning trade...
Page 260 - Vicar. His talk was like a stream which runs With rapid change from rocks to roses; It slipped from politics to puns; It passed from Mahomet to Moses; Beginning with the laws which keep The planets in their radiant courses, And ending with some precept deep For dressing eels or shoeing horses.
Page 258 - No!" If he ever sets foot in the city Among the stockbrokers and Jews, If he has not a heart full of pity, If he don't stand six feet in his shoes, If his lips are not redder than roses, If his hands are not whiter than snow, If he has not the model of noses, — • My own Araminta, say "No!
Page 260 - And roads as little known as scurvy, The man who lost his way, between St. Mary's Hill and Sandy Thicket, Was always shown across the green, And guided to the Parson's wicket. Back flew the bolt of lissom lath; Fair Margaret, in her tidy kirtle, Led the lorn traveller up the path, Through...
Page 274 - The increase of our revenue is the subject of our care, as much as our trade : — 'tis that must maintain our force, when twenty accidents may interrupt our trade: 'tis that must make us a nation in India...
Page 257 - As he took forth a bait from his iron box. Many the cunning sportsman tried, Many he flung with a frown aside; A minstrel's harp, and a miser's chest, A hermit's cowl, and a baron's crest, Jewels of lustre, robes of price, Tomes of heresy, loaded dice, And golden cups of the brightest wine That ever was pressed from the Burgundy vine. There was a perfume of sulphur and nitre As he came at last to a bishop's mitre!
Page 254 - I think, whatever mortals crave, With impotent endeavour, A wreath — a rank — a throne — a grave,— The world goes round for ever ; I think that life is not too long, And therefore I determine That many people read a song, Who will not read a sermon.
Page 258 - If he ever drinks port after dinner, If his brow or his breeding is low, If he calls himself 'Thompson' or 'Skinner', My own Araminta, say 'No!
Page 221 - Metamorphoses, or some other fabulous writer. Between the pauses or acts of this serious representation, he interwove a comic fable, consisting chiefly of the courtship of Harlequin and Columbine, with a variety of surprising adventures and tricks, which were produced by the magic wand of Harlequin; such as the sudden transformation of palaces and temples to huts and cottages; of men and women into wheel-barrows and joint-stools; of trees turned to houses; colonnades to beds of tulips; and mechanic...