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Page 110
... stories may discern ; Yet such as wisely me shall entertain , Will find a sov'reign balm and cure of every pain . RIDDLE CLXXI . WHAT is that which sweetens life , Found in sister , friend , or wife ; Something more than beauty dear ...
... stories may discern ; Yet such as wisely me shall entertain , Will find a sov'reign balm and cure of every pain . RIDDLE CLXXI . WHAT is that which sweetens life , Found in sister , friend , or wife ; Something more than beauty dear ...
Page 116
... story next , ' tis said , that I possess The power of crowning wishes with success . Upon the scholar , I appropriate sit , Ensign of learning , and the badge of wit : But , what is strange , though not more strange than true , I'm also ...
... story next , ' tis said , that I possess The power of crowning wishes with success . Upon the scholar , I appropriate sit , Ensign of learning , and the badge of wit : But , what is strange , though not more strange than true , I'm also ...
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... story 28. That which enters it 29. A coachman • ib . 50. A staff , or stick 181 ib . 51. Sealingwax ib . ib . 52. On the head . ib . 30. Mend - I - can't ib . • 53. He is governed by a 31. It is hardly done ib . minister will 54 ...
... story 28. That which enters it 29. A coachman • ib . 50. A staff , or stick 181 ib . 51. Sealingwax ib . ib . 52. On the head . ib . 30. Mend - I - can't ib . • 53. He is governed by a 31. It is hardly done ib . minister will 54 ...
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... Stories , " " Sketches from Creation , " & c . With Illustra- tions . Second Edition . Price 4s . half bound in cloth and leather , square , 16mo . CONTENTS . Introduction . Eastern Houses . Bricks . Hospitality . Homage . Sacrifices ...
... Stories , " " Sketches from Creation , " & c . With Illustra- tions . Second Edition . Price 4s . half bound in cloth and leather , square , 16mo . CONTENTS . Introduction . Eastern Houses . Bricks . Hospitality . Homage . Sacrifices ...
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... STORY BRIEFLY TOLD . Em- bellished with full - length Por- traits , from authentic Sources , of the Sovereigns of England in their proper Costumes , ac ... STORIES FROM ANCIENT HISTORY , - chronologically arranged AMUSING PUBLICATIONS .
... STORY BRIEFLY TOLD . Em- bellished with full - length Por- traits , from authentic Sources , of the Sovereigns of England in their proper Costumes , ac ... STORIES FROM ANCIENT HISTORY , - chronologically arranged AMUSING PUBLICATIONS .
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Page 97 - THE VOWELS We are little airy creatures, All of different voice and features; One of us in glass is set, One of us you'll find in jet. T'other you may see in tin, And the fourth a box within. If the fifth you should pursue, It can never fly from you.
Page 52 - I'm now a sail, and now a mast. I here am red, and there am green, A beggar there, and here a queen. I sometimes live in a house of hair, And oft in hand of lady fair. I please the young, I grace the old, And am at once both hot and cold Say what I am then, if you can, And find the rhyme, and you're the man.