The Parlour Portfolio, Or, Post-chaise Companion: Being a Selection of the Most Amusing and Interesting Articles and Anecdotes that Have Appeared in the Magazines, Newspapers, and Other Daily and Periodical Journals, from the Year 1700, to the Present Time, Volume 2Matthew Iley, and sold, 1820 - Anecdotes |
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... called a dandy pratt ; and hence Bishop Fleetwood observes , the term is applied to worthless and contemptible persons . On Tuesday , at Paignton fair , near Torbay , a plum - pudding , of an extraordinary size , was 4 THE PARLOUR ...
... called a dandy pratt ; and hence Bishop Fleetwood observes , the term is applied to worthless and contemptible persons . On Tuesday , at Paignton fair , near Torbay , a plum - pudding , of an extraordinary size , was 4 THE PARLOUR ...
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... from it any resources for the prosecution of the contest : - " Our remaining small stock of bread and rum was on board the large boat , which we called the head - quarters ; and it was agreed that we OR , POST - CHAISE COMPANION . 11.
... from it any resources for the prosecution of the contest : - " Our remaining small stock of bread and rum was on board the large boat , which we called the head - quarters ; and it was agreed that we OR , POST - CHAISE COMPANION . 11.
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... called Evangelical preachers , and the more sober ministers of religious truth . We can do no more than present a couple of extracts from either side of the picture , but recommend the whole to pe- rusal . Oh ; were this all ! did ...
... called Evangelical preachers , and the more sober ministers of religious truth . We can do no more than present a couple of extracts from either side of the picture , but recommend the whole to pe- rusal . Oh ; were this all ! did ...
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... called at the house of Mr. Wesley , Albion - place , Hampstead - road , on Monday evening , and in familiar terms asked if Mr. Wesley had returned from Brighton , and on being informed by the servant in the negative , he pretended to ...
... called at the house of Mr. Wesley , Albion - place , Hampstead - road , on Monday evening , and in familiar terms asked if Mr. Wesley had returned from Brighton , and on being informed by the servant in the negative , he pretended to ...
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... other two given annually at this period by the Schah . The following original anecdote of the far- famed Hagi Achmet Pacha of St. Jean d'Acre , 1 1 commonly called the Gezzar , ( the executioner ) 30 THE PARLOUR PORTFOLIO ;
... other two given annually at this period by the Schah . The following original anecdote of the far- famed Hagi Achmet Pacha of St. Jean d'Acre , 1 1 commonly called the Gezzar , ( the executioner ) 30 THE PARLOUR PORTFOLIO ;
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Page 132 - And but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not, now. And but for that chill changeless brow, Where cold Obstruction's apathy Appals the gazing mourner's heart...
Page 132 - Such is the aspect of this shore; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there.
Page 350 - The school-boy whips his taxed top ; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon that has paid fifteen per cent., flings himself back upon his...
Page 359 - O God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul !' This was followed by a general laugh.
Page 266 - The flash of Wit, the bright Intelligence, The beam of Song, the blaze of Eloquence, Set with their Sun, but still have left behind The enduring produce of immortal Mind ; Fruits of a genial morn, and glorious noon, A deathless part of him who died too soon.
Page 133 - Here is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath : But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue that haunts it to the tomb, Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away, Spark of that flame perchance of heavenly birth, Which gleams, but warms no more its cherished earth.
Page 51 - Is it a fiend that to a stake Of fire his desperate self is tethering ? Or stubborn spirit doomed to yell In solitary ward or cell, Ten thousand miles from all his brethren.
Page 265 - WHEN the last sunshine of expiring day In summer's twilight weeps itself away, Who hath not felt the softness of the hour Sink on the heart, as dew along the flower? With a pure feeling which absorbs and awes While nature makes that melancholy pause, Her breathing moment on the bridge where Time Of light and darkness forms an arch sublime.
Page 352 - Love in my bosom like a bee Doth suck his sweet: Now with his wings he plays with me, Now with his feet. Within mine eyes he makes his nest, His bed amidst my tender breast; My kisses are his daily feast, And yet he robs me of my rest. Ah, wanton, will ye?
Page 349 - ... that comes from abroad or is grown at home ; taxes on the raw material ; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man...