The Glory and the Shame of England, 1. kötetHarper & brothers, 1842 |
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24. oldal
... , with filial chivalry , allowed the remain- ing portion of the debt to be paid from the rental of the estate , which has made him quite a stranger in DESCRIPTION OF CROCKFORD'S . 25 these parts . How much 24 GLORY AND SHAME OF ENGLAND .
... , with filial chivalry , allowed the remain- ing portion of the debt to be paid from the rental of the estate , which has made him quite a stranger in DESCRIPTION OF CROCKFORD'S . 25 these parts . How much 24 GLORY AND SHAME OF ENGLAND .
25. oldal
... Crockford's ; it is in the fashionable part of the town , and is proba- bly the most extensive and splendid gaming estab- lishment in the world : it is supposed that the house and furniture cost at least £ 100,000 ( $ 500,000 ) . There ...
... Crockford's ; it is in the fashionable part of the town , and is proba- bly the most extensive and splendid gaming estab- lishment in the world : it is supposed that the house and furniture cost at least £ 100,000 ( $ 500,000 ) . There ...
26. oldal
... Crockford , and whose business it is to find out such persons ) , and are invited to dine at this establishment ; but ... Crockford's wine - cellar , which is the great agent that ensures the success of PROGRESS OF THE GAMBLER . 27 the ...
... Crockford , and whose business it is to find out such persons ) , and are invited to dine at this establishment ; but ... Crockford's wine - cellar , which is the great agent that ensures the success of PROGRESS OF THE GAMBLER . 27 the ...
27. oldal
... Crock- ford's cook , the celebrated Monsieur ( I for- get his name ) has a salary of a thousand guineas per annum ... Crockford's bank , which is always full , will advance him all the mon- ey for which they have ascertained him to be ...
... Crock- ford's cook , the celebrated Monsieur ( I for- get his name ) has a salary of a thousand guineas per annum ... Crockford's bank , which is always full , will advance him all the mon- ey for which they have ascertained him to be ...
28. oldal
... Crockford's delicious wines sparkle on the table afresh , and the game once more goes on ; an immense stake is laid , exceeding the aggregate of all that had gone before ; the throw is made - he loses it . " He now feels that , unless ...
... Crockford's delicious wines sparkle on the table afresh , and the game once more goes on ; an immense stake is laid , exceeding the aggregate of all that had gone before ; the throw is made - he loses it . " He now feels that , unless ...
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69. oldal - The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room: Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read and praise to give.
243. oldal - As one, who, destined from his friends to part, Regrets his loss, but hopes again erewhile To share their converse, and enjoy their smile, And tempers, as he may, affliction's dart ; Thus, loved associates, chiefs of elder art, Teachers of wisdom, who could once beguile My tedious hours, and lighten every toil, I now resign you...
190. oldal - There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest. There the prisoners are at ease together ; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
210. oldal - Poor people, said a sensible old nurse to us once, do not bring up their children ; they drag them up. The little careless darling of the wealthier nursery, in their hovel is transformed betimes into a premature reflecting person No one has time to dandle it, no one thinks it worth while to coax it, to soothe it, to toss it up and down, to humour it.
227. oldal - Oh, the grave ! — the grave ! It buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment ! From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.
211. oldal - It was never sung to — -no one ever told to it a tale of the nursery. It was dragged up, to live or to die as it happened. It had no young dreams. It broke at once into the iron realities of life.
211. oldal - It is the rival, till it can be the co-operator, for food with the parent. It is never his mirth, his diversion, his solace ; it never makes him young again, with recalling his young times. The children of the very poor have no young times.
210. oldal - The innocent prattle of his children takes out the sting of a man's poverty. But the children of the very poor do not prattle. It is none of the least frightful features in that condition, that there is no childishness in its dwellings. Poor people, said a sensible old nurse to us once, do not bring up their children ; they drag them up.
200. oldal - The schoolboy 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...