The Glory and the Shame of England, 1. kötetHarper & brothers, 1842 |
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14. oldal
... asked for food a thou- sand times , and asked in vain , is shivering in the cold damps of night . In that lonely chamber might be heard the dying groan of one once beautiful and virtuous , but now outcast and deserted , with no one but ...
... asked for food a thou- sand times , and asked in vain , is shivering in the cold damps of night . In that lonely chamber might be heard the dying groan of one once beautiful and virtuous , but now outcast and deserted , with no one but ...
15. oldal
... asked for charity , to examine the case for myself . I stopped , therefore , a few moments to con- verse with this woman . There could , at least , be no deception in her eyes ; for they had both perish- ed , and left only their hollow ...
... asked for charity , to examine the case for myself . I stopped , therefore , a few moments to con- verse with this woman . There could , at least , be no deception in her eyes ; for they had both perish- ed , and left only their hollow ...
17. oldal
... asked her a few questions . She seemed to be in poor health , and this was readily explained : " I have sold Companions and Guides here , " said she , " ever since the railway opened , on the 4th of July , 1837. That 4th of July I think ...
... asked her a few questions . She seemed to be in poor health , and this was readily explained : " I have sold Companions and Guides here , " said she , " ever since the railway opened , on the 4th of July , 1837. That 4th of July I think ...
30. oldal
... asked me for £ 1000 . I knew he wanted it for play , but I had great confidence in his judgment and self - control ; it was an inconsiderable sum , and I drew for him to the amount . He came out of the hazard - room in two or three ...
... asked me for £ 1000 . I knew he wanted it for play , but I had great confidence in his judgment and self - control ; it was an inconsiderable sum , and I drew for him to the amount . He came out of the hazard - room in two or three ...
31. oldal
... asked him what troubled him . You are a beggar , Mary , ' he screamed out in despair , and fell senseless on the floor . After he was restored , she came and sat down by my side on the sofa , and prayed me to tell her all . It was a ...
... asked him what troubled him . You are a beggar , Mary , ' he screamed out in despair , and fell senseless on the floor . After he was restored , she came and sat down by my side on the sofa , and prayed me to tell her all . It was a ...
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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...