Club night: a village record, ed. [or rather written] by C.L. Balfour |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 16 találatból.
3. oldal
... seem Dying for air , and give a ghastly gleam ; When curling fumes in lazy wreaths arise , And prosing topers rub their winking eyes ; When the long tale , renewed when last they met , Is spliced anew , and is unfinished yet ; When ...
... seem Dying for air , and give a ghastly gleam ; When curling fumes in lazy wreaths arise , And prosing topers rub their winking eyes ; When the long tale , renewed when last they met , Is spliced anew , and is unfinished yet ; When ...
10. oldal
... seem to think so necessary to your comfort , allow a stranger to propose a plan to you that would not only beguile the long winter evenings of their tediousness , but perhaps change your opinions both about strong drink , and drinkers ...
... seem to think so necessary to your comfort , allow a stranger to propose a plan to you that would not only beguile the long winter evenings of their tediousness , but perhaps change your opinions both about strong drink , and drinkers ...
11. oldal
... seems to think our club has been the ruin of many a one . " " Well , I like the plan , " said the president , " and to be sure we do get a little dullish . " " What , with all your strong drink ? " said the teetotaller . " I understood ...
... seems to think our club has been the ruin of many a one . " " Well , I like the plan , " said the president , " and to be sure we do get a little dullish . " " What , with all your strong drink ? " said the teetotaller . " I understood ...
13. oldal
... seems a common ailment with those who , as the ordinary phrase runs , “ love their cups . " However , his plea was not allowed , for he being a better spokesman than the others ; his tongue not clogged as yet with drowsy beer to the ...
... seems a common ailment with those who , as the ordinary phrase runs , “ love their cups . " However , his plea was not allowed , for he being a better spokesman than the others ; his tongue not clogged as yet with drowsy beer to the ...
18. oldal
... seems that he has never done any labour in his life , but he thinks if he had a small sum to start him as a hawker , he could keep himself . The poor fellow is certainly very bad ; confinement in the house won't agree half so well with ...
... seems that he has never done any labour in his life , but he thinks if he had a small sum to start him as a hawker , he could keep himself . The poor fellow is certainly very bad ; confinement in the house won't agree half so well with ...
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12 Illuftrations BAND OF HOPE Becky better Bland's called chairman child cloth extra club comfort Crooked Billet daughter deaf landlord death drank drunkard Elihu Burritt Ellen Bud Engravings exclaimed feel fellow friends gentlemen George Mogridge gilt edges Hanwell heart husband Husk Illus inquest J. T. Barr Job Alphastroke John Bland kind known as Old lady Lather laugh London looked LORD'S PRAYER loved man's Margaret Wilson master Mifs mind Miss Stokes mother never night NUMBER Old Humphrey parlour PATERNOSTER ROW Penny pipe poor Price PRINCE CONSORT Publiſhed Punchard replied ruin S. W. PARTRIDGE schoolmaster Second Edition seems singing Snaffler sober song Stokes's story stranger strong drink sure talk teetotaller tell Temperance Third Edition thought told took toper town trations Tripely UNCLE DAVID'S Union United Brethren United Kingdom VILLAGE RECORD voice water-drinking week wife workhouse young
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34. oldal - Pale her parched lips, her heavy eyes sunk low, And tears unnoticed from their channels flow ; Serene her manner, till some sudden pain Frets the meek soul, and then she's calm again : Her broken pitcher to the pool she takes, And every step with cautious terror makes ; For not alone that infant in her arms, But nearer cause, her anxious soul alarms. With water...
4. oldal - It is not only one of the cheapest, but the very best pennyworth that has come under our notice for a considerable time. We "feel fully persuaded that it is, next to the Bible itself, the very best book that can be placed in the hands of a child by its parents.
6. oldal - What put my Pipe Out ; or, Incidents in the Life of a Clergyman. Cloth.
47. oldal - He spoke of sinners' lost estate, In Christ renewed, regenerate, — Of God's most blest decree, That not a single soul should die Who turns repentant, with the cry " Be merciful to me." He spoke of trouble, pain, and toil, Endured but for a little while In patience, faith, and love, — Sure, in God's own good time, to be Exchanged for an eternity Of happiness above. Then, as the spirit ebbed away, He raised his hands and eyes to pray That peaceful it might pass ; And...