Sketches from Life, 3. kötetHenry Colburn, 1849 |
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3. oldal
... tell of something lighter at his heart than a dull and stifling sense of the utter uselessness of persevering . For three or four hours he continued to wander on , stopping at intervals , as often as opportunity offered , to chalk upon ...
... tell of something lighter at his heart than a dull and stifling sense of the utter uselessness of persevering . For three or four hours he continued to wander on , stopping at intervals , as often as opportunity offered , to chalk upon ...
15. oldal
... tell him , that where his fellow- creatures were , it was impossible to be dull ; and the spirit of this assurance prevailed in all he said and did ; for if he staid till the last half dozen dropped off , he was just as fresh and jocund ...
... tell him , that where his fellow- creatures were , it was impossible to be dull ; and the spirit of this assurance prevailed in all he said and did ; for if he staid till the last half dozen dropped off , he was just as fresh and jocund ...
38. oldal
... telling Nick the other day , that if he has a fault , it consists in giving such hosts of promises , and making such myriads of engagements . I sometimes wonder how on earth he always contrives to keep his word ! " **** In the ...
... telling Nick the other day , that if he has a fault , it consists in giving such hosts of promises , and making such myriads of engagements . I sometimes wonder how on earth he always contrives to keep his word ! " **** In the ...
42. oldal
... tell , but John had better not buy a new watch on the strength of the hint . Whatever of lax morality may in all these matters be witnessed , and however the Turningham class of word- breakers may play the game of life with false dice ...
... tell , but John had better not buy a new watch on the strength of the hint . Whatever of lax morality may in all these matters be witnessed , and however the Turningham class of word- breakers may play the game of life with false dice ...
58. oldal
... tell us " all about it , ” they oftentimes remind us - dull companions though they be of that outrageous and incomprehensible piece of drollery of Foote's , which the wise reader who loves genuine nonsense never forgets : " So she went ...
... tell us " all about it , ” they oftentimes remind us - dull companions though they be of that outrageous and incomprehensible piece of drollery of Foote's , which the wise reader who loves genuine nonsense never forgets : " So she went ...
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334. oldal - My tables, — meet it is, I set it down, That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain; At least, I am sure, it may be so in Denmark : [ Writing. So, uncle, there you are. Now to my word ; It is, Adieu, adieu ! remember me.
336. oldal - The spirit, that I have seen, May be a devil: and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and, perhaps, Out of my weakness, and my melancholy, (As he is very potent with such spirits,) Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
161. oldal - He was a man, take him for all in all, We ne'er shall look upon his like again.
334. oldal - How noble in reason! how infinite in faculties, in form and moving, how express and admirable in action, how like an angel in apprehension, how like a god ! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? man delights not me; no, nor woman neither, though, by your smiling, you seem to say so.
211. oldal - Or her, who laughs at Hell, but (like her Grace) Cries, 'Ah! how charming, if there's no such place!
156. oldal - What more felicity can fall to creature Than to enjoy delight with liberty, And to be lord of all the works of nature! To...
336. oldal - A murderer and a villain ; A slave that is not twentieth part the tithe Of your precedent lord ; a vice of kings ; A cutpurse of the empire and the rule, That from a shelf the precious diadem stole, And put it in his pocket ! Queen. No more ! Ham. A king of shreds and patches, — Enter Ghost.
354. oldal - Ham. Do you see yonder cloud, that's almost in shape of a camel? Pol. By the mass, and 'tis like a camel, indeed. Ham. Methinks, it is like a weasel. Put. It is backed like a weasel. Ham. Or, like a whale ? Pol. Very like a whale.
59. oldal - So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber; and there were present the Picninnies, and the Joblillies, and the Garyulies, and the Grand Panjandrum himself, with the little round button at top; and they all fell to playing the game of catch as catch can, till the gunpowder ran out at the heels of their boots.
332. oldal - Thrift, thrift, Horatio; the funeral baked meats Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.