The reciter's companion; comprising the most popular recitations, comic tales [&c.].1848 |
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Pagina 24
... live a little longer . Yet calling up a serious look- His hour - glass trembled while he spoke- " Neighbour , " he said , " farewell ! no more " Shall Death disturb your mirthful hour ; " And farther , to avoid all blame " Of cruelty ...
... live a little longer . Yet calling up a serious look- His hour - glass trembled while he spoke- " Neighbour , " he said , " farewell ! no more " Shall Death disturb your mirthful hour ; " And farther , to avoid all blame " Of cruelty ...
Pagina 43
... a true British seaman should do . When the battle was done , o'er his grog he would sing , Here's success to Old England , and long live the king ! RAISING THE DEVIL . A LEGEND OF ALBERTUS MAGNUS . 43 "Ye proudly honest! when ye heard ...
... a true British seaman should do . When the battle was done , o'er his grog he would sing , Here's success to Old England , and long live the king ! RAISING THE DEVIL . A LEGEND OF ALBERTUS MAGNUS . 43 "Ye proudly honest! when ye heard ...
Pagina 54
... live and die ! My ship's , & c . See , see , my Sally's bosom swell To Nature's moving tide : Beats there a heart no rapture tells To eye my beauteous bride ? My ship's , & c . And when she breaks from anchor's sleep , Oh , with what ...
... live and die ! My ship's , & c . See , see , my Sally's bosom swell To Nature's moving tide : Beats there a heart no rapture tells To eye my beauteous bride ? My ship's , & c . And when she breaks from anchor's sleep , Oh , with what ...
Pagina 70
... the ground . Osm . Praised be Heaven ! then my soul is lighter by a crime ! Kenrick shall live . What though he quit me , and betray my secrets ? Proofs he cannot I ! bring against me , and bare assertions will not be 70.
... the ground . Osm . Praised be Heaven ! then my soul is lighter by a crime ! Kenrick shall live . What though he quit me , and betray my secrets ? Proofs he cannot I ! bring against me , and bare assertions will not be 70.
Pagina 74
... live ; " And what I have I freely give . " Tea ended , once again our host Demanded , " Sir , of boiled , or roast ; " Fish , flesh , or fowl , do ou prefer " For supper ? " " Why indeed , good sir , " Roast duck I love . " " With good ...
... live ; " And what I have I freely give . " Tea ended , once again our host Demanded , " Sir , of boiled , or roast ; " Fish , flesh , or fowl , do ou prefer " For supper ? " " Why indeed , good sir , " Roast duck I love . " " With good ...
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Arrah black crows blood Bolus brow Brutus bull Cæsar call'd Cassius clown countreman cried cursed dear death dere devil dinner doctor door dreadful Duke e'er eyes farmer father fear Fiddle-de-dee fool gentleman George Benson ghost give grave hand haste head hear heard heart Heaven Hodge honour horse Husband Irish stew Jolter jonteel lady Lapstone laugh linguæ littel boy look look'd lord loud Madam Mary master Monsieur morn Mortlake mysen ne'er never night nose Numps o'er once pass'd poor portmanteau pray quoth replied Richard Penlake Romford round Saib Sally sare seem'd shilling Sir Phil sleep smile soon soul soup maigre sprite squire sure swear sweet tale tears tell thee there's thing thou thought TOM LONG tongue Twas twill Vell ween wife wild word wretch Xenophon Zounds
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Pagina 148 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an houourable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honourable man.
Pagina 150 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat...
Pagina 148 - Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition ? Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious ; And, sure, he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause ; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him ? 0 judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason...
Pagina 237 - When Cheerfulness, a nymph of healthiest hue, Her bow across her shoulder flung, Her buskins gemm'd with morning dew, Blew an inspiring air, that dale and thicket rung, The hunter's call to Faun and Dryad known...
Pagina 163 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly.
Pagina 237 - And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unalter'd mien, While each strain'd ball of sight seem'd bursting from his head.
Pagina 202 - By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash, By any indirection.
Pagina 209 - Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. "And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep?
Pagina 206 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Pagina 238 - Can well recall what then it heard. Where is thy native, simple heart, Devote to Virtue, Fancy, Art ? Arise, as in that elder time, Warm...