Essays of Elia: Y Charles Lamb; Illustrated by R. Swain Gifford, James D. Smillie, Charles A. Platt, F. S. ChruchG. P. Putnam's sons, 1884 - 501 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 62
... that turned out those little shrines for the goddess ) -exchange them for little bits of leather ( our ancestors ' money ) , or chalk and a slate ! " The old lady , with a smile , confessed the 62 MRS . BATTLE'S OPINIONS ON WHIST .
... that turned out those little shrines for the goddess ) -exchange them for little bits of leather ( our ancestors ' money ) , or chalk and a slate ! " The old lady , with a smile , confessed the 62 MRS . BATTLE'S OPINIONS ON WHIST .
Σελίδα 63
... lady , with a smile , confessed the soundness of my logic ; and to her approbation of my arguments on her favorite topic that evening , I have always fancied my- self indebted for the legacy of a curious cribbage - board , made of the ...
... lady , with a smile , confessed the soundness of my logic ; and to her approbation of my arguments on her favorite topic that evening , I have always fancied my- self indebted for the legacy of a curious cribbage - board , made of the ...
Σελίδα 65
... lady was accustomed to defend her favorite pastime . No inducement could ever prevail upon her to play at any game , where chance entered into the composition , for nothing . Chance , she would argue , —and here again , admire the ...
... lady was accustomed to defend her favorite pastime . No inducement could ever prevail upon her to play at any game , where chance entered into the composition , for nothing . Chance , she would argue , —and here again , admire the ...
Σελίδα 66
... and a great deal more innoxious , than many of those more serious games of life which men play , without esteeming them to be such . 0 With great deference to the old lady's judgment in these 66 MRS . BATTLE'S OPINIONS ON WHIST .
... and a great deal more innoxious , than many of those more serious games of life which men play , without esteeming them to be such . 0 With great deference to the old lady's judgment in these 66 MRS . BATTLE'S OPINIONS ON WHIST .
Σελίδα 67
... lady's judgment in these matters , I think I have experienced some moments in my life , when playing at cards for nothing has even been agreeable . When I am in sickness , or not in the best spirits , I sometimes call for the cards ...
... lady's judgment in these matters , I think I have experienced some moments in my life , when playing at cards for nothing has even been agreeable . When I am in sickness , or not in the best spirits , I sometimes call for the cards ...
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admired April Fool beauty Belshazzar Benchers better Bo-bo Bridget character Christ's Hospital comedy common confess countenance cousin day's pleasuring dear dreams Elgin marble Elia ESSAYS OF ELIA face fancy fear feel gardens gentle gentleman give Gladmans grace hand hath head heard heart Hertfordshire honor hour humor imagination impertinent Inner Temple kind knew lady less lived look manner Margate matter mind moral morning nature never night occasion once passed passion person play pleasant pleasure poor present preter pretty quadrille Quakers reason remember ROBERT WILLIAM ELLISTON scene seemed seen sense Shacklewell sight smile sort speak spirit stand stood story Street supposed sure sweet taste tender theatre thee thing thou thought tion told true truth walk watchet Wheathampstead whist young younkers youth
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Σελίδα 470 - So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight, With cheerful grace and amiable sight. For, of the soul, the body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the body make.
Σελίδα 155 - Meanwhile the mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into its happiness; The mind, that ocean where each kind Does straight its own resemblance find; Yet it creates, transcending these, Far other worlds, and other seas; Annihilating all that's made To a green thought in a green shade.
Σελίδα 155 - What wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarine and curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.
Σελίδα 35 - CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Σελίδα 54 - ... game and lose another ; that they can while away an hour very agreeably at a card-table, but are indifferent whether they play or no ; and will desire an adversary who has slipped a wrong card to take it up and play another.
Σελίδα 181 - Then I told how for seven long years, in hope sometimes, sometimes in despair, yet persisting ever, I courted the fair Alice W — n ; and, as much as children could understand, I explained to them what coyness, and difficulty, and denial meant in maidens — when suddenly, turning to Alice...
Σελίδα 218 - ... be pronounced, when the foreman of the jury begged that some of the burnt pig, of which the culprits stood accused, might be handed into the box. He handled it, and they all handled it, and burning their fingers, as Bo-bo and his father had done before them, and nature prompting to each of them the same remedy, against the face of all the facts, and the clearest charge which judge had ever given — to the surprise of the whole court, townsfolk, strangers, reporters, and all present — without...
Σελίδα 182 - We are not of Alice, nor of thee, nor are we children at all. The children of Alice call Bartrum father. We are nothing; less than nothing, and dreams. We are only what might have been, and must wait upon the tedious shores of Lethe millions of ages before we have existence, and a name...
Σελίδα 218 - It was observed that Ho-ti's cottage was burnt down now more frequently than ever. Nothing but fires from this time forward.
Σελίδα 294 - Andrewes' sermons? Milton almost requires a solemn service of music to be played before you enter upon him. But he brings his music, to which, who listens, had need bring docile thoughts, and purged ears.