The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calandar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events ...T. Tegg, 1835 - Days |
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... lord Ashley , afterwards earl of Shaftesbury . Alderholt Walk was the largest and most extensive in the whole Chase ; it lies in the three counties of Hants , Wilts , and Dorset ; but the lodge and its appurtenances is in the parish of ...
... lord Ashley , afterwards earl of Shaftesbury . Alderholt Walk was the largest and most extensive in the whole Chase ; it lies in the three counties of Hants , Wilts , and Dorset ; but the lodge and its appurtenances is in the parish of ...
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... lord in his sports . There is also a venera- ble old wych - elm tree , on the Chase side of the " Alarm Gate , " under which lord Arundel , the possessor of Tollard Royal , holds a court annually , on the first Monday in the month of ...
... lord in his sports . There is also a venera- ble old wych - elm tree , on the Chase side of the " Alarm Gate , " under which lord Arundel , the possessor of Tollard Royal , holds a court annually , on the first Monday in the month of ...
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... Lord Radnor in Chester- field's time , that , with many good qualities , and no inconsiderable share of learning , he had a strong desire of being thought skilful in physic , and was very expert in bleeding . Lord Chesterfield knew his ...
... Lord Radnor in Chester- field's time , that , with many good qualities , and no inconsiderable share of learning , he had a strong desire of being thought skilful in physic , and was very expert in bleeding . Lord Chesterfield knew his ...
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... lord Chesterfield , after the operation , " do you go to the house to- day ? " Lord Radnor answered , " I did not intend to go , not being sufficiently in- formed of the question which is to be debated ; but you , that have considered ...
... lord Chesterfield , after the operation , " do you go to the house to- day ? " Lord Radnor answered , " I did not intend to go , not being sufficiently in- formed of the question which is to be debated ; but you , that have considered ...
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... lord North " or my lord Rockingham ; " for he rarely says simply , lord ; it is generally “ lord , " trippingly and genteelly off the tongue . If alone after dinner , his great delight is the newspaper ; which he pre- pares to read by ...
... lord North " or my lord Rockingham ; " for he rarely says simply , lord ; it is generally “ lord , " trippingly and genteelly off the tongue . If alone after dinner , his great delight is the newspaper ; which he pre- pares to read by ...
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Page 765 - MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, > Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk...
Page 191 - An angel-guard of loves and graces lie ; Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fire-side pleasures gambol at her feet. Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found? " Art thou a man — a patriot ? look around, O thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps roam, That land thy country, and that spot thy home.
Page 489 - Tis not in battles that from youth we train The Governor who must be wise and good, And temper with the sternness of the brain Thoughts motherly, and meek as womanhood. Wisdom doth live with children round her knees: Books, leisure, perfect freedom, and the talk Man holds with week-day man in the hourly walk Of the mind's business...
Page 99 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Page 765 - Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget What thou among the leaves hast never known, The weariness, the fever, and the fret Here, where men sit and hear each other groan...
Page 765 - O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple-stained mouth; That I might drink, and leave the world unseen, And with thee fade away into the forest dim...
Page 409 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 777 - When if an insect fall, (his certain guide) He gently takes him from the whirling tide, Examines well his form with curious eyes, His gaudy vest, his wings, his horns, and size; Then round his hook the chosen fur he winds, And on the back a speckled feather binds; So just the colours shine through every part, That Nature seems to live again in Art.
Page 751 - In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry; Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream.
Page 775 - The worm that draws a long immoderate size, The trout abhors, and the rank morsel flies ; And, if too small, the naked fraud's in sight, And fear forbids, while hunger does invite. Those baits will best reward the fisher's pains, Whose...