The Greatest Book in the World: And Other PapersLittle, Brown, 1925 - 451 sivua |
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Sivu 49
... night , " being translated into " So that thou shalt not nede to be afrayed for any bugges by night , " a note , not at the bottom of the page , not in the margin , but set right in the text in the same type as the Scrip- ture itself ...
... night , " being translated into " So that thou shalt not nede to be afrayed for any bugges by night , " a note , not at the bottom of the page , not in the margin , but set right in the text in the same type as the Scrip- ture itself ...
Sivu 57
... night , in order that his body might not be seized by his cred- itors ; and the grave was not marked for some time , for the same reason . Poor Goldy ! I hope John Filby , your tailor , from whom you had the bloom - colored suit , was ...
... night , in order that his body might not be seized by his cred- itors ; and the grave was not marked for some time , for the same reason . Poor Goldy ! I hope John Filby , your tailor , from whom you had the bloom - colored suit , was ...
Sivu 61
... the occurrences in the Arabian Nights . " And the old lady with him , who moves a little uncer- tainly , that would be blind Mrs. Williams , another pensioner . And that courtly gentleman who enters the Square THE GHOSTS OF GOUGH SQUARE 61.
... the occurrences in the Arabian Nights . " And the old lady with him , who moves a little uncer- tainly , that would be blind Mrs. Williams , another pensioner . And that courtly gentleman who enters the Square THE GHOSTS OF GOUGH SQUARE 61.
Sivu 62
... night , and if we wait long enough we shall see probably Mr. Cave and Dr. Hawkesworth , and perhaps Lord Southwell and the Earl of Orrery . And after the Dic- tionary was published and the money spent , and the Doctor was poorer than ...
... night , and if we wait long enough we shall see probably Mr. Cave and Dr. Hawkesworth , and perhaps Lord Southwell and the Earl of Orrery . And after the Dic- tionary was published and the money spent , and the Doctor was poorer than ...
Sivu 63
... night not a sound is to be heard , for London is the quietest city in the world ; occasionally a strayed reveler from the Johnson Club , who has been dining in the attic , lets out an uproarious laugh ; I know , for I have often joined ...
... night not a sound is to be heard , for London is the quietest city in the world ; occasionally a strayed reveler from the Johnson Club , who has been dining in the attic , lets out an uproarious laugh ; I know , for I have often joined ...
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Sivu 107 - When I was a lad I served a term As office boy to an Attorney's firm. I cleaned the windows and I swept the floor, And I polished up the handle of the big front door. I polished up that handle so carefullee That now I am the Ruler of the Queen's Navee!
Sivu 35 - And then consider the great historical fact that for three centuries this book has been woven into the life of all that is best and noblest in English history; that it has become the national epic of Britain, and is as familiar to noble and simple, from John o...
Sivu 363 - I have long determined that the best thing I could do was to put an end to the existence of a being whose birth was unfortunate,* and whose life has only been a series of pain to those persons who have hurt their health in endeavouring to promote her welfare.
Sivu 30 - Truly, good Christian reader, we never thought from the beginning that we should need to make a new translation, nor yet to make of a bad one a good one...
Sivu 85 - This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.
Sivu 34 - Sail forth — steer for the deep waters only, Reckless O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me, For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go, And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.
Sivu 93 - Not exactly Nahant," said Uncle Edith, "but within hailing distance of a Nahanted ship." "You just used Nahant in the first place so that you could pull that gag," said Primrose, who, up to this time, had taken no part in the conversation, not having been born.
Sivu 112 - You must get up all the germs of the transcendental terms, and plant them everywhere. You must lie upon the daisies, and discourse in novel phrases of your complicated state of mind, The meaning doesn't matter if it's only idle chatter of a transcendental kind. And...
Sivu 341 - College, who lives upon arsenic, aqua-fortis, half-an-hour's sleep in the night, and is desperately in love with the memory of Margaret Nicholson. He hath published what he terms the Posthumous Poems, printed for the benefit of Mr. Peter Finnerty, which, I am grieved to say, though stuffed full of treason...
Sivu 197 - The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.