Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most eminent prose writers, 第 5 巻1812 |
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... father was a labourer , and died when I was five years old ; so I was put upon the parish . As he had been a wan- dering sort of a man , the parishioners were not able to tell to what parish I belonged , or BOOK IX . 8.5 NARRATIVE .
... father was a labourer , and died when I was five years old ; so I was put upon the parish . As he had been a wan- dering sort of a man , the parishioners were not able to tell to what parish I belonged , or BOOK IX . 8.5 NARRATIVE .
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... sort of fire which was in them , which seemed more tempered by courtesy than years , could be no more than sixty - Truth might lie between - He was cer- tainly sixty - five ; and the general air of his coun- tenance , notwithstanding ...
... sort of fire which was in them , which seemed more tempered by courtesy than years , could be no more than sixty - Truth might lie between - He was cer- tainly sixty - five ; and the general air of his coun- tenance , notwithstanding ...
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... sort of pity with their regard for him - their souls were not of a mould for harsher feelings , hatred never dwelt in them . They travelled by short stages ; for the philo- sopher was as good as his word , in taking care that the old ...
... sort of pity with their regard for him - their souls were not of a mould for harsher feelings , hatred never dwelt in them . They travelled by short stages ; for the philo- sopher was as good as his word , in taking care that the old ...
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... sort of raillery which may not only be inoffensive , but even flattering ; as when , by a genteel irony , you accuse people of those imper- fections which they are most notoriously free from , and consequently insinuate that they ...
... sort of raillery which may not only be inoffensive , but even flattering ; as when , by a genteel irony , you accuse people of those imper- fections which they are most notoriously free from , and consequently insinuate that they ...
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... sort , I will not call it wit , but merriment and buffoonery , which is mimicry . The most successful mimic in the world is always the most absurd fellow , and an ape is infinitely his su- perior . His profession is to imitate and ...
... sort , I will not call it wit , but merriment and buffoonery , which is mimicry . The most successful mimic in the world is always the most absurd fellow , and an ape is infinitely his su- perior . His profession is to imitate and ...
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9 ページ - In these amusements the hours passed away uncounted, his deviations had perplexed his memory, and he knew not towards what point to travel. He stood pensive and confused, afraid to go forward lest he should go wrong, yet conscious that the time of loitering was now past.
114 ページ - em, which I had just purchased, and gave him one ; and, at this moment that I am telling it, my heart smites me that there was more of pleasantry in the conceit of seeing how an ass would eat a macaroon, than of benevolence in giving him one, which presided in the act. When the ass had eaten his macaroon, I pressed him to come in.
105 ページ - ... was something in his looks, and voice, and manner, superadded, which eternally beckoned to the unfortunate to come and take shelter under him : so that before...
106 ページ - The blood and spirits of Le Fevre, which were waxing cold and slow within him, and were retreating to their last citadel, the heart, — rallied back, — the film forsook his eyes for a moment ; — he looked up wishfully in my uncle Toby's face ; — then cast a look upon his boy ; — and that ligament, fine as it was — was never broken ! Nature instantly ebb'd again; — the film returned to its place ; — the pulse fluttered ; — stopped ; — went on,— throbbed, — stopped again; —...
172 ページ - We were to drag up oceans of gold from the bottom of the sea ; we were to supply all Europe with herrings upon our own terms. At present we hear no more of all this. We have fished up very little gold that I can learn ; nor do we furnish the world with herrings as was expected.
102 ページ - I wish, said my uncle Toby, with a deep sigh, — I wish, Trim, I was asleep. Your honour, replied the corporal, is too much concerned; — shall I pour your honour out a glass of sack to your pipe? Do, Trim, said my uncle Toby.
99 ページ - I heard the poor gentleman say his prayers last night,' said the landlady, ' very devoutly, and with my own ears, or I could not have believed it.' 'Are you sure of it 3 ' replied the curate. 'A soldier, an
216 ページ - Roger hearing a cluster of them praise Orestes, struck in with them, and told them, that he thought his friend Pylades was a very sensible man. As they were afterwards applauding Pyrrh'us, Sir Roger put in a second time, "And let me tell you, (says he,) though he speaks but little, I like the old fellow in whiskers as well as any of them.
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