Works: Reprinted from the Original Impressions, with Some Corrections Derived from His Own Annotated Copies, Volume 2Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 |
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Page 505 - True to her maxim, she would take no rest ' Till care repaid that portion to her chest. 'Or if, when loitering at the Whitsun Fair, ' Her Robert spent some idle shillings there, 'Up at the Barn before the Break of Day ' He made his labour for the indulgence pay. 'Thus
Page 523 - Theirs is that art which English wives alone "Profess — a boast and privilege their own; "An Art it is where each at once attends "To all, and claims attention from her friends, '' When they engage the tongue, the eye, the ear, "Reply when listening, and when speaking hear: " The ready converse knows no dull delays,
Page 492 - And the rain fell as if the world were drown'd. "There were no lights without; and my good man, "To kindness frighten'd, with a groan began "To talk of Ruth, and pray; and then he took •"The Bible down, and read the Holy Book; "For he had learning; and when that was done, "We sat in silence—'whither
Page 470 - And now your view upon the ocean turn, And there the splendour of the waves discern." Which last line I always take the liberty to read: " And see it, as the seaman phrases, burn"; leaving out all that comes after, about
Page 349 - cut him down before hanging. Lope. Know you not, you are bound by your allegiance to submit ? Cres. To all cost of property, yes; but of honour, no, no, no ! My goods and chattels, ay, and my life — are the king's; but my honour is my own soul's, and that is — God Almighty's ! Lope. 'Fore God,
Page 387 - awkward knight, do what you will. My father means to die as he has liv'd, The same plain collier that he always was ; And I too must an honest ploughman die. 'T is but a single step or up or down; For men there must be that will plough
Page 492 - to transcribe, and I think no one will grudge to read it)— from morning till evening : — "Still she came not home; "The night grew dark and yet she was not come; "The east wind roared, the sea
Page 472 - host, or starry pyx that holds it] "and I have been told that when they see them, they presently go to prayers, and bless themselves for the happy sight. I have heard some ignorant seamen discoursing how they have seen them creep, or, as they say,
Page 341 - Capt. Thank you, my lad. Juan. You must forgive our poor house, which we devoutly wish was a palace for your sake. My father is gone after your supper, sir; may I go and see that your chamber is got ready for you ? Capt. Thank you, thank you. Juan. Your servant, sir. \Exit. Enter Sergeant.
Page 333 - have been born at all, for him or any one. Nun. Humph ! Could you have help'd it ? Men. Easily. Nun. How, sir ? 'Men. You must know that every one that is born is the essence of the food his parents eat — Nun. Oh! Your parents did eat then, sir ? You have not inherited