The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volum 6

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Joseph Shackell, 1831

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Pàgina 137 - ... higher than another, in proportion as they approach the centre. A spectator, who has not heard this account of it, would think this circular mount was not only a real one, but that it had been actually scooped out of that hollow space which I have before mentioned. I never yet met with any one, who has walked in this garden, who was not struck with that part of it which I have here mentioned.
Pàgina 314 - So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
Pàgina 239 - When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business : but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
Pàgina 25 - God save our gracious King! Long live our noble King! God save the King! Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us! God save the King!
Pàgina 193 - Who rules the kingdom ? The king. Who rules the king ? The duke. Who rules the duke? The devil. Let the duke look to it ; for they intend shortly to use him worse than they did the doctor ; and if things be not shortly reformed they will work a reformation themselves.
Pàgina 238 - Though it was not expressly avowed, no one doubted that the goodman's croft was set apart for some evil being ; in fact, that it was the portion of the archfiend himself, whom our ancestors distinguished by a name, which, while it was generally understood, could not, it was supposed, be offensive to the stern inhabitant of the regions of despair. This was so general a custom, that the church published an ordinance against it as an impious and blasphemous usage. This singular custom sunk before the...
Pàgina 136 - It must have been a fine genius for gardening that could have thought of forming such an unsightly hollow into so beautiful an area...
Pàgina 7 - I am debarred from possessing, and I resign myself to my destiny. I am attentively studying the English language ; I am acquainted with it, but I wish to speak it with fluency. I shall strive to render my husband happy, and to interest him in my favour, since the Fates will have it that I am to be Princess of Wales.
Pàgina 44 - Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air; and even the fish of the sea are taken away.
Pàgina 6 - J ask to be allowed to display the best energies of my character; to shed the last drop of my blood in support of your majesty's person, crown, and dignity ; for this is not a war for empire, glory, or dominions, but for existence.

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