Liber facetiarum, being a collection of curious and interesting anecdotesD. Akenhead and Sons, 1809 - 344 עמודים |
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עמוד 65
... Petersburgh during the reign of this extraordinary savage , and obtained his permission to draw the teeth of the poor gratis in the market - place , which the quack performed with such wonderful dexterity , that the czar became his ...
... Petersburgh during the reign of this extraordinary savage , and obtained his permission to draw the teeth of the poor gratis in the market - place , which the quack performed with such wonderful dexterity , that the czar became his ...
עמוד 108
... Petersburgh when he took the necessary steps to have the punishment inflicted . Notwithstanding it happened to be holi- day - time , the court was obliged to hold an extraor- dinary sitting . Its sentence was , that the coach- man ...
... Petersburgh when he took the necessary steps to have the punishment inflicted . Notwithstanding it happened to be holi- day - time , the court was obliged to hold an extraor- dinary sitting . Its sentence was , that the coach- man ...
עמוד 109
... Petersburgh , at the period , affords a pleas- ing contrast . He was walking on the banks of the Neva , his carriage slowly following at a distance . When he wanted to reascend , his coachman brisk- ly drove up , but a police officer ...
... Petersburgh , at the period , affords a pleas- ing contrast . He was walking on the banks of the Neva , his carriage slowly following at a distance . When he wanted to reascend , his coachman brisk- ly drove up , but a police officer ...
עמוד 119
... Petersburgh to Moscow , where eels are a great rarity , he ordered some , to carry as a present ; upon being taken out of the water , they were thrown upon the ground to be frozen , and soon appeared quite dead , and al- most a piece of ...
... Petersburgh to Moscow , where eels are a great rarity , he ordered some , to carry as a present ; upon being taken out of the water , they were thrown upon the ground to be frozen , and soon appeared quite dead , and al- most a piece of ...
עמוד 139
... Petersburgh . Here , it is said , that she was sitting at a window during the last autumn which she survived , and observed that a sudden storm was collecting over the residence . Directing the attention of the company to the ...
... Petersburgh . Here , it is said , that she was sitting at a window during the last autumn which she survived , and observed that a sudden storm was collecting over the residence . Directing the attention of the company to the ...
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עמוד 161 - tis no matter; honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on? how then? Can honour set to a leg? no: or an arm? no: or take away the grief of a wound? no. Honour hath no skill in surgery, then? no. What is honour? a word. What is that word, honour? air. A trim reckoning! — Who hath it? he that died o
עמוד 119 - In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
עמוד 151 - English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, .tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
עמוד 195 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
עמוד 241 - That's very strange ; but if you had not supped, I must have got something for you. Let me see, what should I have had ? A couple of lobsters ; ay, that would have done very well ; two shillings— tarts, a shilling ; but you will drink a glass of wine with me, though you supped so much before your usual time only to spare my pocket ?' ' No, we had rather talk with you than drink with you.
עמוד 78 - And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth...
עמוד 230 - May the Great God, whom I worship, grant to my Country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious Victory; and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after Victory be the predominant feature in the British Fleet. For myself, individually, I commit my life to Him, who made me, and may his blessing light upon my endeavours for serving my Country faithfully. To him I resign myself and the just cause which is entrusted to me to defend. Amen. Amen. Amen.
עמוד 99 - The aperture of the den, on the east side of a very high ledge of rocks, is about two feet square ; from thence it descends obliquely fifteen feet, then running horizontally about ten more, it ascends gradually sixteen feet toward its termination.
עמוד 228 - .Follow me, and hear a lecture in philosophy ;' and Charles, laying his hand on his sword, to say, ' Follow me, and dethrone the czar;' a man would be ashamed to follow Socrates.
עמוד 241 - How came you to leave all the great lords that you are so fond of, to come hither to see a poor dean ? — ' Because we would rather see you than any of them.' — ' Ay, any one that did not know so well as I do might believe you. But since you are come, I must get some supper for you, I suppose.'— ' No, Doctor, we have • Speace.