The Little World of London: Or, Pictures in Little of London LifeA. Hall, Virtue and Company, 1857 - 408 pagina's |
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... carry twelve . Summer afternoons and evenings are the children's holidays ;. not a week passes but I take out a dozen or two to the fields , and bring them back again at sundown , loaded with butter- cups , cowslips , daisies , or May ...
... carry twelve . Summer afternoons and evenings are the children's holidays ;. not a week passes but I take out a dozen or two to the fields , and bring them back again at sundown , loaded with butter- cups , cowslips , daisies , or May ...
Pagina 26
... all that . I shall not stand in the way of improvement . Pull down , and rebuild in any style you like ; but provide me a place to carry on my business the while , and give me the occupancy of 26 THE FORTUNATE SHOP .
... all that . I shall not stand in the way of improvement . Pull down , and rebuild in any style you like ; but provide me a place to carry on my business the while , and give me the occupancy of 26 THE FORTUNATE SHOP .
Pagina 27
... carried out at once , the authorities were obliged to arrange affairs according to his wishes . So Kit moved out into capital premises in an adjoining street , while the old buildings vanished in a cloud of dust , that hung over the ...
... carried out at once , the authorities were obliged to arrange affairs according to his wishes . So Kit moved out into capital premises in an adjoining street , while the old buildings vanished in a cloud of dust , that hung over the ...
Pagina 35
... carrying up coal from the cellar in the winter ; and receiving from the tenants of each floor five shillings a week for her trouble . With a blissful ignorance of taxes , and poor - rates , and quarter - day , and all such abominations ...
... carrying up coal from the cellar in the winter ; and receiving from the tenants of each floor five shillings a week for her trouble . With a blissful ignorance of taxes , and poor - rates , and quarter - day , and all such abominations ...
Pagina 41
... carried with the tide . The business of Magazine - day invariably commences on the night before the important day dawns - a night which goes among the trade by the denomination of " late night , " from the fact that its duties , when ...
... carried with the tide . The business of Magazine - day invariably commences on the night before the important day dawns - a night which goes among the trade by the denomination of " late night , " from the fact that its duties , when ...
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The Little World of London: Or, Pictures in Little of London Life Charles Manby Smith Volledige weergave - 1857 |
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Pagina 349 - Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill; Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
Pagina 407 - NOT in the solitude Alone may man commune with Heaven, or see, Only in savage wood And sunny vale, the present Deity ; Or only hear his voice Where the winds whisper and the waves rejoice. Even here do I behold Thy steps, Almighty ! — here, amidst the crowd Through the great city rolled, With everlasting murmur deep and loud — Choking the ways that wind 'Mongst the proud piles, the work of human kind.
Pagina 15 - METEYARD'S (ELIZA) DOCTOR'S LITTLE DAUGHTER. The Story of a Child's Life amidst the Woods and Hills. With numerous Illustrations by HARVEY. Foolscap, cloth, gilt edges, 7s.
Pagina 19 - Word from the Greek, Latin, Saxon, German, Teutonic, Dutch, French, Spanish, and other Languages ; with their present Acceptation and Pronunciation.
Pagina 379 - Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse: And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues •*> With a new colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, — till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.
Pagina 9 - BARTLETT (WH),— FOOTSTEPS OF OUR LORD AND HIS APOSTLES, in Syria, Greece, and Italy. A succession of Visits to the Scenes of New Testament Narrative. With Twenty-three Steel Engravings, and several Woodcuts. Third Edition, super-royal 8vo. cloth, gilt edges, 124.; morocco elegant, 21s. • FORTY DAYS IN THE DESERT...
Pagina 9 - Forty Days in the Desert on the Track of the ISRAELITES: or, a Journey from Cairo to Mount Sinai and Petra.
Pagina 17 - OUR FATHER ; A MANUAL OF FAMILY PRAYERS for General and Special Occasions, with Short Prayers for Spare Minutes, and Passages for Reflection.
Pagina 24 - THE CELT, THE ROMAN, AND THE SAXON; a History of the Early Inhabitants of Britain down to the Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. Illustrated by the Ancient Remains brought to light by Recent Research. By Thomas Wright, MA, FSA, &c., &c.
Pagina 6 - Edition. Fcap. cloth, gilt edges, 2s. IS CHRISTIANITY FROM GOD? A Manual of Christian Evidences for Scripture Readers. Sunday School Teachers, City Missionaries, and Young Persons. Tenth Edition. Fcap. 3s. cloth. JOSEPH THE LAST OF THE PATRIARCHS. Fcap. 8vo. cloth, 6*.