Babylon the Great: A Dissection of Men and Things in the British Capital, Volumen2H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1825 |
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Página 147 - To where Fleet-ditch with disemboguing streams Rolls the large tribute of dead dogs to Thames, The king of dykes' ! than whom no sluice of mud With deeper sable blots the silver flood. " Here strip, my children! here at once leap in, Here prove who best can dash thro' thick and thin, And who the most in love of dirt excel, Or dark dexterity of groping well.
Página 2 - This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass. His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
Página 289 - The manner how he sally'd forth, His arms and equipage are shown, His horse's virtues and his own : Th' adventure of the Bear and Fiddle Is sung, but breaks off in the middle...
Página 2 - Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
Página 106 - As Berecynthia, while her offspring vie In homage to the mother of the sky, Surveys around her, in the...
Página 131 - ... enough for him, and if it pleased him not he should have nothing. Submission always followed in such cases, for there was no disputing with Bess. Neither would she permit the frequenters of the hostel to sit later than she chose, and would clear the house in a way equally characteristic and effectual. At a certain hour, and that by no means a late one, she would take down a large horsewhip, which hung on a convenient peg in the principal room, and after bluntly ordering her guests to go home,...
Página 294 - Court, three petitions in the paper ; the same called on, and ordered to stand for Tuesday next, for the Dean and Chapter to prove themselves entitled to interfere in this matter as visitors 200 Feb. 1. Attending Court all day ; three petitions in the paper, but same not called on 1 10 0 4. Attending Court all day, three petitions in the paper, but same not called on 1 10 0 5.
Página 294 - March 1. — Attending court on three petitions ; same in the paper, and called on, when the various points suggested by the court were again argued at some length, and his lordship promised to give his judgment this day week . . . .200 8. — Attending court ; but the lord chancellor did not give judgment according to...
Página 59 - The apple-blossoms' shower of rose, The pear-tree's pearly hue, As beautiful as Woman's blush, As evanescent too. The purple light, that like a sigh Comes from the violet bed, As there the perfumes of the East Had all their odours shed. The wild-briar rose, a fragrant cup To hold the morning's tear ; The bird's-eye, like a sapphire star ; The primrose, pale like fear. The balls that hang like drifted snow Upon the guelderose ; The woodbine's fairy trumpets, where The elf his war-note blows.
Página 294 - The like attendance this day . 1 10 0 29. Attending court, three petitions in the paper ; same called on, and ordered to stand for Tuesday next, for the dean and chapter to prove themselves entitled to interfere in this matter as visitors .200 Feb. 1. Attending court all day; three petitions in the paper, but same not called on . . 1 10 0 4. Attending court all day ; three petitions in the paper, but same not called on . . .1100 5.