Peter Parley's Annual: A Christmas and New Year's Present for Young People..William Martin Darton and Company, 1862 |
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Página 1 - On Christmas eve the bells were rung, On Christmas eve the mass was sung: * That only night in all the year Saw the stoled priest the chalice rear.
Página 86 - ... or with whom they wished to compare notes about the late occurrences. Others, still more bold, assembled in little knots, in the streets and public places, as if...
Página 25 - The objects of this Society are — Temporary Assistance to Governesses in distress, afforded privately and delicately, through the Ladies' Committee. Annuity Fund. Elective Annuities to Aged Governesses, secured on invested capital, and thus independent of the prosperity of the Institution. Provident Fund. Provident Annuities purchased by Ladies in any way connected with Education, upon Government Security, agreeably to the Act of Parliament.
Página 290 - ... the left, it was quite evident that the thorn was still smarting in his side ; and no wonder, poor fellow ! for the blow he received would almost have cut a piece out of a door. As soon as the herd got out of the town they began gradually to ascend the rocky, barren mountain which appeared towering above them ; and then the...
Página 21 - The King of light, father of aged time, Hath brought about that day which is the prime To the slow gliding months, when every eye Wears symptoms of a sober jollity ; And every hand is ready to present Some service in a real compliment.
Página 193 - The houses differ only in size. An outer wall of turf, about four feet and a half high, often six feet thick, encloses all the apartments. On one side, generally that facing the south, are three or more doors, for the most part {tainted red.
Página 118 - The night was extremely dark, and the rain fell so heavily that, in spite of the abundant supply of dry firewood which we had luckily provided, it was not without difficulty that we could keep one large watch-fire burning.
Página 288 - ... it had met with. In his left hand he held a staff to help himself onwards, while round his right shoulder hung one of the most terrific whips that could possibly be constructed. At the end of a short handle, turning upon a swivel, there was a lash about nine feet long, formed like the...
Página 274 - ... without any of that ferocity with which birds of prey usually take their food, and merely uttered a cry of lamentation when the carver disappeared. He would then attend the pigeons in their flight round and round the house and gardens, and perch with them on the chimney-top, or roof of the mansion ; and this voyage he never failed to make early in the morning, when the pigeons always took their exercise. At night he retired with them to the dovecote : and...
Página 25 - I have experienced by taking only a few of your Lozenges. I had a cough for several weeks that defied all that had been prescribed for me ; and yet I got completely rid of it by taking about half a small box of your Lozenges, which I find are the only ones that relieve the cough without deranging the stomach or digestive organs.