Cartouche: The Celebrated French Robber, Volume 3Hugh Cunningham, 1844 |
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Page 110 - Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him : fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Page 97 - Exchange Alley was filled with a strange concourse of statesmen and clergymen, churchmen and dissenters, whigs and tories, physicians, lawyers, tradesmen, and even with multitudes of females. All other professions and employments were utterly neglected...
Page 214 - High minds, of native pride and force, Most deeply feel thy pangs, Remorse ! Fear, for their scourge, mean villains have, Thou art the torturer of the brave...
Page 99 - On the 29th day of the month, the stock had sunk to one hundred and fifty. Several eminent goldsmiths and bankers, who had lent great sums upon it, were obliged to stop payment, and abscond. The ebb of this portentous tide was so violent, that it bore down everything in its way; and an infinite number of families were overwhelmed with ruin.
Page 96 - The South Sea scheme promised no 'commercial advantage of any consequence. It was buoyed up by nothing but the folly and rapaciousness of individuals, which became so blind and extravagant, that Blunt, with moderate talents, was able to impose upon the whole nation, and make tools of the other directors, to serve his own purposes, and those of a few associates.
Page 195 - His travels never exceeded the distance of the county town, and that only at" assize or session time, or to attend an election. Once a week he commonly dined at the next market- town with the attorneys and justices. This man went to church regularly, read the weekly journal, settled the parochial disputes between the parish officers at the vestry, and afterwards adjourned to the neighbouring alehouse, where lie usually got drunk for the good of his country.
Page 190 - ... the coffin, and inter the body. On this occasion, after the evening service had been performed, every one retired from the church, and the priest, •with the young chorister, withdrew to supper ; but soon returned, and the former commenced the usual prayers. What was his astonishment when he beheld the dead body rise from the coffin, and advance towards him. Terrified in the extreme, the priest flew to the font, and conjuring the corpse to return to its proper station, showered holy water on...
Page 189 - London, related to nle, that in a province of Russia, a man being dead, was carried, as is customary, into the church the evening previous to the day of his interment. It is usual to place the corpse in an open coffin, and a priest, attended only by a boy of the choir, remains all night praying by the side of the dead body-; and on the following day, the friends of the deceased came to close up the coffin, and inter the body.
Page 17 - Society is composed of two great classes : those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.
Page 196 - November, or some other gala days, when he would make a bowl of strong brandy punch garnished with a toast and nutmeg. A journey to London was, by one of these men, reckoned as great an undertaking, as is at present a voyage to the East Indies, and undertaken with scarce less precaution and preparation.