Questions

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45177	In his gloomy views of the War of 1812 he asks what Virginia can raise, and answers his question thus:"Tobacco?
46775	Joseph Van Aken(?).
47457	If these two functions are opposed, then how shall we effect a compromise?
34903	Fine laces and jewels are allowed to be antique-- could not the circle of such things be a little broadened?
34903	Has woman ever looked more supreme through all the centuries of extravagant styles and distortions?
45077	Does this house set a gin for the unwary?
45077	Does this refer to the thirsty reputation of cobblers?
45077	Larwood mentions this house, also Swan and Rummer; Swan and Helmet; Swan and Soldier(?
37586	Even in those days his pupil asks"were not the girls ashamed of being naked?"
37586	Why was the European bathing suit not fully adopted by American women?
37216	But how did this Saint come to be connected with Scotland?
37216	Do you not think that is a mistake?
37216	How many helpings?
37216	Is it not curious to think, children, how races and religions have come to be linked together by small things?
37216	PANCAKE TUESDAY Pancake Tuesday is quite a nice name is it not?
37216	That is a little odd is it not?
34845	Did I not tell you to leave off dyeing your hair? 42682 Wh- what, mum?"
42682	What''s your real name? 42682 Why Wo n''t They Alter It?"
42682	Is it Bill, or Tom, or Bob, or what is it?"
42682	The first question which we will endeavour to answer is, Why are they there?
19587	''In the name of the law, citizen,''the Mayor demanded,''why hast thou left the army?'' 19587 But what road did you take?"
19587	Can it be that there are no Christians in monsieur''s America? 19587 Where are you going, little ones?"
19587	Where are you going, little ones?
19587	Which way went they, the Kings?
19587	A grave Majoral, reaching down to the kernel of the matter, solved the difficulty with the question:"Have we the piano?"
19587	And when we reached our homes again our mothers would ask:"Well, did you see them, the Kings?"
19587	And who are you, anyway, fine sir?
19587	Are you a Jew or a Dutchman?
19587	Can you tell us if they are far off?"
19587	Is it possible that down there they do not keep the Christmas feast at all?"
19587	Is_ no_ one there?"
20558	And yet how little does she care?}
20558	D--- n_ Molley H--- ns_ for her Pride, She''ll suffer none but Lords to ride: But why the Devil should I care, Since I can find another Mare?
20558	D--- n_ Molley H----ns_ for her Pride, She''ll suffer none but Lords to ride: But why the Devil should I care, Since I can find another Mare?
20558	How begot, how nourished?}
20558	In the Heart, or in the Head?}
20558	_ Brentford at the Red- Lion, the Great Room._ Says Sir_ John_ to my Lady, as together they sat, Shall we first go to Supper, or do you know what?
20558	_ Crown at Basingstoke._ Says_ Nan B----ch_ to Sir_ John_, you''re a scandalous Villain; D''ye think I would do what I did for a Shilling?
20558	_ Hampton- Court, at the Mitre, 1718._ How have I strove to gain the Fair?}
20558	_ Star- Inn, Coventry._ Tell me where is Fancy bred?}
20558	what is''t?
6674	Quel est l''objet que l''on recherche le plus quand on s''en dégoûte?
6674	''What says Douglas Jerrold on the subject?
6674	''Why, I want to go to the East- end; it rains in torrents; what''--screamed Hopkins--''what am I to do for an Umbrella?''
6674	As this is a case in which we may quote the line--"Who shall decide when doctors disagree?"
6674	Can you, gentle reader, for instance, realise to yourself the idea of a man not possessing such a convenience for rainy weather?
6674	It is both cheaper and better made than of old; who, then, so poor he can not afford one?
6674	Or again, would you like a verse or two on the same subject?
6674	What is there comic in an Umbrella?
6674	What, for instance, would Paul Pry have been without that valuable implement for which to inquire with his stereotyped"Hope I do n''t intrude?"
6674	Who could for a moment suppose that so important an article as the Umbrella would be without its lighter as well as its more serious history?
6674	can Flavia do?
6674	why do n''t you call a coach?"
10940	Am I not fit to be your master? 10940 And that one,"I asked,"with the large Milanese cap on his head, who holds an old book?"
10940	Eh, but, my son,they said,"have you dispensation from fasting on a Friday?"
10940	How did our fathers live?
10940	Of what use are these cloaks?
10940	That one,I replied,"and who has turned towards us?"
10940	That one,he answered,"who is scratching the end of his nose with one hand and his beard with the other?"
10940	What do you think of that?
10940	What institutions had they? 10940 Whose garments are the more valuable and the more useful?
10940	Can there be a greater_ miracle_ than is to be seen in this court, where the maimed walk upright?"
10940	Can you not place before us their pastimes, their hunting parties, their meals, and all sorts of scenes, sad or gay, which composed their home life?
10940	Frédégonde said one day to Rigouthe,''Why do you continually trouble me?
10940	One respectable lady approached her and said,''My friend, what do you call that fashion?''
10940	What were their political rights?
10940	Where, then, did the gipsies obtain interpreters?
10940	Who is there who could thoroughly describe or even appreciate all the happy or unhappy vicissitudes relating to the establishment of the Communes?
10940	mine, for which I have only paid a sou( about twenty- two francs of present money), or yours, which have cost so much?"
10940	they answered,"if He had appeared on earth should we still be miserable?"
10940	what will the Duke Francis and his Bretons do?
17008	Admitting then, and not confessing that the vse thereof were healthfull for some sortes of diseases; should it be vsed for all sicknesses?
17008	And is it not a great vanitie, that a man can not heartily welcome his friend now, but straight they must bee in hand with_ Tobacco_?
17008	And what greater absurditie can there bee, then to say that one cure shall serue for diuers, nay, contrarious sortes of diseases?
17008	First are you not guiltie of sinnefull and shamefull lust?
17008	For is it not a very great mistaking, to take_ Non causam pro causa_, as they say in the Logicks?
17008	What speak I of Medicine?
17008	Why doe we not as well imitate them in walking naked as they doe?
17008	[ Footnote D: Had the royal pedant ever heard of locking the stable door after the horse has been stolen?]
17008	in preferring glasses, feathers, and such toyes, to golde and precious stones, as they do?
17008	should it be vsed at al times?
17008	should it be vsed by all men?
17008	yea should it be vsed by able, yong, strong, healthfull men?
17008	yea why do we not denie God and adore the Deuill, as they doe?
30522	And how can either of them really know wherein true happiness lies?
30522	And what his will?
30522	And what is Man the while?
30522	And what the furtherance of his worldly hope?
30522	At what age should the responsibilities of the married state be undertaken?
30522	Frequent allusions to former flirtations, or worse, are made in a stage whisper, and open expression is given to the question:"How long will it last?"
30522	He asks:"Shall Girls Propose?"
30522	How can the boy of twenty be expected to work for three without getting weary before his day has well begun?
30522	How can the child- wife of seventeen fulfil all the duties of her position, and endow her child with the needful strength for the journey of life?
30522	She is expected to look happy, for is she not completing the choice which she freely made?
30522	What is a suitable disparity between the ages of man and woman?
41961	Did you ever,the ex- lion king was reported to have said,"hear of old Wallace''s fight with the dogs?
41961	Does he whisk his tail, Bill?
41961	Now, your honour, what''s the matter?
41961	Pray, sir, to whom?
41961	To whom is the fund indebted for this munificent donation?
41961	What is your complaint? 41961 Which do you reckon the best fair in your circuit?"
41961	You see this inequality in the bridge of my nose?
41961	Among his harangues to gain customers, take this as a specimen:--''Mary, Mary, where are you_ now_, Mary?
41961	Amongst these, you shall see a gray goosecap( as wise as the rest), with a''What do ye lack?''
41961	But what would"City men"say to such an exhibition in Threadneedle Street?
41961	George''s excuse was,''We ca n''t make''em fight, can we, if they wo n''t?''
41961	Have you seen THE BEAUTIFUL DOLPHIN,_ The Performing Pig, and the Mermaid_?
41961	How and when did he acquire the classical lore which he seems to have possessed?
41961	If these people were Kean''s parents, what becomes of the story which has been told by his biographers, on the authority of Miss Tidswell?
41961	Then, turning to the gallery, he addressed one of the audience thus:--"Hark you, friend; do n''t you know my name?"
41961	There was also a leopard from Lebanon, an eagle from Russia, a"posoun"( opossum?)
41961	What are you all doing here?"
41961	What need, then, of fairs and shows?
18570	And while Solym''s sons, brought low, Plaited thee for humble wages, Was it prayer they chanted slow, Or some song of ancient ages?
18570	As in childhood''s first awaking Does thy parent- tree still stand, With its full- leaved branches making Shadows on the burning sand?
18570	Does it seem sacrilegious?
18570	Has the sun at dawn caressed thee, That on Jordan''s waters shone, Have the rough night- winds distressed thee As they swept o''er Lebanon?
18570	Or when thou from it wert riven, Did it straightway droop and die, Till the desert dust was driven On its yellowing leaves to die?
18570	Say, what pilgrim''s pious hand Cherished thee in hours of pain, When he to this northern land Brought thee, fed with tears like rain?
18570	That my dearest will have to do, But where will I find him?
18570	Were not the jails of Old England full to repletion the day after Christmas?
18570	What called from heaven the flame divine, Which streams in glory far above, And bid it o''er earth''s bosom shine, And bless us with its brightness?
18570	What gave such wondrous birth?
18570	What if it is late when the service ends?
18570	What should we have done without them?
18570	Where is the theatre, who are the actors, do you ask?
18570	Who bid the glorious sun arrest His course, and o''er heaven''s concave move In tears,--the saddest, loneliest, Of the celestial orbs?
18570	Who could absent himself after such an invitation as this?
18570	Who humbled from the seats of light Their Lord, all human woes to prove, Led the great Source of day to night, And made of God a man?
18570	Who raised the human race so high, E''en to the starry seats above, That, for our mortal progeny, A man became a God?
18570	Who, who will go Along that bridge?
18570	Who?
18570	at the thought, The bosom''s awe and reverence move; But who such prodigies hath wrought?
19925	But can you shave without cutting?
19925	But what do you intend for your sign?
19925	Can you shave, then?
19925	Indeed,said the future Dean,"and what can I do to promote the happy union?"
19925	Mr Rawlinson: How''s that? 19925 Mr Rawlinson: What business has a carpenter with a quantity of long hair hanging from his lip?
19925	Mr Rawlinson: What do you want a warrant for? 19925 Mr Rawlinson: You want to look like a grenadier, I suppose?
19925	Should we wonder,he writes,"if carpenters were to remonstrate that since the Peace there is no demand for wooden legs?"
19925	Why Shave?
19925	Why do n''t you get your''air cut?
19925	A question is put in the_ British Apollo_( London, 1708):--"... Why a barber at port- hole Puts forth a party- coloured pole?"
19925	In Marston''s_ Antonio and Melida_,( 1602), Act v., we read as follows:--"PIERO.--Faith, mad niece, I wonder when thou wilt marry?
19925	In gentle tones his grace asked,"Were you not afraid of having your brains blown out, when you might have cut me so easily?"
19925	Mr. Ward asked,"What would a Jupiter be without a beard?
19925	What doth invest a bishop''s breast But a milk- white spreading hair?
19925	Who would countenance the idea of a shaved Christ?"
19925	Why need an Englishman make a Jew of himself?
19925	Yer ai n''t got''em in that''ere basket,''ave you?"
19925	You''re a Jew, you know; now, ai n''t you?"
19925	it makes me afeared, It is so sharp beneath, For he that doth place a dagger in''s face, What wears he in his sheath?
19925	not for striking me on the hupper lip?
19925	where''s your bundle of old clothes?
36879	And is it a name ye''r in want of, Sir? 36879 You big blackguard you, did n''t you get drunk and fall asleep?"
36879	''An ounce a day,''said I,(_ the echo!_)''What is tobacco an ounce?''
36879	''Now, Sir,''said he,''can you smoke any, will you have a pipe?''
36879	''Perhaps 7_d._''''And how many years have you been in the habit of taking snuff?''
36879	''Sinful,''said he, laughing--(_jolly fellow!_)--''how can it be sinful?''
36879	Are we singular in our opinion?
36879	I do take snuff: do YOU think there is sin in it, Sir?''
36879	In regard to snuff he is wisely meek; for what were he himself without the stimulating dust in his pocket?
36879	It amounts to more than 60_l._ without the interest(_ profound calculation!_) Now, do you think that God will reward you for taking snuff?''
36879	Well, and what do the faculty say with reference to smoking?
36879	What charm''d me in the thoughts of past, When mem''ry''s gleam my eyes o''ercast, And burns to serve me to the last?
36879	What cheer''d me in my boyhood''s hour, When first I felt Love''s witching power, To bear deceit,--false woman''s dow''r?
36879	What does not MOLIERE, their favorite author say, in favor of the herb?
36879	What sceptic so rash, dares breathe a doubt of the truth of this statement?
36879	What sooth''d me in a foreign land, And charm''d me with its influence bland, Still whisp''ring comfort, hand in hand?
36879	What soothes the peasant when his toil is done?
36879	What still upheld me since the guile, Attendant on false friendship''s smile, And I in hope, deceiv''d the while?
36879	What taught me first sweet peace to blend, With hopes and fears that knew no end, My dearest, truest, fondest friend?
36879	than in the inspired lines of thy true admirer Byron?
36879	why is it not true?
21352	Whether Hope or Fear be the most powerful incentive to Action?
21352	Whether Old Bachelors ought to be most pitied, envied or blamed?
21352	But query, ought I to have been so particular as to the letter of the law?
21352	But what would a town be without its Town Hall as the heart and centre of its official life?
21352	Had even the respectable journeyman carpenter cut his finger?
21352	Have nations, like individuals, an intuitive sense or presentiment of something to come?
21352	Have we degenerated since the period of this stiff and vigorous debating of our great grandfathers?
21352	Here are the first two questions debated:--"Whether a General Enclosure will be beneficial or prejudicial to the Nation?"
21352	If he did find such a nuisance he had{ 46} instructions"to make presentment to the Quarter Sessions if need be?"
21352	If the early coaches on the main roads were in such a sorry plight, what was to be expected of traffic on the parish roads?
21352	The Lord Chief Justice rose, and, leaning over the Bench, said, in a half whisper--"Brother, were you ever in the stocks?"
21352	The question discussed was--''Is private affection inconsistent with universal benevolence?''"
21352	Then, the Overseer provided the needed article.--Had widow Jones broken her spinning wheel or her patten ring?
21352	Were Joe Thompson''s children ailing?
21352	What number of Daily Schools?
21352	What number of schools confined nominally or virtually to any other Religious Denominations?
21352	What number of schools confined nominally or virtually to the Established Church?
21352	When, and O when, does this little Boney come?
21352	Why do you come to torment me before my time?
21352	but if you meet with an accident when riding by train-- where are you?"
21352	officials to do?
53267	O wha will shoe my fair foot, And wha will glove my han''? 53267 ''But why did you not complain to me at first?'' 53267 ''How could you be so foolish,''I exclaimed,''as to sacrifice your health for the sake of a fashionable figure?'' 53267 And now, sir, after this tedious account, what would you advise me to? 53267 And wha will lace my middle jimp Wi''a new- made London ban''?
53267	But is this any reason or authority for concluding that every gentleman of taste is of a like opinion?
53267	But what kind of stays were they which produced this result, and were no other causes discernible?
53267	But who does not know that practice often belies theory, or that theory is frequently at fault?
53267	Do we never hear of men dying suddenly, or fainting away from overheat?
53267	Have you seen my body?"
53267	If all that was said against the corset were true, how is it so many ladies live to an advanced age?
53267	If the petticoats as well as the stays thus diminish, what shall we do, dear Mentor?
53267	If, then, the wearer suffers, who is to blame but herself?
53267	Is a small waist admired by the gentlemen?
53267	Is it not natural that a young lady should be anxious to present a sylph- like form instead of appearing matronly?
53267	Is there no way to be cleared of these malicious calumnies?
53267	May I inquire what has become of your correspondent Mary Blackbraid?
53267	What can Mr. Buckland, or any one not of the corset- wearing sex, know of the practical operation of this indispensable article of female attire?
53267	What is beauty worth that makes the possessed thus unhappy?
53267	What is the smallest- sized waist that one can have?
53267	What right has any one to make these special attendants on small- waisted ladies?
53267	What tho''like spires or pyramids they show, Sharp at the top, and vast of bulk below?
53267	What young man cares to dance with girls who resemble casks in form?
53267	Where the one begins and the other ends, who shall say?
53267	Whither shall we direct our eyes?
53267	Why was Nature so lavish of her gifts to me as to make her kindness prove a cruelty?
8898	Do you not feel lonely in these long walks in the dark?
8898	Who are these?
8898	''Could you find your way back if the lights were put out?''
8898	''Now do you understand?''
8898	''What for?''
8898	And why should he wish to change so long as these were available?
8898	But how was it entered and left in ancient times?
8898	But if so, how was it balanced, or how secured?
8898	But on what did these spectral moths feed?
8898	But were they undisputed masters?
8898	But who was the party?
8898	But who was to bell the cat?
8898	But_ quis custodiet custodies_?
8898	From his grave Angantyr replies:--"Hervör, my daughter, Wherefore disturb me?
8898	From whom came the ransom of King John and of the nobles taken at Creçy and Poitiers?
8898	How did they descend to it and mount again?
8898	How impose respect and obedience on so many daring men?
8898	How was his body carried down the stair?
8898	Is the story true or_ ben trovato_?
8898	It is a miraculous structure dating from the Creation of the World:"Who will doubt that it was built by the hand of the Almighty?
8898	The salt had lost its savour, wherewith could it be seasoned?
8898	To what date, or period rather, do they belong?
8898	What are these frontier fortresses but the same on an extensive scale as the Gué du Loir, the Roche Corail, and the Rochebrune?
8898	What beasts did he slay?
8898	Where could he find the means to repress these flayers of the country, these terrible little kings of castles?
8898	Where did man first appear?
8898	Where was the Garden of Eden?
8898	Whither had they gone?
8898	Who paid for the gay accoutrements of the knights?
8898	Who were the real victims of the incessant wars?
8898	Why was it that every city-- nay, every little town-- had to be not only walled about but to have its outposts?
8898	do?
8898	whereupon a voice answered from the tomb,"What do you want?"
5890	Do you like your partner?
5890	WHAT''S MY THOUGHT LIKE?
5890	What is your favorite occupation?
5890	What was the biggest thing you saw at the World''s Fair?
5890	Why is my cat like a candle?
5890	Why is my cat like a monkey?
5890	Why is my cat like a pin?
5890	As you wind say,"I wind, who holds?"
5890	Ask a question Which can not be Answered in the Negative.-"What do the letters y- e- s spell?"
5890	Does he or she know you love him or her?
5890	Have you a lover?
5890	Have you or has he proposed?
5890	How long have you known him or her?
5890	How many other proposals have you had, or made?
5890	How much will he or she allow you?
5890	How old is he or she?
5890	Is he or she conceited?
5890	Is he or she handsome?
5890	Is your affection returned?
5890	Justice asks:"Fine or Superfine?"
5890	Spell"blind pig"in two letters?
5890	The players sit in a circle and one of them asks the others:"What''s my thought like?"
5890	WHERE DWELLS MY LOVER?
5890	What color are his or her eyes?
5890	What color is his or her hair?
5890	What is his or her chief virtue?
5890	What is his or her fortune?
5890	What is his or her name?
5890	What is his or her profession?
5890	What is your rival''s name?
5890	What shape is his or her nose?
5890	What size is his or her mouth?
5890	Where did you first meet?
5890	Where do you intend to live?
5890	Will the marriage be a happy one?
5890	Your mate is true blue; what color are you?
769	Why does the hare fly from you?
769	You are not myself,returned Soshi;"how do you know that I do not know that the fishes are enjoying themselves?"
769	But, after all, what great doctrine is there which is easy to expound?
769	Change is the only Eternal,--why not as welcome Death as Life?
769	Do we not need the tea- room more than ever?
769	Have you not noticed that the wild flowers are becoming scarcer every year?
769	His friend spake to him thus:"You are not a fish; how do you know that the fishes are enjoying themselves?"
769	How could we live without them?
769	In our self- centered century, what inspiration do we offer them?
769	Is it not but an instinct derived from the days of slavery?
769	Is it not like asking the birds to sing and mate cooped up in cages?
769	Our standards of morality are begotten of the past needs of society, but is society to remain always the same?
769	Rob the Church of her accessories and what remains behind?
769	Tell me, will this be kindness?
769	The poets of the Decadence( when was not the world in decadence?
769	V. Art Appreciation Have you heard the Taoist tale of the Taming of the Harp?
769	We say that the present age possesses no art:--who is responsible for this?
769	What solace do they not bring to the bedside of the sick, what a light of bliss to the darkness of weary spirits?
769	What were the crimes you must have committed during your past incarnation to warrant such punishment in this?
769	When will the West understand, or try to understand, the East?
769	Where better than in a flower, sweet in its unconsciousness, fragrant because of its silence, can we image the unfolding of a virgin soul?
769	Where is Horaisan?
769	Whither do they all go, these flowers, when the revelry is over?
769	Who can contemplate a masterpiece without being awed by the immense vista of thought presented to our consideration?
769	Why do men and women like to advertise themselves so much?
769	Why not amuse yourselves at our expense?
769	Why not consecrate ourselves to the queen of the Camelias, and revel in the warm stream of sympathy that flows from her altar?
769	Why not destroy flowers if thereby we can evolve new forms ennobling the world idea?
769	Why not enter into their spirit, or, like Liehtse, ride upon the hurricane itself?
769	Why take the plants from their homes and ask them to bloom mid strange surroundings?
769	Why the display of family plates, reminding us of those who have dined and are dead?
769	Why these pictured victims of chase and sport, the elaborate carvings of fishes and fruit?
769	Why were the flowers born so beautiful and yet so hapless?
769	Would you not have preferred to have been killed at once when you were first captured?
769	You may laugh at us for having"too much tea,"but may we not suspect that you of the West have"no tea"in your constitution?
19392	Be quiet, ca n''t you?
19392	I wonder, madam,he replied, roughly,"why all ladies ask such questions?"
19392	&& or in what poem the lines run down the ages?
19392	''Sir,''he replied,''I did not count your glasses of wine; why should you number my cups of tea?''"
19392	Can the most vivid imagination picture the angels( above the stars) drinking coffee?
19392	Did eyes preadamite first see the bloom, Luscious nepenthe of the soul that grieves?
19392	How shall we speak thy complicated Pow''rs?
19392	I tell you?
19392	Is n''t that a picture?
19392	No?
19392	Of gossip, perhaps-- still and yet-- What of Johnson?
19392	Or wou''d you in sublimer Themes engage, And sing of Worthies who adorn the Age?
19392	Pray, what are they talking about, or of whom are they talking?"
19392	Sons of Appelles, wou''d you draw the Face And Shape of Venus, and with equal Grace In some Elysian Field the Figure place?
19392	Then, why not add tea to the list?
19392	What better proof do we want, therefore, that to women''s influence is due the cultivation and retention of the tea habit?
19392	What would the world do without tea?--how did it exist?
19392	Who does n''t think of taking in the comforting cup of tea?
19392	Who knows its author, or when it was written, or can quote the line before or after"the cups That cheer, but not inebriate"?
19392	Who was the first to color tea and coffee with milk?
19392	Whoever thinks of taking coffee into a sick- room?
19392	Why should it be?
19392	Without tea, what would become of women, and without women and tea, what would become of our domestic literary men and matinee idols?
19392	Would you?
19392	You Artists of the AEsculapian Tribe, Wou''d you, like AEsculapius''s Self, Prescribe, Cure Maladies, and Maladies prevent?
19392	You Pleaders, who for Conquest at the Bar Contend as Fierce and Loud as Chiefs in War; Would you Amaze and Charm the list''ning Court?
19392	You that to Isis''s Bark or Cam retreat, Wou''d you prove worthy Sons of either Seat, And All in Learning''s Commonwealth be Great?
19392	_ TEA IN LADIES''NOVELS_ What would women novelists do without tea in their books?
20644	''And has he companions to cheer him?'' 20644 ''Have you no fear in your heart, woman, To stand there alone?
20644	''Is it far he must travel to- night, This man of your heart?'' 20644 ''Who is calling me?''
20644	''Why do you wait at your door, woman, Alone in the night?'' 20644 And often when in his old- fashioned way He questioned me,... Who made the stars?
20644	Have you reached the country of all content, O souls we know, since the day you went From this time- worn world, where your years were spent? 20644 I lean to the dark-- Hush!--was it a sigh?
20644	Is not he the first to have the fruits which are thy delight? 20644 Maybe you would rather not pull a stalk that was tall and straight and strong-- that would mean Alastair?
20644	The host is rushing twixt night and day, And where is there hope or deed as fair? 20644 Why, is that the village of Falling Waters that I see?
20644	Would you come back to the sun and the rain, The sweetness, the strife, the thing we call pain, And then unravel life''s tangle again? 20644 _ Father Hart._ What are you reading?
20644	_ Maire Bruin:_ Are not they, likewise, the children of God? 20644 _ Sebastian._ What, art thou waking?
20644	*****"Mother, my Mother, Mother- Country, Was it not all to save Harvest of bread?--Harvest of men?
20644	And does he not hold thy gifts in his joyous right hand?"
20644	And the bright years, wave on wave?
20644	And the harvest,--when shall it rise again Up through the fire and flood?
20644	And where''s the windy grave of Troy?
20644	Answers are sought to questions about one''s future career; chiefly to: when and whom shall I marry?
20644	Do n''t we all, of long ago By the ruddy fireplace glow, In the kitchen and the hall, Those queer, coof- like pranks recall?
20644	HALLOWE''EN FAILURE Who''s dat peekin''in de do''?
20644	Never seen The passage of the lordly beautiful ones Men call the Shee?"
20644	Or only a night- bird''s echoing cry?"
20644	Or the painted vine- leaves that rustled by?
20644	Sambo, what yo''doin''dar?
20644	She must ask"Who holds?"
20644	The winder must ask,"Wha hauds?"
20644	Whass dat creepin''up de road, Quiet like a ferret, Hoppin''sof''ly as a toad?
20644	Whass dat groanin''soun''I hear Off dar by de gyardin?
20644	Whass dat standin''by de fence Wid its eyes a- yearnin'', Drivin''out mah common- sense Wid its glances burnin''?
20644	What is the song the harper sings, what tongue Is this he speaks?
20644	Who sees in the nuts thrown into the fire, turning in the heat, blazing and growing black, the writhing victim of an old- time sacrifice to an idol?
20644	Who''s dat by de winder- sill?
20644	_ Antonio._ Do you not hear me speak?
20644	_ Sebastian._ I do; and, surely, It is a sleepy language; and thou speak''st Out of thy sleep: What is it thou didst say?
20644	and if within his hand He caught and held one, would his fingers burn?
20644	we heard the gate slam to with a tremendous noise....""Well, and what happened then?"
20644	what will be my profession and degree of wealth, and when shall I die?
33020	''A heart near the eye--_l''assassine_, eh?
33020	''All''s Well that Ends Well'':''Why dost thou garter up thy arms o''this fashion?
33020	''And how are we to know that all this is true?''
33020	''And what,''says country dame to country dame lately from town--''what is the mode in gentlemen''s hair?''
33020	''But you have seen the new hoop?''
33020	''Hay yee any kitchen stuff, maids?''
33020	''What will be the next wear?''
33020	''Will you buy any straw?''
33020	A message to whom?
33020	All this, for what purpose?
33020	And the second gentleman in green and red, with heels of red on his shoes?
33020	And what are we doing to help modern history-- the picture of our own times-- that it may look beautiful in the ages to come?
33020	And what had you in your mind''s eye when you wrote''liefer than a gown though it were of scarlet''?
33020	But is it adornment?
33020	Do I revile the time if I say that the men had an air, a certain supercilious air, of being dukes disguised as art students?
33020	Does a great procession go by the window of your mind?
33020	Dost make a hose of thy sleeves?''
33020	From the splendid pageant of history what figures come to you most willingly?
33020	High collar, low collar, short hair, long hair, boot, buskin, shoe-- who wore you first?
33020	How did the gentle whispers of love ever penetrate those bosses of millinery?
33020	How is a fashion born?
33020	How, they and we ask, are breeches, and slop- hose cut in panes, to be lined?
33020	I wonder did they drink it all themselves?
33020	Must I wear a_ galante_ on my cheek, an_ enjouée_ in my dimple, or_ la majestueuse_ on my forehead?''
33020	Need one say more?
33020	Or a star near the lips--_la friponne_?
33020	Shall we imagine that it is night, and that the lady is going to bed?
33020	Should I write''The Ladies''?
33020	THE WOMEN''What fashion will make a woman have the best body, tailor?''
33020	That lucky sixpence with the hole in it that you gave to a cabman, Beau Brummell, was that loss the commencement of your downward career?
33020	The Carpenter in''Julius Cæsar''is asked:''Where is thy leather apron and thy rule?''
33020	The first, whose clothes are of white silk sewn with red and blue, whose trunk hose have clocks of silk sewn on them, reminds us of whom?
33020	The sporting man had his own idea of dress, even as to- day he has a piquant idea in clothes, and who shall say he has not the right?
33020	Was history ever better dressed?
33020	Where,''they ask,''are the venerable anecdotes which are given a place in every respectable work on your subject?''
33020	Who last condemned you to the World''s Great Rag Market of Forgotten Fads?
33020	Who mothers it?
33020	Who nurses it to fame, and in whose arms does it die?
33020	Who would suspect it?
33020	Will ye buy any new brooms?''
33020	how did you ever hear the soft speeches of gallantry?
34179	And will you be willing to deny it upon oath of the gods?
34179	Are you not aware,he is presumed to reason,"that the dog is the Anubis of Egypt, the Sirius of the skies; and in hell is the keeper Cerberus?"
34179	By what then do you swear?
34179	Does not that book concern females?
34179	How is it,asks La Comtesse,"that you have contracted this horrible habit; you, a scion of an old stock, one of our first Gascon gentlemen?"
34179	What gods?
34179	Where learnt you that oath, fool?
34179	Who, then, do you fear?
34179	_ Clot._ And the last is that I should not swear; how make you that good? 34179 _ Clot._ Ca n''t you lend it me now and then, brother?"
34179	''tis genteel, is n''t it?
34179	And again, how else explain the exuberance of the Duchess of Marlborough''s language when calling at Lord Mansfield''s lodgings?
34179	And if the monumental record of their virtues be a just one, why did they heirloom on posterity this bitter heritage of swearing?
34179	D''ye hear?"
34179	Do you remember the comfortless morrow that brought the first contact with your boy associates?
34179	For why?
34179	How could these be depicted upon the stage in the face of Mr. Colman''s new ordinance?
34179	How should one understand that the tones which seemed so harsh and jarring belonged in truth to a very code of sprightliness?
34179	In the course of dinner, one of the party, looking round the board, happens to inquire,"Where''s the damned mustard?"
34179	Is it love that makes you prate to me so fondly?"
34179	Men soon began to ask themselves where first they could have met with this undignified expression?
34179	No particular notice is taken of this remark, until presently one of the legal gentlemen solemnly observes,"Where''s the damned salt?"
34179	Que te fault- il, beste saulvaige?"
34179	So much for swearing when in grim earnest; how are we to account for it in its transition to sport and play?
34179	Stay; food for the mind was not neglected, as how should it be?
34179	To which Satan replies:--"Que veulx tu, mauldict Lucifer?
34179	Was this then the pæan or war- song of the Scufflers''Club?
34179	Were they sparkling and festive, tellers of rare stories, dealers in racy jokes?
34179	What do we find?
34179	What does it mean?
34179	What manner of men were they?
34179	What possible objection could be uttered against so innocent a tale?
34179	What_ can_ it mean?
34179	Whence has it arisen, and whither does it tend?
34179	Who knows but that at that moment we may have thought our friend little better than a fool, and his words the drivel of idiotcy?
34179	[ 26] The question has frequently been asked who was intended by the cognomen Saint Gris?
34179	art there, true- penny?
34179	asks Strepsiades;"by the iron money, as they do at Byzantium?"
34179	of those that admit it into the most familiar questions and assertions, ludicrous phrases and works of humour?"
34179	say''st thou so?
34179	this fellow is worse than me; what, does he swear with pen and ink?"
34179	you''ve taken notice of it--''tis genteel, is n''t it?
19098	[ 74]{30} The cold is keenly brought home to us when they come to the manger:--_ J._ Mei Kind, kanst kei Herberg finden?
19098	{ 15} Can there be a connection between this festival and the Eleusinian mysteries? 19098 { 30} Can such practices have originated in attempts to drive out evil spirits from the houses by noise?
19098	( Is there perchance a survival here of the_ sigillaria_, the little clay dolls sold in Rome at the_ Saturnalia_?)
19098	( Who is this Child whom ye proclaim worthy of so great laudations?
19098	( Whom seek ye in the manger, say, ye shepherds?)
19098	("How shall I fitly meet Thee?
19098	***** Ach Herr, du Schöpfer aller Ding, Wie bist du worden so gering, Dass du da liegst auf dürrem Gras, Davon ein Rind und Esel ass?
19098	***** Merk auf, mein Herz, und sich dort hin: Was liegt doch in dem Kripplein drin?
19098	Can any tyme dispence with them, or giue them libertie to sinne?
19098	Can we imagine that Christmas, on its Christian side, had a deep meaning for them?
19098	Cold winds that pass Vex, or is''t the little ass?
19098	Father-- not more old than thou?
19098	For what reasonable man would believe that any men in their senses would by making a stag(_ cervulum_) turn themselves into the appearance of animals?
19098	Here are four verses about the Nativity:--"Or nous dites, Marie, Les neuf mois accomplis, Naquit le fruit de vie, Comme l''Ange avoit dit?
19098	How can we reach the inner meaning of the Nativity feast, its significance for the faithful?
19098	How could the Church make a feast of the secular New Year; what mattered to her the world of time?
19098	Joseph, who has gone out to get a light, returns, and this dialogue follows:--"_ Joseph._ Say, Marie doghtir, what chere with the?
19098	Madame de céans, Auriez- vous quelque bouge Pour de petites gens?
19098	Mother-- younger, can it be?
19098	Must Thou bear such frost and cold?
19098	Or nous dites, Marie, Du lieu impérial, Fut- ce en chambre parée, Ou en Palais royal?
19098	Or nous dites, Marie, Qui vous vint visiter; Les bourgeois de la ville Vous ont- ils confortée?
19098	Perchè piangi, o bambinell, Forse il giel Ti dà noia, o l''asinell?
19098	Quis est iste puer quem tam magnis praeconiis dignum vociferatis?
19098	Some are almost dramatic; this, for instance:--|93|"Whom saw ye, O shepherds?
19098	Speak, what saw ye?
19098	These addressed to the shepherds the question"Whom seek ye in the manger?"
19098	They depart, but suddenly an idea comes to one of them:--"_ The First Shepherd._ Gaf ye the chyld any thyng?
19098	Ubi?
19098	Ubi?_ La chèvre, se tordant le groin, Répond que c''est à_ Béthléem_.
19098	Wess ist das schöne Kindelein?
19098	What Babe is that, so gude and fair?
19098	What are the origins of these holy or monstrous beings?
19098	What gift shall we bring to Thee, O Christ, since Thou as Man on earth For us hast shewn Thyself?
19098	What of the people, the great world outside the monasteries?
19098	What the devill is this?
19098	When and where did the keeping of Christmas begin?
19098	When the inmates called out,"Who''s there?"
19098	Wher xal we logge this nyght?
19098	Who of His years, or of His age hath told?
19098	Why dost weep, my Babe?
19098	Why, we may ask, did the Church choose December 25 for the celebration of her Founder''s Birth?
19098	[ 75]"_ J._ My child, canst find no lodging?
19098	_ Jörgl._ Have the heavens fallen to- day; are the angels flying over our field?
19098	_ Jörgl._ Is den heunt eingfalln der Himmel, Fleugn d''Engeln auf unserm Feld?
19098	doe they thinke that they are preuiledged at that time to doe euill?
19098	of"The Golden Bough,"{13} or does it rest merely on a view of woman as the inferior sex?
19098	swete wyff, wat xal we do?
19098	that made all creature, How art Thou now become so puir, That on the hay and stray will lie, Among the asses, oxen, and kye?
19098	what have I for thee, Save only my pipe?
19098	what swete thyng is that on thy kne?
19098	{ 13} How is this merry monarch to be accounted for?
19098	{ 2} How shall we interpret these practices?
19098	{ 51} What is the explanation of this feast of lights?
19098	{ 91} Can we connect this custom with the saint who brings presents to youngsters?
19098	|74| The finest perhaps of Gerhardt''s hymns is the Advent"Wie soll ich dich empfangen?"
22042	''Why,"said I,"what, is he of that estate that seeketh no other means to warn his officers than with so terrible shot in so peaceable a country?"
22042	''I then demanded,What province did he govern, that needed such an officer?"
22042	And now who but Will Sommers, the King''s Fool? 22042 From what country do these slaves come?"
22042	We may have a sermon on any other day,said the London apprentices, who did not always go to hear it,"why should we be deprived on this day?"
22042	What meaneth this drum?
22042	What things have we seen, Done at the Mermaid? 22042 _ Do n''t_ you like laurel gleaming under holly?"
22042	***** Were they sick?
22042	***** When_ brawn, with powdred wig_, comes swaggering in, And mighty serjeant ushers in the Chine, What ought a wise man first to think upon?
22042	Ah, how many stood or sat around that camp fire that were never to see old England more?
22042	And what is the name of their king?"
22042	And why should fears for future years, Mix jolly ale with thoughts of tears When in the horn''tis poured?
22042	And why should ghost of sorrow fright The bold heart of an English knight When beef is on the board?
22042	And why?
22042	Brand quotes the foregoing paragraph and asks:"Can this be what Aubrey calls the sport of''Cob- loaf stealing''?"
22042	But who, that bears a mind matured to thought, A heart to feel, shall look abroad this day And speak of happiness?
22042	But why do you feel so, then?
22042	From what country come they?"
22042	Gaze we down Yon crowded aisle?
22042	Have I my Tools?
22042	Have we not Burgundy in our blood?
22042	Have we not joke, laughter, repartee, bright eyes, comedies of other people, and comedies of our own; songs, memories, hopes?
22042	He lived-- for life may long be borne, Ere sorrow break its chain: Why comes not death to those who mourn?
22042	I had horses, soldiers, arms, and treasures; is it surprising that I should regret the loss of them?
22042	If it is thy will to command the universe, is it a reason we should voluntarily accept slavery?
22042	It was asked in a''Hue and Cry after Christmas,''published anonymously at the end of the year 1645,''Where may Christmas be found?''
22042	Shall we drain The cheerful cup-- a health to absent friends?
22042	Tastes may differ even on a mince- pie; but who gainsays a fire?
22042	The Boare is dead, Loe, here is his head, What man could have done more Than his head off to strike, Meleager like, And bringe it as I doe before?
22042	The beautiful genius of domestic love has triumphed, and who can foresee the blessed results?
22042	The poets have laurels-- and why not we?
22042	Then what puddings have you?
22042	Then wherefore in these merry days Should we, I pray, be duller?
22042	Though other purses be more fat, Why should we pine or grieve at that?
22042	What cost to good husband is any of this?
22042	What must have been the credulity of the people in an age when an historian could gravely write, as Matthew Paris did in 1171?
22042	What shall become of all my merriments, My ceremonies, shows of heraldry, And other rites?"
22042	Where will you get holly to stick in your churches, or churches to stick your dried tea- leaves( that must be the substitute) in?
22042	Which answer pleased him not a whit; but he said,''What do you tell me of the fashion?
22042	Whom do we pledge?
22042	Why are the trembling shepherds sore afraid?
22042	Why should they be robbed of eleven days by a new Act of Parliament?
22042	Why shrink they at the grand, the heavenly sight?
22042	With this weird tale in his mind in the mystic stillness of midnight would an imaginative man be likely to deny the reality of the spirit world?
22042	_ Counter._ Quem non delectant moderatè pocula sumpta?
22042	_ Tenor._ Cujus non animum dulcia vina juvant?
22042	is eating all you do At Christ- Tide?
22042	or the making Sing- songs?
22042	shall we have bread and cheese after a banquet?"
22042	the living or the dead?"
22042	to whom?
22042	what then?
22042	where should I stay?
22042	who now shall grace my tournaments, Or honour me with deeds of chivalry?
48065	I was asked my reasons for visiting the gaols? 48065 Was she a woman?"
48065	_ Earnest._ And what should I do there, where men go out of curiosity and interest, not for the sake of religion? 48065 And how can you ever expect the blessing of God upon your undertakings, if you neglect and despise, and in effect destroy and abolish his service? 48065 And shall such a Church, that ought to be a pattern of regular devotion to others, be the first to set an example of irreligion? 48065 And whereunto shall I liken our past inadvertency, that it may abide as a memorial to us and to our children? 48065 And will you, Gentlemen, suffer so good a work, which hath been carried on so many years, to perish in your hands? 48065 Are not some disappointed in the success of a prescription from the most judicious hand? 48065 Are not the degrees of distempers and the constitutions of men various? 48065 Are the best physicians or most eminent surgeons ashamed of their prescriptions? 48065 Are they not all turned into warehouses? 48065 Are you a Christian? 48065 But if you can not or will not attend the prayers yourselves, yet why should you hinder others who would attend? 48065 But of all charges and expences why must this of the daily prayers be the first to be retrenched? 48065 But why have you not time? 48065 Can all people eat the most innocent food with equal advantage? 48065 Can he suppose it possible that, in describing the Manners of the Metropolis, the eccentricities of its inhabitants should be omitted? 48065 Do they abound in_ shameful lies_"( the gross words of the Reviewer)?
48065	For what will avail all your care and attention, all your labour and pains, without the blessing of God to prosper them?
48065	Good Sir, because_ you know_ how we_ all live at present_, are we not to inform those who succeed us how_ we have lived_?
48065	Has the Reviewer read that indefatigable and accurate author Keysler?
48065	Have we now any shops?
48065	Have you read the Tatler to- day?''
48065	How shall I number these signs, or the streets where they most abound?
48065	How then am I( who had not received the breath of life in 1758) to draw a faithful picture of the manners of that period?
48065	It was then asked me, if it was done at my own expence?
48065	Now, what but blind and indiscriminating acrimony could dictate the above remarks?
48065	Or, what_ novelty of information_ could arise from describing the domestic occurrences of families in general?
48065	Shall any man''s misery prevail upon his credulity to make him more miserable?
48065	Was ever any one thing infallible?
48065	Was you at the Park last night, Madam?
48065	Were they not periodical publications?
48065	What are you doing better?
48065	What does he say to the Spectator, the Tatler, the World, the Rambler, the Guardian, the Observator, the Female Tatler?
48065	What sagacity was required to narrate facts as clear as noon- day?
48065	Why is this pleasing custom neglected and forgotten?
48065	and will they depend upon what has no known author, and who refers them to the advice of some able Surgeon after cheating them himself?
48065	or are they not considered as faithful sketches of those customs which escape the notice of the Historian?
48065	or what lady will purchase her bandeaus, her ribbands, gloves,& c.& c. from the hands of a young woman, when the same shop contains-- a young_ man_?
48065	or will any Surgeon expose his patient?
48065	or, have you only the name from education, as it is the professed Religion of your Country?
62537	''Four?'' 62537 Are you going away?
62537	Can You Talk?]
62537	Do n''t you know me, Carlo?
62537	Doctor,the bird would begin,"_ is_ it,_ is_ it a nate Irish pet?"
62537	Eh?
62537	Is the darling starling a pretty pet?
62537	Is what, Dick?
62537	Is?
62537	To whom do you belong?
62537	Well, Dickie, what is it now?
62537	What do you do here?
62537	What do you mean by that?
62537	What is this man?
62537	Where did you come from?
62537	ANECDOTES OF DOG WIT AND WISDOM What could we do without the dog?
62537	After all this, who will say that a cat does not think?
62537	Are these alike in anything except their split hoofs?
62537	Are these humps a kind of saddle made for man''s use, you ask?
62537	Are we not right in saying that without the camel the Arab would find it hard to live in the desert?
62537	But can dogs think?
62537	But how does the camel find water to drink in the dry desert?
62537	But in his case use goes ahead of beauty, and who will say that he is not of use?
62537	Dick would chirp, and then say,"Doctor, will you go a clinking?"
62537	Dick would say;"_ What_ is it?
62537	Did any of my readers ever try to churn cream into butter?
62537	Do these creatures count the days of the week and know in that way when Sunday comes?
62537	Do they find it?
62537	Do they hate each other or are they jealous of their position in the house?
62537	Does Gyp want to go out?"
62537	Does it not mean that the monkey wants to know, just as we want to know when we show curiosity?
62537	Has it a water supply as well as a food supply?
62537	Have any of you ever seen an Eskimo dog, the kind that drags the sleds of travellers over the Arctic ice?
62537	Have you ever been to the zoo and seen a cage full of monkeys, or seen a cage of them in a travelling menagerie?
62537	Have you ever seen a Starling and heard one talk?
62537	Have you ever seen a fighting ram?
62537	Have you ever seen a hedgehog?
62537	He had the habit of combining his words in various ways, and one day asked:"Is the darling doctor a rascal?"
62537	If no answer came the bird would break out:"_ Is_ it sugar,--snails-- sugar, snails, and brandy?"
62537	If we go abroad into the wilds and woods, what shall we find there?
62537	Is it not well to speak, then, about how the dog helped him in this famous discovery?
62537	Is it not worth knowing that the fewer toes an animal has the faster and longer it can run?
62537	Is not all this very human- like?
62537	Is there a lesson for us in this habit of the bees?
62537	Is this fierce fighter of the forest the same animal as the lazy grunter of the pig- sty?
62537	Now shall we say something about the South Pole?
62537	Shall I say something about the use of the horse in hunting?
62537	Shall I say something about the uses of wool?
62537	Shall we say something about the different breeds of canaries?
62537	Shall we tell the story of one that acted in a cruel manner?
62537	Should we not look with more wonder on the monkey when it does things which it has taught itself?
62537	THE ARAB AND HIS HORSE Would you not like to hear some more about the Arabian horse, the noblest and best of his race?
62537	THE DOG, MAN''S FAITHFUL FRIEND Where did the dog come from and how long has he made man his companion?
62537	THE DOVE- LIKE PIGEON Is there not something very soft and tender in the word dove and in the loving ways of this fine bird?
62537	Then the carver stands over him knife in hand and we hear from him the customary question,"Which will you have, white meat or dark?"
62537	Up she would skip, and when close to the dog''s ear would shout in her loud, harsh voice,"Halloa, whose dog are you?"
62537	We may well ask, what would a Christmas dinner be like without this noble bird to fill the place of honor?
62537	What can we say of the Hedgehog as a pet?
62537	What does this curiosity mean?
62537	What else shall be said about this bird, aside from the beauty of its colors?
62537	What would travellers in the sea of ice or seekers for the North Pole have done without the dog?
62537	What_ is_ it?''
62537	When did man first take the cat into his house and make it one of his pets?
62537	Where did he come from?
62537	Where did the cat come from?
62537	Where is your passport?"
62537	Would you like to know something more about these great snakes?
62537	[ Illustration: Bird Dogs"Pointing"Partridges] How do we know this, you ask?
62537	_ What_ d''ye say?
62537	_ What_ d''ye say?"
62537	he will say,"must I be forced to give thee a new master, and not keep thee myself?
14887	And this old silver patched affair?
14887	It taught me?
14887	Killed him?
14887	My cigarette-- I''m smoking yet?
14887	''[ Omega][sigmaf][ phi][upsilon][lambda][lambda][omega][nu][ gamma][epsilon][nu][epsilon][eta], as Homer sings?
14887	A few more years, When we are dead and famous-- eh?
14887	Ah, will he smoke no more?
14887	Alina?
14887	Am I to blame that I should be Enraged?
14887	And what does it say?
14887	And what is he who smokes thee now?
14887	And what was he who bore it?
14887	And will there be no golden cloud Upon the golden shore?
14887	But it is sweet to kiss; and I Should love to kiss a wife and pet her-- She scolds?
14887	Can I forget How Kate and I, in sunny weather, Sat in the shade the elm- tree made And rolled the fragrant weed together?
14887	Can artist paint the fiery glints Of this quaint finger here beside it, With amber nail,--the lustrous tints, A thousand Partagas have dyed it?
14887	Cats may have had their goose Cooked by tobacco juice; Still, why deny its use Thoughtfully taken?
14887	Christina?
14887	Did it, safe hidden in some secret cavern, Escape that monarch''s pipoclastic ken?
14887	Did the great Khalif in his"House of Pleasures"Wager and lose it to the good Zaafar?
14887	Do you remember when first we met?
14887	Does juice medicinal proceed From such a naughty foreign weed?
14887	Does this dream fade?
14887	Has Shakespeare smoked it at the Mermaid Tavern, Quaffing a cup of sack with rare old Ben?
14887	Has it been hoarded in a monarch''s treasures?
14887	Have I not still My fill Of right good cheer,-- Cigars and beer?
14887	How are we gainers when all''s done, If Life''s swift clepsydra have run With wine for water?
14887	How did they live?
14887	How know I that she will not change, My wishes at defiance set?
14887	Ma pauvre petite, My little sweet, Why do you cry?
14887	May not my soul to my soul confess That"succeeding,"here upon earth, Does not alway assume success?
14887	Nina?
14887	Oh, answer, my pipe, shall my dream be as fair When it changes to dreams of the past?
14887	Oh, give me but Virginia''s weed, An earthen bowl, a stem of reed, What care I for the weather?
14887	Open the old cigar- box,--let me consider anew,-- Old friends, and who is Maggie that I should abandon_ you_?
14887	Or will the world cry"Quantum suff"To tattle such as"Keats took snuff"?
14887	Say, pipe, let''s talk of love; Canst aid me?
14887	Should we not for our sustentation eat Because a surfeit comes from too much meat?
14887	Since a puff of tobacco can cloud it, shall I follow the fitful fire?
14887	So"Keats took snuff?"
14887	Speaking of color,--do you know A maid with eyes as darkly splendid As are the hues that, rich and slow, On this Hungarian bowl have blended?
14887	The courtiers alone To this weed are not prone; Would you know what''tis makes them so slack-- O?
14887	The pipe gone out?
14887	Then give me but Virginia''s weed, An earthen bowl, a stem of reed, What care I for the weather?
14887	Then let non- smokers rail forever; Shall their hard words true friends dissever?
14887	Then what''s the power Of Jesse''s Flower?
14887	Then who shall chide, with boasting pride, Delights they ne''er have tasted?
14887	Throughout the world who knows thee not?
14887	To laugh and float While rocks the boat Upon the waves,--Don''t you?
14887	Was it a gift of peace, or prize of war?
14887	Was this small plant for thee cut down?
14887	Well, and what has it all been worth?
14887	What blest of cities Saw it first kindle at the glowing coal?
14887	What country gave it birth?
14887	What else but lighted dust am I?
14887	What good is she To you or me Who have but a"position"?
14887	What happy artist murmured,"Nunc dimittis,"When he had fashioned this transcendent bowl?
14887	What if luck has passed me by?
14887	What if my hopes are dead, My pleasures fled?
14887	What if our times seem sliding down?
14887	What if your way seems dull and long?
14887	What made my fingers tremble so, As you wrapped skeins of worsted snow, Around them, now with movements slow And now with dashes?
14887	What needs my Muse to sing thy various praise?
14887	What pleasure could the Old World give That ancient miserable lot When thou wert not?
14887	What woman''s lip Could ever give, like thy red tip, Such unremitting store of bliss, Or such a kiss?
14887	What wonder if I envy not The rich, the giddy, and the proud, Contented in this quiet spot To blow my after- dinner cloud?
14887	What wonder if it stills my care To quit the present for the past, And summon back the things that were, Which only thus in vapor last?
14887	What''s my love''s name?
14887	What''s the matter with the music?
14887	When fragrant clouds thy fumes exhale, And hover round the nut- brown ale, Who thinks of claret or champagne?
14887	When that last pipe is smoked at last And pouch and pipe put by, And Smoked and Smoker both alike In dust and ashes lie, What of the Smoker?
14887	Which is the better portion,--bondage bought with a ring, Or a harem of dusky beauties, fifty tied in a string?
14887	Whither passed?
14887	Who could help but love her so?
14887	Who shall rhyme to Knickerbocker?
14887	Who''d wish to we d?
14887	Why Should I Weep, wail, or sigh?
14887	Why do I thus recall the ancient quarrel Twixt Man and Time, that marks all earthly things?
14887	Why labor to re- word the hackneyed moral[ Greek: Hôs phyllôn geneê], as Homer sings?
14887	Why not, then, new things to the gnu, And trews to Highland clansmen true?
14887	Why this small tear, So pure and clear, In each blue eye?
14887	Why, what is this?
14887	Wilhelmina?
14887	Will it see me safe through my journey, or leave me bogged in the mire?
14887	Will they record our pipes and beers, And if we smoked cigars or clay?
14887	With Pipe and Book at close of day, Oh, what is sweeter, mortal, say?
14887	Would you know his chief skill?
14887	he cries,"What''s these here games, my merry men?"
14887	shall I weave Thy history together with my own?
14887	what are our biggest winnings, If peaceful content we miss?
14887	what had I at such a time To do with wasting care?
19979	How is that? 19979 Well, Christmas pie-- when may we begin to eat them?"
19979	What aileth thee, Stephen, Art thou wode,[47] or ginnest to brede[48] Lacketh thee either gold or fee, Or any rich weed? 19979 What aileth thee, Stephen, What is thee befall?
19979	_ Cryer_--Who shall pay me for my paines? 19979 _ Lady_--But is old, old, good old Christmas gone?
19979	_ The Fiddler_--''Pray, kind Miss, why say you so?''
19979	_ The Fiddler_--''Pray, kind sir, why say you so?''
19979	''What is the meaning of this?''
19979	''What is the meaning, I say, of this horrid tumult?''
19979	496) says:"Can any one tell me the origin of a cake called a cop- a- loaf or cop loaf?
19979	A cow asks,_ Ubi?
19979	A duck inquires,_ Quando?
19979	A writer in the_ Cornhill Magazine_, December 1886, thus accounts for the candles on the tree--"But how came the lights on the Christmas tree?
19979	And foure woodhouses(?
19979	And the Hebrew woman, being amazed, said:''Can this be true?''
19979	And, if the name importeth some evil, then, what may the thing it selfe be, judge you?
19979	And, to wind up these Christmas box notices, I may quote a verse from Henry Carey''s"Sally in our Alley"( 1715?).
19979	Are you a doctor?
19979	At what?
19979	Be here any maids?
19979	But no answer could he obtain, for who would then have dared to render himself conspicuous by a reply?
19979	But what is the event of his departure?
19979	But, who is this?
19979	Could any means be devised for effecting an entrance?
19979	Dumque aiebat;_ ubi?_ clamoso guttere gallus;_ In Betlem, Betlem_, vox geminabat ovis.
19979	Even the vegetable world contributed to the wonders of Christmas, for was there not the famous Glastonbury Thorn which blossomed on old Christmas day?
19979	Fletcher, in his poem_ Christmas Day_,[78] thus describes the pie:-- Christmas?
19979	Good Ivy, good Ivy, what birds hast thou?
19979	He might go back, for to cry_ What you lack?_ But that were not so witty: His cap and coat are enough to note, That he is the Love o''the City.
19979	Henry VIII., which is a mixture of both:-- Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel, Who is there, that singeth so, Noel, Noel, Noel?
19979	Is that the way to support a wife?
19979	Is there a doctor that can restore?
19979	Lacketh thee either meat or drink, In King Herod his hall?"
19979	Malignants will send him a piece of Braune, and everie Prentice boy will give him his point(?
19979	May not this be a remnant of the dedication of children to the Deity by passing them through the sacred fire?
19979	My worthy friend, how dost thou fare, St. George?
19979	Now, sweet Son, since Thou art King, why art Thou laid in stall?
19979	Pray what big stick is that you have in your hand?
19979	Prophaneness in a conclave?
19979	Quando?_ A raven hoarsely answers,_ In hac nocte_.
19979	Shall I call him, St. George?
19979	The Doctor asked where his father was?
19979	The courtier, sure good deeds will not scorn, Nor will he see poor Christmas forlorn?
19979	The ox crieth out,_ Ubi?
19979	The raven asked_ Quando_?--When?
19979	Thus equipped, they call on the farmer, and inquire,"please, sir, do you want your trees worsled?"
19979	Ubi?_ And a lamb bleats out_ Bethlehem_.
19979	Ubi?_--Where?
19979	Was there ever a Christmas on board a man- of- war without one?
19979	Well a day, Well a day, Well a day, where should I stay?
19979	Well a day, where should I stay?
19979	Well, what have you catched to- day, Jan?
19979	Were not our soldiers, in the latter part of the Crimean War, bountifully supplied with plum puddings?
19979	What cost to good husband is any of this?
19979	What have you been doing all this long day, Jan?
19979	What sings old Herrick of it?
19979	What was now to be done?
19979	What will the Trustees-- what will your parents say?
19979	Where now is Colonel Spring?
19979	Where''s the man that dares bid me stand?
19979	Where?
19979	Why not Thou ordained Thy bedding in some great King his hall?
19979	Wilt thou take his word?
19979	_ And how long since?_"A.
19979	_ From whence comes the custom of gathering of_ Christmas Box Money?
19979	_ The Knight._ What can you cure, Doctor?
19979	a- hunting is it?
19979	shall we have our mouths shut to welcome old Christmas?
19979	will you so?
19979	you wo n''t, wooll''ee?
39675	And are these the only objections?
39675	And of what possible use,she exclaimed,"can the brains of old Chuang- tsze be to him now, I should like to know?"
39675	And what is it? 39675 And who,"asks the reader,"was Colonel Barnabas Clarke?"
39675	And, for Heaven''s sake, tell me what remedies do you employ?
39675	As for the coffin, what is it? 39675 HOW could the poor Abbé sustain himself against you all four?"
39675	My God,cried the lady,"has this ever happened before?"
39675	Surely you have not forgotten me,said he--"What name, sir?"
39675	Tell me instantly, will the brains of a man who died a natural death answer as well?
39675	Why give way,said Chuang- tsze,"to all this passionate outcry?
39675	Yes, madam,the old man replied.--"And pray,"asked the widow, eagerly,"what said he?"
39675	_ Who fought yesterday?_was the mode of inquiring after the news of the morning.
39675	''Why so?''
39675	*** num imperatorum scientia nihil est, quia summus imperator nuper fugit, amisso exercitu?
39675	**** And he stood, and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, why are ye come out to set your battle in array?
39675	--"Did he say so?"
39675	--"How so,"inquired the widow--"did you deliver my message correctly?"
39675	--"That is my business,"Mr. Hill replied.--"Then,"said Dr. Byles--"will you go with me, and still my wife?"
39675	--"Why so?"
39675	13,"_ will pity a charmer, that is bitten with a serpent_?"
39675	A great many ask me what color of clothes and horses will be lucky for them?
39675	Am not I a Philistine, and ye servants of Saul?
39675	And what followeth?
39675	And why should he distress himself so needlessly, in regard to the second?
39675	Are you not ashamed of yourself, to talk in this cruel way?
39675	Can not cases innumerable be stated, to prove, that it is not?
39675	Can there be no such thing as a wise and prudent government, because Pompey has been often mistaken, even Cato sometimes, and yourself, now and then?
39675	Did not the Guerriere sail up and down the American coast, with her name, written on her flag, challenging those fir frigates?
39675	Did the dead bury the dead?
39675	Dr. Byles called on Mr. Hill, and inquired--"Do you still?"
39675	Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality?
39675	Follow the tetotum doctor, and swallow a purge, if P. come uppermost?
39675	Have men agreed to banish from society every man, who refuses to fight a duel, when summoned to that refreshing amusement?
39675	Henry._ How fares my lord?
39675	How was it done?
39675	How, thought I, can I meet my beloved Chuang- tsze, in the garments of heaviness?
39675	If the reader is good at conundrums, will he be so obliging as to_ guess_, upon what evidence the worthy professor grounds this assertion?
39675	Is this a fact?
39675	On their way from church--"Molly,"said the bridegroom,"whereabouts is your ticket, with that fortunate number?"
39675	Or shall we follow the example of the mutual admiration society, and get up a mutual physicking association?
39675	Or shall we go for the doctor, who works the cheapest?
39675	Or whence this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into naught?
39675	Secondly: shall we give up the itinerant system, and have a market- house, on_ any_ conditions?
39675	Shall we say that God hath joined error, fraud, unfitness, wrath, contention, perpetual loneliness, perpetual discord?
39675	Surprised by his behavior, she called him to her private apartment--"Well,"said she,"have you executed the business, which I gave you in charge?"
39675	The question naturally arises, and, rather distrustingly, demands an answer-- what was"_ the celebrated Mather Byles_"--celebrated for?
39675	The question recurs-- what shall be done, for the correction of this increasing evil?
39675	The seal was broken, and there was the melon seed, in a blank envelope--"And what, sir, am I to understand by this?"
39675	The sentiment of Horace applies not here--------------ridentem dicere verum Quid vetat?
39675	There were two questions before the meeting-- first: shall a vote of thanks be passed to Peter Faneuil, for his liberal offer?
39675	They were sure to gain no reputation in the contest; and, if they failed, what was their lot?
39675	This greatly excited the ire of his wife--"How dare you talk in this outrageous manner,"said she,"of the whole sex?
39675	Was there a man in the country, who did not despise the American navy?
39675	Was there a public writer beside myself, who did not doom that navy to destruction in a month?
39675	What is then the part of wisdom?
39675	What shall we do?
39675	What, then, is there no such thing as military skill, because a great commander lately fled, and lost his army?
39675	Who ever heard of a truly faithful wuzzeer, that, after the death of his master, served another prince?
39675	Who has not seen a fire rekindle,_ sua sponte_, after the officious bellows have, apparently, extinguished the last spark?
39675	Who is so dull of hearing, as not to catch the context of those dying words?
39675	Whoever heard of a widower being burnt or even scorched, on a similar occasion?
39675	Will you have me?"
39675	_ An Medicina, ars non putanda est, quam tamen multa fallunt?
39675	and for issuing a privilege to our frigates to run away from one of those_ fir things with a bit of striped bunting at its mast head_?
39675	aut cruciet, quod Vellicet absentem Demetrius?
39675	aut quod ineptus Fannius Hermogenis lædat conviva Tigelli?
39675	canst thou hear me?
38588	And so you do not consider the laying on of a Bishop''s hand necessary, to empower a man to preach the Gospel?
38588	And such it is,said he--"did you not hear my bell?"
38588	And why not, my son?
38588	Did you say all? 38588 Do you consider the Apostolical succession broken off, at the time of Dr. Freeman''s ordination?"
38588	How many corpses have you lifted, my old friend, in your six and thirty years of office?
38588	I have lived long-- did you count the strokes of my bell?
38588	If the crime was committed with a knife, or with the fists, how could it be committed with a hammer?
38588	Is n''t it a perfect pink, papa?
38588	Martin,said I,"I have always thought highly of your good opinion; but what can I say-- how can I serve you?"
38588	Perhaps not,I replied,"but now that you are dead, dear Martin, for Heaven''s sake, what''s the use of it?"
38588	This?
38588	WHAT SHALL BE DONE WITH OUR CRIMINALS?
38588	Was there ever anything like this?
38588	What is it, dear mother?
38588	What, Peter?
38588	When are you going to skin Granny?
38588	Where is your father?
38588	Why, grandfather will be there, will he not?
38588	_ Your_ bell?
38588	--"Have you any other burden upon your conscience?"
38588	--"Is it unpleasant?"
38588	--"No postponement, on account of the weather?"
38588	--"Well, Martin,"said I,"what more?"
38588	--"What is it?"
38588	--"What,"I inquired,"at this time of night?"
38588	--------"Is your name Shylock?
38588	21,_ My friends, there is no such thing as a friend_?
38588	3, to have proclaimed that man happy, who had found even_ the shadow of a friend_?
38588	73, p. 466, exclaims--"To what does it go?
38588	A creditor, having often knocked, and becoming impatient, knocked more violently;"will not your master see me?"
38588	All this I am ready to vouch for-- but, for what purpose, do you ask me to go with you?"
38588	And how did he receive them?
38588	And how shall_ we_ deal with the dead?
38588	And now the reader will inquire, what relation has this statement to the catacombs?
38588	And what will he not do, to work out this species of salvation, with fear and trembling?
38588	And whom does it benefit?
38588	Are these the words of truth and soberness?
38588	But are we not all liable to mistakes?
38588	By whom?
38588	Can you not remember, that you yourself, when a boy, were saluted now and then, with the title of"proper plague"--"devil''s bird"--or"little Pickle?"
38588	Caner?"
38588	Colvin gazed upon the chains, and asked--''What is that for?''
38588	Dreams are marvellous things, certainly-- all this was a dream, I suppose-- for, if it was not-- what was it?
38588	Have n''t we lifted, head and foot, together, for six and thirty years?"
38588	How can I make thee amends?''
38588	How shall_ we_ deal with the dead?
38588	How should you like that, gentlemen?''
38588	I ask, in reference to this quotation from Croese, the same question?
38588	If he shall be proved to be innocent, who will not blush, that has contributed to fill the atmosphere, with a presentiment of this poor man''s guilt?
38588	In answer to the question, how slavery had been abolished in Massachusetts?
38588	In the course of the trial, Robinson said to Penn--"_You have been as bad as other folks_"--to which Penn replied--"_When and where?
38588	Is it not wise, and natural, and profitable, for the pilgrim to pause, and mark his lessening way?
38588	It need not be long, said one-- a line apiece, said the second-- shall I begin?
38588	Now I ask, in the name of historical truth, if Mr. Macaulay is sustained in his assertion, by Bonrepaux?
38588	Of what surgeon have I received a fee, for a skeleton, to blind mine eyes withal?
38588	Oh, hell- kite, all?
38588	So much for glory-- and what then?
38588	Starting suddenly, I beheld the well known features of an old acquaintance and fellow- spadesman--"Don''t you know me?"
38588	The courtly Quaker, therefore, did his best to seduce the college from the path of right."--Therefore!--Wherefore?
38588	The question is still before us,--How shall_ we_ deal with the dead?
38588	The question was not--"_can these dry bones live?_"--but are they the bones of the murdered Colvin?
38588	The work of corruption has gone forward-- the gases have escaped-- how and whither?
38588	This chivalry of the South-- what is it?
38588	This is well.--_Burials in tombs_ are still allowed.--Why?
38588	Turning his head to me, he said softly,''Dear father, hast thou no hope for me?''
38588	Well: what is Mr. Macaulay''s authority for this?
38588	What is an herse of wax?
38588	What is the necessity of going back to the time of Draco, 624 years before Christ, for examples of inhuman, and absurdly inconsistent legislation?
38588	What shall we do to be saved?
38588	What sort of a Judge is this?
38588	What then shall be done?
38588	What was Solon, in comparison with David Crockett-- we are sure we are right, and why should we not go ahead?
38588	What will not such a man occasionally do, rather than submit gracefully, under such a trial, to the will of God?
38588	What, all my pretty chickens and their dam, At one fell swoop?"
38588	What, all?
38588	What_ seduction_?
38588	When that extraordinary man, Sir Thomas Browne, exclaimed, in his Hydriotaphia,"who knows the fate of his bones or how oft he shall be buried?
38588	Whence com''st thou, that thou art so fresh and fine?
38588	Wherein was ever the sin or the shame of negotiating, between the buccaneers of the Tortugas, and the parents of captive children, for their ransom?
38588	Who hath the oracle of his ashes, or whither they are to be scattered?"
38588	Who hath the oracle of his ashes, or whither they are to be scattered?"
38588	Who shall decide the question of_ nudum pactum_ or not?
38588	Who shall presume to say that contract is void, for want of consideration, or because the subject is_ malum in se_?
38588	Why charge such a man with_ malice prepense_?
38588	Why continue to bury in tombs?
38588	Why say, that he was_ instigated by the devil_?
38588	before us, as blotted all over, with official piracy and judicial murder?
38588	what are these boys here for?''