The Spirit of the English MagazinesMonroe and Francis, 1825 |
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... gave her - a grave ! and her lips seemed like twin buds , whose loveliness. * * * * * THE imagination of a youthful poet could scarcely picture a more lovely spot than that chosen for the cottage of old Richard Alleyn . It was bosomed in ...
... gave her - a grave ! and her lips seemed like twin buds , whose loveliness. * * * * * THE imagination of a youthful poet could scarcely picture a more lovely spot than that chosen for the cottage of old Richard Alleyn . It was bosomed in ...
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... gave up the tumultuous cares and heartless enjoyments of the world for the calm and quiet seclusion of do- mestic life . Ellen was their only child , she was the child of their hope and their affections , and the harbin- ger of ...
... gave up the tumultuous cares and heartless enjoyments of the world for the calm and quiet seclusion of do- mestic life . Ellen was their only child , she was the child of their hope and their affections , and the harbin- ger of ...
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... gave the word of command , " los , " and immediately our youths began playing with consummate skill . The first round produced nothing . † A second and third were chalked off . On the fourth , however , the Baron received a slight wound ...
... gave the word of command , " los , " and immediately our youths began playing with consummate skill . The first round produced nothing . † A second and third were chalked off . On the fourth , however , the Baron received a slight wound ...
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... gave the boy a few sous , and went out repeating , " La Canaille où se nichera - t - elle ? " * Madam , I don't belong to the mob of the common chimney - sweepers . I am at- tached to the establishment of a chimney - doctor , and am not ...
... gave the boy a few sous , and went out repeating , " La Canaille où se nichera - t - elle ? " * Madam , I don't belong to the mob of the common chimney - sweepers . I am at- tached to the establishment of a chimney - doctor , and am not ...
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... gave a concert on the first night that Catalani appeared af- ter her return to England , at which all the principal singers in London , many of the opera band , and the op- era dancers ( who danced a ballet ) , were engaged . The cost ...
... gave a concert on the first night that Catalani appeared af- ter her return to England , at which all the principal singers in London , many of the opera band , and the op- era dancers ( who danced a ballet ) , were engaged . The cost ...
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Page 212 - Soon shall thy arm, unconquered Steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded, bear The flying chariot through the fields of air.
Page 195 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Page 186 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Page 358 - I am Retired Leisure. I am to be met with in trim gardens. I am already come to be known by my vacant face and careless gesture, perambulating at no fixed pace nor with any settled purpose.
Page 317 - Time all to himself. It seemed to me that I had more time on my hands than I could ever manage. From a poor man, poor in Time, I was suddenly lifted up into a vast revenue ; I could see no end of my possessions: I wanted some steward, or judicious bailiff, to manage my estates in Time for me. And...
Page 318 - And here let me caution persons grown old in active business, not lightly, nor without weighing their own resources, to forego their customary employment all at once, for there may be danger in it.
Page 358 - I can visit a sick friend. I can interrupt the man of much occupation when he is busiest. I can insult over him with an invitation to take a day's pleasure with me to Windsor this fine May morning. It is Lucretian pleasure to behold the poor drudges, whom I have left behind in the world carking and caring, like horses in a mill, drudging on in the same eternal round— and what is it all for?
Page 476 - Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place; The white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door; The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...
Page 317 - For the first day or two I felt stunned — overwhelmed. I could only apprehend my felicity ; I was too confused to taste it sincerely. I wandered about, thinking I was happy, and knowing that I was not. I was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastile, suddenly let loose after a forty years
Page 424 - How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to himself! he is his own exclusive object. Supreme selfishness is inculcated upon him as his only duty. "Tis the Two Tables of the Law to him. He has nothing to think of but how to get well.