The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 1J. Limbird, 1823 |
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... meet with it for the first time to decide . For a view of the nature and extent of its miscel- laneous contents , he will only refer to the Index , and to the List of the Embellishments , the whole of which have been expressly engraved ...
... meet with it for the first time to decide . For a view of the nature and extent of its miscel- laneous contents , he will only refer to the Index , and to the List of the Embellishments , the whole of which have been expressly engraved ...
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... meet with success from their generous and wise rulers . TWIN BROTHERS . In the famous town of Calcutta there are two twin brothers , Cossy and Crishno , at Simlah , who are so alike that no one can discover any difference between them ...
... meet with success from their generous and wise rulers . TWIN BROTHERS . In the famous town of Calcutta there are two twin brothers , Cossy and Crishno , at Simlah , who are so alike that no one can discover any difference between them ...
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... meet the citizens about all such matters , and take advice thereon . " Thursday , 31 , went to Bath ; Mr. Ashe preached . Dined at the George Inn , with the mayor and four citizens ; spent at dinner six shillings in wine . Laid out in ...
... meet the citizens about all such matters , and take advice thereon . " Thursday , 31 , went to Bath ; Mr. Ashe preached . Dined at the George Inn , with the mayor and four citizens ; spent at dinner six shillings in wine . Laid out in ...
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... meet- ing of the Parliament , happily seized on by Mr. Curran , who dwelt on it with infinite humour . “ What , Mr. Speaker , " said he , " must be the alarm and con- sternation of the whole country , when they saw these hordes of ...
... meet- ing of the Parliament , happily seized on by Mr. Curran , who dwelt on it with infinite humour . “ What , Mr. Speaker , " said he , " must be the alarm and con- sternation of the whole country , when they saw these hordes of ...
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... meet , when the necessary contracts are drawn up ; the presents , ornaments , and other advantages proposed by the bride- groom's parents discussed and arranged ; and when all is finally settled , the papers are sealed and witnessed ...
... meet , when the necessary contracts are drawn up ; the presents , ornaments , and other advantages proposed by the bride- groom's parents discussed and arranged ; and when all is finally settled , the papers are sealed and witnessed ...
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Página 87 - She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat, like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
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Página 289 - But yesterday, the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Página 303 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Página 261 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Página 357 - Ye* ! where is he, the champion and the child Of all that's great or little, wise or wild ; Whose game was empires, and whose stakes were thrones ; Whose table earth— whose dice were human bones?
Página 153 - And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process: And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
Página 418 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and...
Página 220 - Jeffery, with the first fire, shot his antagonist dead. This happened in France, whither he had attended his mistress in the troubles. He was again taken prisoner by a Turkish rover, and sold into Barbary.
Página 152 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...