The Parlour Portfolio, Or, Post-chaise Companion: Being a Selection of the Most Amusing and Interesting Articles and Anecdotes that Have Appeared in the Magazines, Newspapers, and Other Daily and Periodical Journals, from the Year 1700, to the Present Time, Volume 2Matthew Iley, and sold, 1820 |
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Página 43
... thou soon shalt prove Thy M - st - ' s strange reverse , and turning fate ; " Tis the command of just imperial Jove ... thou , thy father , wife , in humblest cot , The poorest , slenderest morsel - might partake ? And wilt thou , Cyrus ...
... thou soon shalt prove Thy M - st - ' s strange reverse , and turning fate ; " Tis the command of just imperial Jove ... thou , thy father , wife , in humblest cot , The poorest , slenderest morsel - might partake ? And wilt thou , Cyrus ...
Página 44
... thou , Cyrus - like , still thirst for blood ? See ! the avenging arm uprais'd on high , In sweeping wind , in all - devouring flood ! Oh , quit thy murderous path , and try the good Which springs from tenderest humanity ! But vain the ...
... thou , Cyrus - like , still thirst for blood ? See ! the avenging arm uprais'd on high , In sweeping wind , in all - devouring flood ! Oh , quit thy murderous path , and try the good Which springs from tenderest humanity ! But vain the ...
Página 84
... thou dear leafy grove , Where Sol cannot peep with a ray ; ' Mong woodbines and myrtles I'd rove , Alone wear the moments away . All panting , & c . Then , Strephon , oh come thee not nigh ! Thy light I'm not able to bear ; In vain from ...
... thou dear leafy grove , Where Sol cannot peep with a ray ; ' Mong woodbines and myrtles I'd rove , Alone wear the moments away . All panting , & c . Then , Strephon , oh come thee not nigh ! Thy light I'm not able to bear ; In vain from ...
Página 90
... thou ar- rived ? Well , I am very glad to see you ; and since you were an adept at speech - making in the other world , especially to your sovereign , who › gave you no answer , you may depend I shall not treat you so . Pray , what news ...
... thou ar- rived ? Well , I am very glad to see you ; and since you were an adept at speech - making in the other world , especially to your sovereign , who › gave you no answer , you may depend I shall not treat you so . Pray , what news ...
Página 130
... thou knock ? thou having the keys may'st unlock the gate and enter ? " The Pope replied , saying , " That his predecessors had the keys , but since their time the wards were altered . " Extract from the Hugonot , Tuesday , May 22.— The ...
... thou knock ? thou having the keys may'st unlock the gate and enter ? " The Pope replied , saying , " That his predecessors had the keys , but since their time the wards were altered . " Extract from the Hugonot , Tuesday , May 22.— The ...
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Página 132 - And but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not, now. And but for that chill changeless brow, Where cold Obstruction's apathy Appals the gazing mourner's heart...
Página 132 - Such is the aspect of this shore; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there.
Página 350 - The school-boy whips his taxed top ; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon that has paid fifteen per cent., flings himself back upon his...
Página 359 - O God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul !' This was followed by a general laugh.
Página 266 - The flash of Wit, the bright Intelligence, The beam of Song, the blaze of Eloquence, Set with their Sun, but still have left behind The enduring produce of immortal Mind ; Fruits of a genial morn, and glorious noon, A deathless part of him who died too soon.
Página 133 - Here is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath : But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue that haunts it to the tomb, Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away, Spark of that flame perchance of heavenly birth, Which gleams, but warms no more its cherished earth.
Página 51 - Is it a fiend that to a stake Of fire his desperate self is tethering ? Or stubborn spirit doomed to yell In solitary ward or cell, Ten thousand miles from all his brethren.
Página 265 - WHEN the last sunshine of expiring day In summer's twilight weeps itself away, Who hath not felt the softness of the hour Sink on the heart, as dew along the flower? With a pure feeling which absorbs and awes While nature makes that melancholy pause, Her breathing moment on the bridge where Time Of light and darkness forms an arch sublime.
Página 352 - Love in my bosom like a bee Doth suck his sweet: Now with his wings he plays with me, Now with his feet. Within mine eyes he makes his nest, His bed amidst my tender breast; My kisses are his daily feast, And yet he robs me of my rest. Ah, wanton, will ye?
Página 349 - ... that comes from abroad or is grown at home ; taxes on the raw material ; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man...