The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and InstructionJ. Limbird, 1848 Containing original essays; historical narratives, biographical memoirs, sketches of society, topographical descriptions, novels and tales, anecdotes, select extracts from new and expensive works, the spirit of the public journals, discoveries in the arts and sciences, useful domestic hints, etc. etc. etc. |
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... look sinister , his conversation without interest , his commerce unsafe . Suspicious to excess , he watched what was said rather than listened . He had no knowledge of the exact sciences ; scarcely did he know the simple rules of ...
... look sinister , his conversation without interest , his commerce unsafe . Suspicious to excess , he watched what was said rather than listened . He had no knowledge of the exact sciences ; scarcely did he know the simple rules of ...
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... look about for some employment . There was also the little furniture of the humble cot- tage , which her father had recommended her to sell , in order that with the proceeds she might repair her scanty wardrobe , and make a decent ...
... look about for some employment . There was also the little furniture of the humble cot- tage , which her father had recommended her to sell , in order that with the proceeds she might repair her scanty wardrobe , and make a decent ...
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... look that spoke the determination of each to be firm and faithful . Judgment was soon pronounced ; they were condemned to die on the scaffold ; an interval of four - and - twenty hours only being allowed them for preparation . They ...
... look that spoke the determination of each to be firm and faithful . Judgment was soon pronounced ; they were condemned to die on the scaffold ; an interval of four - and - twenty hours only being allowed them for preparation . They ...
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... look , my dear Gondicarius , when having told her one day that he was going to step out for half an hour with his friends , and requested her to set the wine on the table in the interim , she assured him on his return that she had ...
... look , my dear Gondicarius , when having told her one day that he was going to step out for half an hour with his friends , and requested her to set the wine on the table in the interim , she assured him on his return that she had ...
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... look before and after , And pine for what is not . ' And to intrude yet one more quotation - a trite one , I confess- " " Tis distance lends enchantment to the view . " We talk of " the cares of the man , " as though the cares of ...
... look before and after , And pine for what is not . ' And to intrude yet one more quotation - a trite one , I confess- " " Tis distance lends enchantment to the view . " We talk of " the cares of the man , " as though the cares of ...
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Abd-el-Kader Abou-Cazem actors admiration answered Antonio Perez appeared Aristotle beautiful Ben Ledi called Cecil character Charles Kean charming child colliers Countess of Blessington cried crime dark dear death delight dramatic earth effect Ellen exclaimed eyes Fanny father favour fear feelings French gentle gentleman gibbet give Grayster hand happy head heard heart Heaven Hector Berlioz honour hope hour Jarrow Jenny Lind king lady Lascelles light Loch Earn look Lord Lucy Maimonides Majesty's Theatre masks means meerschaum mind morning mother mountain murderer nature never night noble once opera pantomimes passed passion Paul Pevensey poor possessed present racters rendered replied Robespierre round scarcely scene seemed Sims Reeves smile soon soul spirit stood talents theatre thee thing thou thought truth voice whole wife Wilkinson woman words young youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 158 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Seite 160 - Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince ; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest ! Why does the drum come hither ? [March within.
Seite 159 - Hath seal'd thee for herself; for thou hast been <» As one, in suffering all, that suffers nothing, A man that fortune's buffets and rewards Hath ta'en with equal thanks : and blest are those Whose blood and judgment are so well commingled That they are not a pipe for Fortune's finger To sound what stop she please.
Seite 56 - For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of Him who hath subjected the same in hope ; Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Seite 310 - Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
Seite 322 - Who flagged upon Bochastle's heath, Who shunned to stem the flooded Teith, For twice that day from shore to shore The gallant stag swam stoutly o'er. Few were the stragglers, following far, That reached the lake of Vennachar; And when the Brigg of Turk was won, The headmost horseman rode alone.
Seite 156 - We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he, to-day that sheds his blood with me, Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England, now a-bed, Shall think themselves accurs'd, they were not here; And hold their manhoods cheap, while any speaks, That fought with us upon saint Crispin's day.
Seite 132 - Philip thought (as many have thought before and since) that he had a right to do what he pleased with his own.
Seite 235 - ... called wheaten flour, which the cooks do mingle with water, eggs, spice, and other tragical, magical enchantments, and then they put it by little and little into a frying-pan of boiling suet, where it makes a confused dismal hissing (like the...
Seite 159 - That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.