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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... play was ; she had neither friend nor companion ; her character was formed in a school of constant self denial , till she had grown in- sensible to privation . She expected nothing she required nothing . Her father died with blessings ...
... play was ; she had neither friend nor companion ; her character was formed in a school of constant self denial , till she had grown in- sensible to privation . She expected nothing she required nothing . Her father died with blessings ...
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... play , nor yet to sing , but she had a sweet voice , and a correct ear , and she never made a false note . This was her song : - " Beautiful flowers of early Spring , Ye have faded and passed away ! Like a gentle bird with a broken wing ...
... play , nor yet to sing , but she had a sweet voice , and a correct ear , and she never made a false note . This was her song : - " Beautiful flowers of early Spring , Ye have faded and passed away ! Like a gentle bird with a broken wing ...
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... to strap on his knapsack - he is ready for the road . The band play " Over the hills and far away " -confiding housemaids blubber in the attic windows - while he , the deceiver , with his G goods and chattels on his back , steps out like.
... to strap on his knapsack - he is ready for the road . The band play " Over the hills and far away " -confiding housemaids blubber in the attic windows - while he , the deceiver , with his G goods and chattels on his back , steps out like.
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... play of the features could have been distinctly seen by the spectators at so great a distance from the actor . The ancients derived an advantage from the concavity of their masks , which served to augment the sound of the voice ; this ...
... play of the features could have been distinctly seen by the spectators at so great a distance from the actor . The ancients derived an advantage from the concavity of their masks , which served to augment the sound of the voice ; this ...
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... play is high enough , at any rate ! -you have staked a franc , and won a Napoleon ! " " It is not won yet , " thought Ellen ; " but if I know anything of the game the prize falls to - night . " And her thought was true : that very night ...
... play is high enough , at any rate ! -you have staked a franc , and won a Napoleon ! " " It is not won yet , " thought Ellen ; " but if I know anything of the game the prize falls to - night . " And her thought was true : that very night ...
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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.