The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Band 3J. Limbird, 1824 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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... attended , and the piazza was perfectly full of people of all descriptions . Mr. and Mrs. and some company which we had that day at dinner , came all down to pay their respects . They drank a glass of wine with the sovereigns , and ...
... attended , and the piazza was perfectly full of people of all descriptions . Mr. and Mrs. and some company which we had that day at dinner , came all down to pay their respects . They drank a glass of wine with the sovereigns , and ...
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... attended by a large retinue , hand- somely cloathed ; and if he met an elderly citizen ill - clad , he directed one of his attendants to change cloaks with him . To the indigent of higher rank he was equally attentive , lending or ...
... attended by a large retinue , hand- somely cloathed ; and if he met an elderly citizen ill - clad , he directed one of his attendants to change cloaks with him . To the indigent of higher rank he was equally attentive , lending or ...
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... attended by a single knight only , she sent him the means of providing a retinue more worthy of a British monarch . He has an interview with the King of France ( Aganippus ) , whose aid to recover his kingdom he implores . The French ...
... attended by a single knight only , she sent him the means of providing a retinue more worthy of a British monarch . He has an interview with the King of France ( Aganippus ) , whose aid to recover his kingdom he implores . The French ...
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... attended by Tyrrel , whose state of mind seemed scarce more com- posed than that of the unhappy patient . The oddities of Mrs. Dods were merely the rust which had accumulated upon her character , but without impairing its na- tive ...
... attended by Tyrrel , whose state of mind seemed scarce more com- posed than that of the unhappy patient . The oddities of Mrs. Dods were merely the rust which had accumulated upon her character , but without impairing its na- tive ...
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... attending a large community , crime and depredations may be more frequent , yet moral , humane , and benevolent insti- tutions have increased in an equal pro- portion ; and if vice abounds more in London than formerly , grace abounds ...
... attending a large community , crime and depredations may be more frequent , yet moral , humane , and benevolent insti- tutions have increased in an equal pro- portion ; and if vice abounds more in London than formerly , grace abounds ...
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Seite 343 - The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Seite 343 - The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea. And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free, For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave.
Seite 138 - And hitting and splitting, And shining and twining, And rattling and battling, And shaking and quaking, And pouring and roaring, And waving and raving...
Seite 373 - The man, whose eye Is ever on himself, doth look on one, The least of nature's works, one who might move The wise man to that scorn which wisdom holds Unlawful, ever.
Seite 228 - May the great God, whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet! For myself individually, I commit my life to Him that made me; and may His blessing alight on my endeavours for serving my country faithfully!
Seite 118 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Seite 343 - Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep; There, swan-like, let me sing and die: A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine— Dash down yon cup of Samian wine!
Seite 343 - And where are they? and where art thou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine?
Seite 116 - Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O LORD; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Seite 340 - The whole distance, from the place whence we started to our landing on the other side, including the length we were carried by the current, was computed by those on board the frigate at upwards of four English miles ; though the actual breadth is barely one.