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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... eyes ; namely , gentle and consoling piety , which raises him up to the author of his being , and the love of country , which extends and enlarges his existence , by associating his fate with that of a great number of his fellow - crea ...
... eyes ; namely , gentle and consoling piety , which raises him up to the author of his being , and the love of country , which extends and enlarges his existence , by associating his fate with that of a great number of his fellow - crea ...
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... eye - brows were as dark as the keen and piercing black eyes which they shaded ; " and in a few pages farther , he says , " while an observing glance of the most shrewd penetration shot from under the penthouse of his shaggy white eye ...
... eye - brows were as dark as the keen and piercing black eyes which they shaded ; " and in a few pages farther , he says , " while an observing glance of the most shrewd penetration shot from under the penthouse of his shaggy white eye ...
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... eyes , commonły termed crows ' feet - must have caught cold - began to talk politics , and shirk the drawing room - eulogized Gar- rick - saw nothing in Kean - talked of Lord North - wondered at the licentious- ness of the modern press ...
... eyes , commonły termed crows ' feet - must have caught cold - began to talk politics , and shirk the drawing room - eulogized Gar- rick - saw nothing in Kean - talked of Lord North - wondered at the licentious- ness of the modern press ...
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... eyes of any people , without producing a great effect on their character . The same considerations are applicable to the effects of popular ballads upon the most numerous classes of society , even in civilized nations . They , like the ...
... eyes of any people , without producing a great effect on their character . The same considerations are applicable to the effects of popular ballads upon the most numerous classes of society , even in civilized nations . They , like the ...
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... eye - his supple limb - and most undoubted laugh - What decay on earth can have mastered all these ? —Go to ! -- He is not retired ! -We will not believe August . The ghost of John Knox it . Yet , alack ! his name is not in the makes ...
... eye - his supple limb - and most undoubted laugh - What decay on earth can have mastered all these ? —Go to ! -- He is not retired ! -We will not believe August . The ghost of John Knox it . Yet , alack ! his name is not in the makes ...
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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.