The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Band 1J. Limbird, 1823 |
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... caused the present one to be erected . He certainly has tacked himself to Joe Miller by his explanation at the bottom of the stone ; and probably hopes , and in some degree deserves , to share a lit- tle of his immortality ; though at ...
... caused the present one to be erected . He certainly has tacked himself to Joe Miller by his explanation at the bottom of the stone ; and probably hopes , and in some degree deserves , to share a lit- tle of his immortality ; though at ...
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... cause of separation be tween brothers ; and as they are both the same , they think the wives would not be able to distinguish each other's husband , and preserve their chastity . One day a milkman was passing by their door with a pot of ...
... cause of separation be tween brothers ; and as they are both the same , they think the wives would not be able to distinguish each other's husband , and preserve their chastity . One day a milkman was passing by their door with a pot of ...
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... cause of humanity endeared him to the public , and particularly to his con- stituents , the freeholders of Yorkshire , which he represented for nearly thirty years ; and in the great contest which took place in 1807 , a contest which is ...
... cause of humanity endeared him to the public , and particularly to his con- stituents , the freeholders of Yorkshire , which he represented for nearly thirty years ; and in the great contest which took place in 1807 , a contest which is ...
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... cause , The worst has merits , and the best has flaws ; Five guineas make a criminal to - day , And ten , to - morrow , wipe the stain away . But then , whatever may be the portion of truth contained in the aforesaid af- firmation , the ...
... cause , The worst has merits , and the best has flaws ; Five guineas make a criminal to - day , And ten , to - morrow , wipe the stain away . But then , whatever may be the portion of truth contained in the aforesaid af- firmation , the ...
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... causes , con- tain animals unknown to its surface , waters , or if ever , rarely seen by hu- man eye , But when a creature is pre- sented to us , having no other organi- zation but that which is suitable to a medium always open to our ...
... causes , con- tain animals unknown to its surface , waters , or if ever , rarely seen by hu- man eye , But when a creature is pre- sented to us , having no other organi- zation but that which is suitable to a medium always open to our ...
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Seite 87 - She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat, like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Seite 191 - Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast : for it is the number of a man ; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Seite 289 - But yesterday, the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Seite 303 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Seite 261 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Seite 357 - Ye* ! where is he, the champion and the child Of all that's great or little, wise or wild ; Whose game was empires, and whose stakes were thrones ; Whose table earth— whose dice were human bones?
Seite 153 - And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process: And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
Seite 418 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and...
Seite 220 - Jeffery, with the first fire, shot his antagonist dead. This happened in France, whither he had attended his mistress in the troubles. He was again taken prisoner by a Turkish rover, and sold into Barbary.
Seite 152 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...