The Mirror: A Periodical Paper Published in Edinburgh in the Years 1779 and 1780, Band 2J. Richardson, 1822 |
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... own minds to be one of the best preparatives , as well as one of the best rewards , of virtue . Nor has Nature given us this propensity in vain . From this the principle of patriotism has its earliest source 28 61 . THE MIRROR .
... own minds to be one of the best preparatives , as well as one of the best rewards , of virtue . Nor has Nature given us this propensity in vain . From this the principle of patriotism has its earliest source 28 61 . THE MIRROR .
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... given by the intendant . The company was very numerous ; and , several foreigners happening to be present , the na- tives vied with each other in displaying their own importance . The conversation chanced to turn on the campaign of ...
... given by the intendant . The company was very numerous ; and , several foreigners happening to be present , the na- tives vied with each other in displaying their own importance . The conversation chanced to turn on the campaign of ...
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... given to some of the greatest men in this country . The ambition natural to my age and complexion prompted me to desire this honour ; which , however , I purchased at the price of a good deal of embarrass- ment and uneasiness . Nothing ...
... given to some of the greatest men in this country . The ambition natural to my age and complexion prompted me to desire this honour ; which , however , I purchased at the price of a good deal of embarrass- ment and uneasiness . Nothing ...
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... given to letters from several persons of my sex emboldens me to address myself to you , and to lay before you a kind of distress , of which neither you , nor any of your predecessors , as far as I can recollect , have taken notice . It ...
... given to letters from several persons of my sex emboldens me to address myself to you , and to lay before you a kind of distress , of which neither you , nor any of your predecessors , as far as I can recollect , have taken notice . It ...
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... given us in her own conversation ; but we see it more completely finished and filled up , indirectly indeed , but not less distinctly , in the conduct of Richard . She is represented of a mind altogether frivolous , the prey of vanity ...
... given us in her own conversation ; but we see it more completely finished and filled up , indirectly indeed , but not less distinctly , in the conduct of Richard . She is represented of a mind altogether frivolous , the prey of vanity ...
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acquaintance acquired admiration Æsop affection agreeable allowed amidst amusement Antonio appearance attended battle of Culloden beauty called character circumstances companions conduct conversation daugh death dinner disposition dreams eclogue elegant Emilia endeavoured engaged entertainment equally fashion father favour FEBRUARY 19 feelings flattered fortune frequently friends friendship genius gentleman George Manly give happy heard honour humour indulgence JANUARY 15 JANUARY 23 ladies learned lived lively colours look Louisa manner marriage melancholy Melfort ment merit mind MIRROR nature nerally ness never nonsense verses object obliged observed opinion paper passions perhaps persons Phædo pleasure possessed racter received remarkable satire of Juvenal SATURDAY scenes Scotland seemed sentiments sign-post Sir Edward sister situation society sometimes soon sort spirit taste TATLER thing thought tion torrent streams town TUESDAY Umphraville virtue wife wish writing young
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Seite 266 - And will he not come again? And will he not come again? No, no, he is dead; Go to thy death-bed, He never will come again. His beard was as white as snow All flaxen was his poll, He is gone, he is gone, And we cast away moan: God ha
Seite 180 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Seite 95 - Through dreary wastes, and weep each other's woe, Where, round some mouldering tower, pale ivy creeps, And low-brow'd rocks hang nodding o'er the deeps. Sudden you mount, you beckon from the skies ; Clouds interpose, waves roar, and winds arise.
Seite 177 - Were I a father, I should take a particular care to preserve my children from these little horrors of imagination, which they are apt to contract when they are young, and are not able to shake off when they are in years.
Seite 180 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Seite 263 - The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: — the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Seite 261 - O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown! The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's, eye, tongue, sword; The expectancy and rose of the fair state, The glass of fashion and the mould of form, The observed of all observers, quite, quite down!
Seite 262 - The time is out of joint ; — Oh cursed spite ! That ever I was born to set it right ! Nay, come, let's go together.
Seite 134 - And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
Seite 323 - if Louisa will accept of it, may sometimes put her in mind of him who once offended, who can never cease to adore her. She may look on it, perhaps, after the original is no more ; when this heart shall have forgot to love, and cease to be wretched.