Spirit of the English Magazines, Volumen14Munroe and Francis, 1824 |
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... took off his head . Soon after this event Rudolph him- self returned home : but how ? Not , as he had fondly anticipated , in the bril- liant decorations of a distinguished of- ficer ; but as a prisoner in close cus- tody in a transport ...
... took off his head . Soon after this event Rudolph him- self returned home : but how ? Not , as he had fondly anticipated , in the bril- liant decorations of a distinguished of- ficer ; but as a prisoner in close cus- tody in a transport ...
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... the smoke arose the figure of his murdered wife , who seemed to chase him from one corner of the room to another , until at length she came and took a seat at the fire- ORIGINAL ANECDOTES OF SAILORS . * ( Literary Gazette . The Dice . 21.
... the smoke arose the figure of his murdered wife , who seemed to chase him from one corner of the room to another , until at length she came and took a seat at the fire- ORIGINAL ANECDOTES OF SAILORS . * ( Literary Gazette . The Dice . 21.
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... took Schroll aside ; and the old threat of revealing the murder so utterly disheartened him , that at length in despair he consented to his terms . Once more , therefore , the dice were to be tried ; but only for the purpose of ...
... took Schroll aside ; and the old threat of revealing the murder so utterly disheartened him , that at length in despair he consented to his terms . Once more , therefore , the dice were to be tried ; but only for the purpose of ...
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... took a brace of pistols from his pocket , and pointing one at each of them , ex- claimed - ' I am an Englishman ; and if you do not put me on board my ship , without delay , I will blow your brains out . ' With which the Frenchmen ...
... took a brace of pistols from his pocket , and pointing one at each of them , ex- claimed - ' I am an Englishman ; and if you do not put me on board my ship , without delay , I will blow your brains out . ' With which the Frenchmen ...
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... took place on the 4th of the following month . It is a singular coincidence of events , that Captain Harvey , and Cap- tain Hutt , of the Queen , were compan- ions in a post - chaise from London , on joining their respective ships ...
... took place on the 4th of the following month . It is a singular coincidence of events , that Captain Harvey , and Cap- tain Hutt , of the Queen , were compan- ions in a post - chaise from London , on joining their respective ships ...
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Página 102 - ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time ! I saw the last of human mould That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime...
Página 103 - ... curtain fall Upon the stage of men. Nor with thy rising beams recall Life's tragedy again: Its piteous pageants bring not back, Nor waken flesh, upon the rack Of pain anew to writhe; Stretched in disease's shapes abhorred, Or mown in battle by the sword, Like grass beneath the scythe.
Página 102 - The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan. The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb...
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Página 103 - What though beneath thee man put forth His pomp, his pride, his skill ; And arts that made fire, flood, and earth, The vassals of his will ; — Yet mourn I not thy parted sway, Thou dim discrowned king of day...
Página 166 - He may require to be repressed sometimes — aliquando sufflaminandus erat — but there is no raising her. You send her soup at dinner, and she begs to be helped — after the gentlemen. Mr. requests the honour of taking wine with her; she hesitates between Port and Madeira, and chooses the former — because he does. She calls the servant Sir; and insists on not troubling him to hold her plate.
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