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... in the cause of American periodical literature they owe their existence . The editor trusts that , on this occasion , criticism will not be incon- siderately severe , but , instead of coldly re- pressing PREFACE . ix.
... in the cause of American periodical literature they owe their existence . The editor trusts that , on this occasion , criticism will not be incon- siderately severe , but , instead of coldly re- pressing PREFACE . ix.
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... existence on every side , and are productive of the most lamentable con- sequences . When I see ( as I have seen ) a meek , diffident juvenile of eighteen or nineteen , of the right age to imbibe wholesome , quiet wisdom and nutri ...
... existence on every side , and are productive of the most lamentable con- sequences . When I see ( as I have seen ) a meek , diffident juvenile of eighteen or nineteen , of the right age to imbibe wholesome , quiet wisdom and nutri ...
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... existence . Let us pass to the common acting plays - Mac- beth . You are sitting by the fire on a winter's evening , " wrapped " in the perusal of this master- piece of nature's masterpiece , preparatory to visiting the theatre to see ...
... existence . Let us pass to the common acting plays - Mac- beth . You are sitting by the fire on a winter's evening , " wrapped " in the perusal of this master- piece of nature's masterpiece , preparatory to visiting the theatre to see ...
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... existence , by a sudden blow from an obscure hand - unblest in life , inglo- rious in death - oh ! where - where is this boasted triumph of virtue , or where is its reward ? " Would nature or Sir Walter Scott have made any man 90 BULWER ...
... existence , by a sudden blow from an obscure hand - unblest in life , inglo- rious in death - oh ! where - where is this boasted triumph of virtue , or where is its reward ? " Would nature or Sir Walter Scott have made any man 90 BULWER ...
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... existence , to which the ancients were very par- tial . The word is to be met with in several old authors , " & c . & c . In despair I threw down the book , and rushed out of the house . It was mid - day , but a large theatre was open ...
... existence , to which the ancients were very par- tial . The word is to be met with in several old authors , " & c . & c . In despair I threw down the book , and rushed out of the house . It was mid - day , but a large theatre was open ...
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Página 153 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things: For no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known ; riches, poverty, And use of service, none; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil; No occupation; all men idle, all, And women too, but innocent and pure : No sovereignty— Seb.
Página 71 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink; lest they drink and forget the law and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Página 215 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together: our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not ; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Página 136 - O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion: What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, An
Página 165 - As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Página 150 - Poor, and content, is rich, and rich enough; But riches, fineless, is as poor as winter, To him that ever fears he shall be poor : — Good heaven, the souls of all my tribe defend From jealousy ! Oth.
Página 200 - Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain: The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Página 169 - Ah me! for aught that ever I could read. Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth: But, either it was different in blood; Her.
Página 84 - Isna that ower true a doctrine?" said the prisoner "Isna my crown, my honour, removed? And what am I but a poor, wasted, wan-thriven tree, dug up by the roots, and flung out to waste in the highway, that man and beast may tread it under foot? I thought o' the bonny bit them that our father rooted out o...
Página 123 - There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled, and Mercy sigh'd farewell!