The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volumen27J. Limbird, 1836 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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... hope of the writer of this brief sketch of the life and writings of one whose name and fame are an honour to the female talent of England . New Monthly Magazine , 1831. Part ii . , p . 369 . VOL . XXVII . B PISA . No. 757. ] viii MISS ...
... hope of the writer of this brief sketch of the life and writings of one whose name and fame are an honour to the female talent of England . New Monthly Magazine , 1831. Part ii . , p . 369 . VOL . XXVII . B PISA . No. 757. ] viii MISS ...
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... hope then onward bore me ; Faith obscurely seem'd to cry- " Haste , an open way's before thee , - Forward to the orient sky ! " Until at a golden portal Thou arriv'st - there goest thou in : Thenceforth shall the earthly mortal Heavenly ...
... hope then onward bore me ; Faith obscurely seem'd to cry- " Haste , an open way's before thee , - Forward to the orient sky ! " Until at a golden portal Thou arriv'st - there goest thou in : Thenceforth shall the earthly mortal Heavenly ...
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... hope my fortune whatever it be , shall be link'd to diligence and honesty . If I should not succeed , in your next advise me what I should do . Succeed or not , I firmly resolve to pursue divinity as the only thing I am now fit for ...
... hope my fortune whatever it be , shall be link'd to diligence and honesty . If I should not succeed , in your next advise me what I should do . Succeed or not , I firmly resolve to pursue divinity as the only thing I am now fit for ...
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... hope I shall not pass my time here without improvement the great design of my coming hither , and then in due time I resolve , thro God's assistance , to consummate my original study of divinity , for you know the business of a tutor is ...
... hope I shall not pass my time here without improvement the great design of my coming hither , and then in due time I resolve , thro God's assistance , to consummate my original study of divinity , for you know the business of a tutor is ...
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... hope to be enabled to submit to our readers a com- plete yet condensed description of this inte- resting pile . Our aid in this pleasant labour will be the First Part of Mr. Robinson's su- perb New Vitruvius Britannicus ; consisting of ...
... hope to be enabled to submit to our readers a com- plete yet condensed description of this inte- resting pile . Our aid in this pleasant labour will be the First Part of Mr. Robinson's su- perb New Vitruvius Britannicus ; consisting of ...
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Página 175 - But he her fears to cease, Sent down the meek-eyed Peace ; She, crowned with olive green, came softly sliding Down through the turning sphere, His ready harbinger, With turtle wing the amorous clouds dividing: And, waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a universal peace through sea and land.
Página 24 - Twas Christmas told the merriest tale ; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.
Página 205 - I am going fast :• — it will be all over with me soon. Come nearer to me. Let my dear Lady Hamilton have my hair, and all other things belonging to me.
Página 29 - In this time (says the historian) the woods began to rejoice that they were no longer infested with robbers ; the oxen began to plough ; the pilgrims visited the sanctuaries ; the roads and inns were replenished with travellers ; trade, plenty, and good faith, were restored in the markets ; and a purse of gold might be exposed without danger in the midst of the highway.
Página 399 - Neatly she dress'd, nor vainly seem'd t' expect Pity for grief, or pardon for neglect ; But when her wearied Parents sunk to sleep, She sought her place to meditate and weep : Then to her mind was all the past...
Página 399 - twas her proper care. Here will she come, and on the grave will sit, Folding her arms, in long abstracted fit; But if observer pass, will take her round, And careless seem, for she would not be found; Then go again, and thus her hour employ, While visions please her, and while woes destroy.
Página 341 - Froissart. The May-pole on the margin of that poetic stream completed the illusion. My fancy adorned it with wreaths of flowers, and peopled the green bank with all the dancing revelry of May-day. The mere sight of this May-pole gave a glow to my feelings and spread a charm over the country for the rest of the day; and as I traversed a part of the fair plain of Cheshire and the beautiful borders of "Wales, and looked from among swelling hills down a long green valley, through which "the Deva wound...
Página 125 - THE HAUNCH OF VENISON. A POETICAL EPISTLE TO LORD CLARE. THANKS, my lord, for your venison, for finer or fatter Never rang'd in a forest, or smok'd in a platter ; The haunch was a picture for painters to study, The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy...
Página 24 - All hailed, with uncontrolled delight And general voice, the happy night That to the cottage, as the crown, Brought tidings of salvation down. The fire, with well-dried logs supplied, Went roaring up the chimney wide ; The huge hall-table's oaken face...
Página 274 - I had learned before the death of my father and mother. There is a hill not far from the town, called Crooksbury Hill, which rises up out of a flat in the form of a cone, and is planted with Scotch fir-trees. Here I used to take the eggs and young ones of crows and magpies. This hill was a famous object in the neighbourhood. It served as the superlative degree of height. 'As high as Crooksbury Hill,' meant with us, the utmost degree of height.