The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 9J. Limbird, 1827 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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... eyes veiled in cold eclipse- The balm , the breath and bloom of lips , Where oft in silent rapture ours Have clung like bees to honied flowers : With their sweet voices past away , Even like the harp's expiring lay . But fled and gone ...
... eyes veiled in cold eclipse- The balm , the breath and bloom of lips , Where oft in silent rapture ours Have clung like bees to honied flowers : With their sweet voices past away , Even like the harp's expiring lay . But fled and gone ...
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... eye ; Observe the wrecks of property ; See our mechanics idle stand ; See poverty pervade the land ; See these , and more - then own ' tis clear , The last was an eventful year ; And that however short , we know , ' Twas amply long ...
... eye ; Observe the wrecks of property ; See our mechanics idle stand ; See poverty pervade the land ; See these , and more - then own ' tis clear , The last was an eventful year ; And that however short , we know , ' Twas amply long ...
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... eye like Mars to threaten and very likely takes a little ginger in his : command , ” he summons the surrender of tea ... eyes severe , and beard of formal cut ; Full of wise saws and modern instances . " As in the time of Shakspeare , we ...
... eye like Mars to threaten and very likely takes a little ginger in his : command , ” he summons the surrender of tea ... eyes severe , and beard of formal cut ; Full of wise saws and modern instances . " As in the time of Shakspeare , we ...
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... eyes , sans teeth , sans taste , sans every thing . " He retains his faculties just long enough to see his grandson make a hobby - horse of his cane . His bed - room is on the ground - floor , and the utmost he can do is to move with ...
... eyes , sans teeth , sans taste , sans every thing . " He retains his faculties just long enough to see his grandson make a hobby - horse of his cane . His bed - room is on the ground - floor , and the utmost he can do is to move with ...
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... eyes fixed on two young rose - bushes . I knew not then that she was my old friend's only child , yet I stopped ... eye . I saw a tear start into it ; but the thought that called it up was merely transient , for a smile gathered upon her ...
... eyes fixed on two young rose - bushes . I knew not then that she was my old friend's only child , yet I stopped ... eye . I saw a tear start into it ; but the thought that called it up was merely transient , for a smile gathered upon her ...
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