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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... hope to be the actors in another " strange , eventful history . " " Though of different tastes and fancies , " says a writer in the pleasant volume above quoted , " there should yet be but one heart and mind amongst us upon this ...
... hope to be the actors in another " strange , eventful history . " " Though of different tastes and fancies , " says a writer in the pleasant volume above quoted , " there should yet be but one heart and mind amongst us upon this ...
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... Hope's fond flatteries , -whispering all would last ; But winged with pleasures , fresh , and fair , and new , How soon pale Autumn , like a dying friend , Engendering solemn thoughts of life's decay , Would come , and - withering ...
... Hope's fond flatteries , -whispering all would last ; But winged with pleasures , fresh , and fair , and new , How soon pale Autumn , like a dying friend , Engendering solemn thoughts of life's decay , Would come , and - withering ...
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... hope not his sense of shame ) —is reckoned gentlemanly in his manners , and is invited out . He feels his heart opened - ceases to be shy before ladies in general and begins to feel something like a tenderness for ladies in particular ...
... hope not his sense of shame ) —is reckoned gentlemanly in his manners , and is invited out . He feels his heart opened - ceases to be shy before ladies in general and begins to feel something like a tenderness for ladies in particular ...
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... hope and pleasure , Then , sorrow mingles in the measure , And then a stern and solemn toll , The requiem of a parted soul . Yet , tell , I prithee , what is Life ? ' Tis a tale with wonder rife , Full of danger , full of strife ; A ...
... hope and pleasure , Then , sorrow mingles in the measure , And then a stern and solemn toll , The requiem of a parted soul . Yet , tell , I prithee , what is Life ? ' Tis a tale with wonder rife , Full of danger , full of strife ; A ...
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... hope to attain . His ardent spirit , and his growing ambition , became only the more insatiable . Every difficulty had yielded before him ; he had flown on upon the wings of success ; his life had hitherto been a brilliant dream a dream ...
... hope to attain . His ardent spirit , and his growing ambition , became only the more insatiable . Every difficulty had yielded before him ; he had flown on upon the wings of success ; his life had hitherto been a brilliant dream a dream ...
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