The New Monthly Magazine and HumoristHenry Colburn, 1838 - English literature |
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... whole truth , inasmuch as there were divers and sundry incidental circumstances which did not appear to me likely to increase her respect for my prudence , or elevate my friend Daly in her estimation . Hull , however , mistook the ...
... whole truth , inasmuch as there were divers and sundry incidental circumstances which did not appear to me likely to increase her respect for my prudence , or elevate my friend Daly in her estimation . Hull , however , mistook the ...
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... whole history ; but his present position seems much more curious . " “ Curious ! ” said Hull , " there never was such a fellow . My dear friend , as I told you long ago — I happen to know - he is one of the cleverest dogs in the world ...
... whole history ; but his present position seems much more curious . " “ Curious ! ” said Hull , " there never was such a fellow . My dear friend , as I told you long ago — I happen to know - he is one of the cleverest dogs in the world ...
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... whole appendage being coqulicot of the most fiery tinge . “ Ha ! " said'I , “ here is a stranger - a rarity in these parts ! " Hull did not without his glass distinctly perceive the approaching mass of humanity , but , having made use ...
... whole appendage being coqulicot of the most fiery tinge . “ Ha ! " said'I , “ here is a stranger - a rarity in these parts ! " Hull did not without his glass distinctly perceive the approaching mass of humanity , but , having made use ...
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... whole year's produce went to ashes . He next brought out his furniture - chair , table , dresser , and stool - all were thrown , one by one , upon the glowing pile , and each sacrifice to patriotism drew forth a fresh shout of wonder ...
... whole year's produce went to ashes . He next brought out his furniture - chair , table , dresser , and stool - all were thrown , one by one , upon the glowing pile , and each sacrifice to patriotism drew forth a fresh shout of wonder ...
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... whole year ; the arbutus , the mountain ash , the holly , laurel , silver ash , and mountain poplar . This demesne of Mucruss is jointly possessed by Lord Kenmare and Mr. Herbert . When the sun is setting on the lower lake , its isles ...
... whole year ; the arbutus , the mountain ash , the holly , laurel , silver ash , and mountain poplar . This demesne of Mucruss is jointly possessed by Lord Kenmare and Mr. Herbert . When the sun is setting on the lower lake , its isles ...
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Page 246 - Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter : that, when he speaks, The air, a charter'd libertine, is still, And the mute wonder lurketh in men's ears, To steal his sweet and honey'd sentences...
Page 255 - Be copy now to men of grosser blood, And teach them how to war. And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your breeding— which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
Page 260 - Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host, That he which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart; his passport shall be made • And crowns for convoy put into his purse : We would not die in that man's company That fears his fellowship to die with us.
Page 264 - Like to the senators of the antique Rome, With the plebeians swarming at their heels, Go forth and fetch their conquering Caesar in : As, by a lower but loving likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in good time he may, from Ireland coming, Bringing rebellion broached on his sword, How many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him ! much more, and much more cause, Did they this Harry.
Page 255 - O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To his full height...
Page 497 - What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted ! Thrice is he arm'd that hath his quarrel just ; And he but naked, though lock'd up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
Page 469 - And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
Page 261 - We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition...
Page 469 - Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which He shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles : and they shall not appear before the Lord...
Page 210 - Quid verum atque decens euro et rogo, et omnis in hoc sum ; Condo et compono quae mox depromere possim.