The London Magazine, Volume 7Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1823 |
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... course , speak only of what is probable and possible . We hope and expect to do much ( even more than we have hitherto done ) , and this hope is backed by the strong support of our many literary friends , and our increasing acquaintance ...
... course , speak only of what is probable and possible . We hope and expect to do much ( even more than we have hitherto done ) , and this hope is backed by the strong support of our many literary friends , and our increasing acquaintance ...
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... course of which nearly the whole pier was destroyed by an irruption of the sea , the high - street of the town undermined , and many of the houses washed down . In this dread- ful night , which was made more bit- ter by a fall of snow ...
... course of which nearly the whole pier was destroyed by an irruption of the sea , the high - street of the town undermined , and many of the houses washed down . In this dread- ful night , which was made more bit- ter by a fall of snow ...
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... course , à la course ! And you , ma petite de- moiselle , what is it you offer ? How ! three francs ! Elle est gentille , la pe- tite , avec les trois francs ! Allons ! tout ça m'ennuie . I ' go take a drive in the Bois de Boulogne for ...
... course , à la course ! And you , ma petite de- moiselle , what is it you offer ? How ! three francs ! Elle est gentille , la pe- tite , avec les trois francs ! Allons ! tout ça m'ennuie . I ' go take a drive in the Bois de Boulogne for ...
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... course , is a species of versifica- tion that they recommend by their authority and example . But having stated that the subject of English prosody has been already treated of by former writers , it will not be improper , before ...
... course , is a species of versifica- tion that they recommend by their authority and example . But having stated that the subject of English prosody has been already treated of by former writers , it will not be improper , before ...
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... course . A good example is a good thing . Give them that , and spare your precept . Oh ! I like to see the pleasures of children . They enjoy to - day , and care not for to - morrow . Their path is strewed with roses ; the heaven is ...
... course . A good example is a good thing . Give them that , and spare your precept . Oh ! I like to see the pleasures of children . They enjoy to - day , and care not for to - morrow . Their path is strewed with roses ; the heaven is ...
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Page 446 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Page 36 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Page 446 - All but yon widow'd solitary thing, That feebly bends beside the plashy spring : She, wretched matron, forced in age, for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread...
Page 270 - I wish the good old times would come again," she said, " when we were not quite so rich. I do not mean, that I want to be poor ; but there was a middle state ; " — so she was pleased to ramble on, — " in which I am sure we were a great deal happier. A purchase is but a purchase, now that you have money enough and to spare. Formerly it used to be a triumph. When we coveted a cheap luxury (and...
Page 270 - I had to get you to consent in those times !) — we were used to have a debate two or three days before, and to weigh the for and against, and think what we might spare it out of, and what saving we could hit upon, that should be an equivalent. A thing was worth buying then, when we felt the money that we paid for it.
Page 145 - Sometime, we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapour, sometime, like a bear, or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendant rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air: thou hast seen these signs; They are black vesper's pageants.
Page 448 - He comes ! he comes ! in every breeze the Power Of Philosophic Melancholy comes! His near approach the sudden-starting tear, The glowing cheek, the mild dejected air, The softened feature, and the beating heart, Pierced deep with many a virtuous pang, declare.
Page 217 - Since our arrival at this happy spot, we have had a ham, sometimes a shoulder of bacon, to grace the head of the table; a piece of roast beef adorns the foot; and a dish of beans, or greens, almost imperceptible, decorates the centre.
Page 459 - Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my latter end be like his.
Page 218 - BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court /My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air...