The London Magazine, Volume 7Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1823 |
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... look , tone , and gestures ; at once alarm our watchfulness , and put us upon our guard . He has no sly and indirect means of lulling our suspicions and cheating us into belief . He may have his lies , but they are lies which wear their ...
... look , tone , and gestures ; at once alarm our watchfulness , and put us upon our guard . He has no sly and indirect means of lulling our suspicions and cheating us into belief . He may have his lies , but they are lies which wear their ...
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... look glossy in his sparkling eye , and he clasps im- mortality as his future bride ! The coming years hurt him not - he hears their sound afar off , and is glad . See him there , the urchin , seated in the sun , with a book in his hand ...
... look glossy in his sparkling eye , and he clasps im- mortality as his future bride ! The coming years hurt him not - he hears their sound afar off , and is glad . See him there , the urchin , seated in the sun , with a book in his hand ...
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... Look at the Cuyp next the door ( No. 3 ) . It is woven of ethereal hues . A soft mist is on it , a veil of subtle air . The tender green of the valleys be- yond the gleaming lake , the purple light of the hills is like the down on an ...
... Look at the Cuyp next the door ( No. 3 ) . It is woven of ethereal hues . A soft mist is on it , a veil of subtle air . The tender green of the valleys be- yond the gleaming lake , the purple light of the hills is like the down on an ...
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... look of a mo- dern picture . It was , no doubt , painted in the fashion of the time , and is now old - fashioned . Every thing has this modern , or rather un- couth and obsolete look , which , be- sides the temporary and local circum ...
... look of a mo- dern picture . It was , no doubt , painted in the fashion of the time , and is now old - fashioned . Every thing has this modern , or rather un- couth and obsolete look , which , be- sides the temporary and local circum ...
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... look too often like spots on a dark ground . When they are properly relieved and disentangled from the rest of the composition , there is an appearance of great life and bustle in his pictures . His horses , however , have too much of ...
... look too often like spots on a dark ground . When they are properly relieved and disentangled from the rest of the composition , there is an appearance of great life and bustle in his pictures . His horses , however , have too much of ...
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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...