The Irish Metropolitan Magazine. ..., Volume 3Edward J. Milliken, 15, College-green., 1858 - English literature |
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... miss the cheerful , kind condescension of Lord Carlisle's presence , whose wel- come was more that of a kind host , than of a grave ruler ; and whose personal good qualities , as contrasted with what many call the faults of his ...
... miss the cheerful , kind condescension of Lord Carlisle's presence , whose wel- come was more that of a kind host , than of a grave ruler ; and whose personal good qualities , as contrasted with what many call the faults of his ...
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... miss the subject . We have said enough - have we not ? -concerning those men and women whose dust has been maltreated by injudicious , incapable , or careless biographers , and perhaps this tirade may seem to run counter to our ...
... miss the subject . We have said enough - have we not ? -concerning those men and women whose dust has been maltreated by injudicious , incapable , or careless biographers , and perhaps this tirade may seem to run counter to our ...
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... Miss " Margaret Daw , " who , having disposed of her bed , was obliged to lie upon straw . We will seek a couch elsewhere ; it is impossible to " go farther and fare worse . " In such situations however , one cannot afford to be ...
... Miss " Margaret Daw , " who , having disposed of her bed , was obliged to lie upon straw . We will seek a couch elsewhere ; it is impossible to " go farther and fare worse . " In such situations however , one cannot afford to be ...
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... Miss Brandon , as she then was , to instruct me as to his plans , and , in fact , to influence me to lend myself to them . The poor girl acted as she thought best in a very trying moment , and , with- out understanding the commission ...
... Miss Brandon , as she then was , to instruct me as to his plans , and , in fact , to influence me to lend myself to them . The poor girl acted as she thought best in a very trying moment , and , with- out understanding the commission ...
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... Miss Henderson wish it ? " " Oh , I'll answer for that ; she would be enchanted . Why she lives in Jupiter or Mercury for four hours every day . " " Perhaps , we'd better ask her , " said Roach , turning to Jay , whom he had not yet ...
... Miss Henderson wish it ? " " Oh , I'll answer for that ; she would be enchanted . Why she lives in Jupiter or Mercury for four hours every day . " " Perhaps , we'd better ask her , " said Roach , turning to Jay , whom he had not yet ...
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Page 177 - What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.
Page 177 - Had they made as good provision for their names, as they have done for their relics, they had not so grossly erred in the art of perpetuation. But to subsist in bones, and be but pyramidally extant, is a fallacy in duration.
Page 567 - Mammon, the least erected Spirit that fell From Heaven; for even in Heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of Heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed In vision beatific.
Page 507 - In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!
Page 644 - The soldiers' revels in the midst of pillage ; The wail of famine in beleaguered towns ; The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade.
Page 269 - Yet should some neighbour feel a pain Just in the parts where I complain, How many a message would he send ? What hearty prayers that I should mend?
Page 246 - By the apostle Paul, shadows to-night Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard, Than can the substance of ten thousand soldiers, Armed in proof, and led by shallow Richmond.
Page 563 - I am convinced, by the way, that he has no ear for poetical numbers, or that it was stopped by prejudice against the harmony of Milton's. Was there ever anything so delightful as the music of the Paradise Lost ? It is like that of a fine organ ; has the fullest and the deepest tones of majesty, with all the softness and elegance of the Dorian flute ; variety without end, and never equalled, unless perhaps by Virgil.
Page 569 - A pillar of state : deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat and public care ; And princely counsel in his face yet shone, Majestic though in ruin : sage he stood, With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies ; his look Drew audience and attention still as night Or summer's noontide air...
Page 52 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.