The Irish Metropolitan Magazine. ..., Volume 3Edward J. Milliken, 15, College-green., 1858 - English literature |
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... face of heaven : it was evident to any reasoning mortal that the nearer one got to proper shelter , under the circumstances , the better . A thunder - storm was impending , and , knowing the very brief warning usually given in such ...
... face of heaven : it was evident to any reasoning mortal that the nearer one got to proper shelter , under the circumstances , the better . A thunder - storm was impending , and , knowing the very brief warning usually given in such ...
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... face was turned away from me , and after a moment I perceived that the sounds of the voices I had heard were those of her's and that of some one outside with whom she was holding a hurried conversation . I had hardly done more than note ...
... face was turned away from me , and after a moment I perceived that the sounds of the voices I had heard were those of her's and that of some one outside with whom she was holding a hurried conversation . I had hardly done more than note ...
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... face , methought , might Frank- enstein have shuddered to see instinct with the first animation of life , as the horrible monster of his creation began to recognise in him the au- thor of its being . On he came , gazing fixedly before ...
... face , methought , might Frank- enstein have shuddered to see instinct with the first animation of life , as the horrible monster of his creation began to recognise in him the au- thor of its being . On he came , gazing fixedly before ...
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... face . It is one of extreme placidity , undisturbed by any doubt as to the propriety of his actions . It has evidently never occurred to him that dry hay is an eminently combustible material , and that in the rather probable event of a ...
... face . It is one of extreme placidity , undisturbed by any doubt as to the propriety of his actions . It has evidently never occurred to him that dry hay is an eminently combustible material , and that in the rather probable event of a ...
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... face of utter hopelessness , Simon rattled past , stabbing convulsively into the moving torrent of the stones with his alpenstock , in the vain hope of anchoring himself until the slip should have subsided . ' Twas useless ; the depth ...
... face of utter hopelessness , Simon rattled past , stabbing convulsively into the moving torrent of the stones with his alpenstock , in the vain hope of anchoring himself until the slip should have subsided . ' Twas useless ; the depth ...
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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.