The Irish Metropolitan Magazine. ..., Volume 3Edward J. Milliken, 15, College-green., 1858 - English literature |
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... light foot - fall broke the silence , touching the floor with a quick even motion , rapidly advancing from the further end of the gal- lery towards me . I could see nothing , but nearer it came - nearer still— it was within a foot of ...
... light foot - fall broke the silence , touching the floor with a quick even motion , rapidly advancing from the further end of the gal- lery towards me . I could see nothing , but nearer it came - nearer still— it was within a foot of ...
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... light in the adjacent apart- ment were visible ; and on looking closer , the planks of lath were , I saw , so loosely put together as to enable me , in more than one place , to com- mand a view of what was taking place in the room ...
... light in the adjacent apart- ment were visible ; and on looking closer , the planks of lath were , I saw , so loosely put together as to enable me , in more than one place , to com- mand a view of what was taking place in the room ...
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... light- ning he drew his right hand from his breast , and raising it aloft , I saw the glitter of a dagger - blade poised in act to strike . The whole had passed so quickly that I had scarcely time to realise the fact of a murder being ...
... light- ning he drew his right hand from his breast , and raising it aloft , I saw the glitter of a dagger - blade poised in act to strike . The whole had passed so quickly that I had scarcely time to realise the fact of a murder being ...
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... light . " " I breathe again ! ” cried Agamemnon . " Now we may go to supper with light hearts . Our honour is safe ; the THE EVE OF ST . ANTHONY . 21.
... light . " " I breathe again ! ” cried Agamemnon . " Now we may go to supper with light hearts . Our honour is safe ; the THE EVE OF ST . ANTHONY . 21.
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with light hearts . Our honour is safe ; the public of St. Moses will not be disappointed . As to the rest of the drama , it is not worth while keeping the soup cooling to finish the rehearsal of it , though by - the - bye , we have not ...
with light hearts . Our honour is safe ; the public of St. Moses will not be disappointed . As to the rest of the drama , it is not worth while keeping the soup cooling to finish the rehearsal of it , though by - the - bye , we have not ...
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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.