Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 10J. M Lewer, 1842 |
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... young babies along with one , it is astonishing how much one's appetite for adventure slackens , and how very little desirous one is of breaking one's neck , or even running little agreeably - exciting risks of it . I remember the time ...
... young babies along with one , it is astonishing how much one's appetite for adventure slackens , and how very little desirous one is of breaking one's neck , or even running little agreeably - exciting risks of it . I remember the time ...
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... young soldier , it would be better if you were with your regiment on duty , instead of begging . FREDERICK . I Would with all my heart ; but at this moment my sorrows are too great . [ BARON gives him a piece of money . ] I en- treat ...
... young soldier , it would be better if you were with your regiment on duty , instead of begging . FREDERICK . I Would with all my heart ; but at this moment my sorrows are too great . [ BARON gives him a piece of money . ] I en- treat ...
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... young fellow . ' ' Bless me , Mr. T. , there is generally a dashing young fellow in every comedy . Now , what play do you mean ? ' ' Good heavens ! Mrs. T. , you surely ought to know , it's that play in which the father gives his ...
... young fellow . ' ' Bless me , Mr. T. , there is generally a dashing young fellow in every comedy . Now , what play do you mean ? ' ' Good heavens ! Mrs. T. , you surely ought to know , it's that play in which the father gives his ...
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... young landlord of the house ; who assured them that they would find everything comfortable in his house , and with a slight degree of excusable warmth , informed them that his hotel was frequented by the first people in the country . To ...
... young landlord of the house ; who assured them that they would find everything comfortable in his house , and with a slight degree of excusable warmth , informed them that his hotel was frequented by the first people in the country . To ...
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... young delinquent to the spot , where rest the re- mains of The Barber of Beaulieu . THE FAIRIES ' RING . * BY WILLIAM JONES . In the glowing light of a summer sky , When the fields are clad with green , Oft in their midst , with a ...
... young delinquent to the spot , where rest the re- mains of The Barber of Beaulieu . THE FAIRIES ' RING . * BY WILLIAM JONES . In the glowing light of a summer sky , When the fields are clad with green , Oft in their midst , with a ...
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Page 89 - That never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster...
Page 36 - Excelsior! ,O stay,' the maiden said, ,and rest Thy weary head upon this breast!' A tear stood in his bright blue eye, But still he answered with a sigh, Excelsior! ,Beware the pine-tree's withered branch! Beware the awful avalanche!
Page 269 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made, When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous accents said, When, with the Baron's casque, the maid To the nigh streamlet ran.
Page 193 - Treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house. Henry faltered not for an instant, but, taking a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of fire, he added " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it...
Page 36 - The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath, Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior...
Page 183 - God with all my Heart, with all my Soul, and with all my Strength; and honour the King, and all good Men in Authority under him.
Page 36 - A traveller, by the faithful hound, Half-buried in the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the strange device Excelsior ! There in the twilight cold and gray, Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay, And from the sky, serene and far, A voice fell, like a falling star, Excelsior ! POEMS ON SLAVERY.
Page 36 - Dark lowers the tempest overhead, The roaring torrent is deep and wide!' And loud that clarion voice replied. Excelsior! 'O stay,' the maiden said, 'and rest Thy weary head upon this breast!
Page 197 - I SAW thee, Netley, as the sun Across the western wave Was sinking slow, And a golden glow To thy roofless towers he gave ; And the ivy sheen, With its mantle of green, That wrapt thy walls around, Shone lovelily bright, In that glorious light, And I felt 'twas holy ground. Then...
Page 78 - ... I, gentlemen of the jury ; that he wears very fine clothes, much finer clothes than you or I, gentlemen of the jury ; that he has abundance of money in his pocket, much more money than you or I, gentlemen of the jury ; but, gentlemen of the jury, is it not a very hard case.