New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 5Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth Henry Colburn, 1822 |
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... never , as long as he remains in the theatre , either ascend or fall . Thus , an indisputable possession of some of the noblest provinces of the drama is secured to mediocrity , and it becomes almost impossible that genius should make ...
... never , as long as he remains in the theatre , either ascend or fall . Thus , an indisputable possession of some of the noblest provinces of the drama is secured to mediocrity , and it becomes almost impossible that genius should make ...
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... never spared the legs of mules or men when a cascade or a point of view was within reach , in- sisted on our climbing about half a league up the sides of a mountain to admire a cascade , which they assured us , by way of recommendation ...
... never spared the legs of mules or men when a cascade or a point of view was within reach , in- sisted on our climbing about half a league up the sides of a mountain to admire a cascade , which they assured us , by way of recommendation ...
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... never unsaddled , nor did our men put off their clothes ; and we stationed constant picquets on the opposite side of the river towards the Pyrenees . Some of the Portuguese who were employed on this service , caused us considerable ...
... never unsaddled , nor did our men put off their clothes ; and we stationed constant picquets on the opposite side of the river towards the Pyrenees . Some of the Portuguese who were employed on this service , caused us considerable ...
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... never aimed at higher objects , it would have deserved the contempt it has re- ceived ; but whoever is familiar with the literature of antiquity , will acknowledge , that amongst the Greek epigrams are to be found some of the sweetest ...
... never aimed at higher objects , it would have deserved the contempt it has re- ceived ; but whoever is familiar with the literature of antiquity , will acknowledge , that amongst the Greek epigrams are to be found some of the sweetest ...
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... never used it as a medium of satire or pun ; and very rarely , and only in the decline of Grecian taste , of conceit . In their lighter convivial epigrams , the thought is generally of a melancholy cast - a reflection on the shortness ...
... never used it as a medium of satire or pun ; and very rarely , and only in the decline of Grecian taste , of conceit . In their lighter convivial epigrams , the thought is generally of a melancholy cast - a reflection on the shortness ...
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Page 208 - Whatever earth, all-bearing mother, yields In India East or West, or middle shore In Pontus or the Punic coast, or where Alcinous reign'd ; fruit of all kinds, in coat Rough, or smooth rind, or bearded husk, or shell, She gathers, tribute large, and on the board Heaps with unsparing hand.
Page 162 - A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses.
Page 468 - Rien ne pèse tant qu'un secret : Le porter loin est difficile aux dames ; Et je sais même sur ce fait Bon nombre d'hommes qui sont femmes.
Page 403 - Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the street rings ; no stationary steeds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves and quake ; But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted...
Page 124 - The happiness of London is not to be conceived but by those who have been in it. I will venture to say, there is more learning and science within the circumference of ten miles from where we now sit, than in all the rest of the kingdom.
Page 163 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Page 84 - Let vanity adorn the marble tomb With trophies, rhymes, and scutcheons of renown, In the deep dungeon of some Gothic dome, Where night and desolation ever frown. Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down; Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, With here and there a violet bestrewn, Fast by a brook or fountain's murmuring wave; And many an evening sun shine sweetly on my grave.
Page 38 - Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings.
Page 449 - ve drawn we will sheathe not ! Its scabbard is left where our martyrs are laid, And the vengeance of ages has whetted its blade. Earth may...
Page 11 - Indeed," replied the stranger (looking grave), "Then he's a double knave; He knows that rogues and thieves by scores Nightly beset unguarded doors: And see, how easily might one Of these domestic foes, Even beneath your very nose, Perform his knavish tricks; Enter your room, as I have done, Blow out your candles — thus — and thus — Pocket your silver candlesticks, And — walk off — thus!