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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... whole system of recitation , and had contrived a method by which the rhyme of French tragedy was more or less disguised . În his opinion , there could be no French In verse without it ; but he thought that it should act upon the ear ...
... whole system of recitation , and had contrived a method by which the rhyme of French tragedy was more or less disguised . În his opinion , there could be no French In verse without it ; but he thought that it should act upon the ear ...
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... whole conduct appeared to be tinctured with something more than eccentricity . There were three distinct charges against him ; 1st , For neglecting his duty while upon picquet , by which a por- tion of the baggage had been lost . 2dly ...
... whole conduct appeared to be tinctured with something more than eccentricity . There were three distinct charges against him ; 1st , For neglecting his duty while upon picquet , by which a por- tion of the baggage had been lost . 2dly ...
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... whole term of four years . Every Sunday I used to gaze myself into a fever of passion , which it required the tears of every night in the succeeding week to temper and cool . But these always had the desired effect ; so that by the ...
... whole term of four years . Every Sunday I used to gaze myself into a fever of passion , which it required the tears of every night in the succeeding week to temper and cool . But these always had the desired effect ; so that by the ...
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... whole , and that of any particular part must be sur- rendered without reserve , if required . ( pp . 125-128 . ) Those rules must be adopted and enforced , upon every man , which may best qualify him for discharging his stated service ...
... whole , and that of any particular part must be sur- rendered without reserve , if required . ( pp . 125-128 . ) Those rules must be adopted and enforced , upon every man , which may best qualify him for discharging his stated service ...
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... whole booty to be captured . And even if its enemy were at the outset only a single city , yet that city would certainly be divided into parties , which would interrupt its unity , and these internal di- visions would render it weaker ...
... whole booty to be captured . And even if its enemy were at the outset only a single city , yet that city would certainly be divided into parties , which would interrupt its unity , and these internal di- visions would render it weaker ...
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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!