The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Part 3Henry Colburn and Company, 1833 - English literature |
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... favour of Napoleon was , all through , not that he was an emperor , but that he was an original . Byron was an extravagant copy ; Kean an absurd one . But if we take the closing scenes of the three , -St . Helena , Misso- longhi ...
... favour of Napoleon was , all through , not that he was an emperor , but that he was an original . Byron was an extravagant copy ; Kean an absurd one . But if we take the closing scenes of the three , -St . Helena , Misso- longhi ...
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... favoured me with a visit . " I call , " said he , " to lament with you the unhappy state of ' dear friend , ' " and he burst into a tear . 66 99 our poor Now , as I knew that the state of " our poor dear friend was no worse then than ...
... favoured me with a visit . " I call , " said he , " to lament with you the unhappy state of ' dear friend , ' " and he burst into a tear . 66 99 our poor Now , as I knew that the state of " our poor dear friend was no worse then than ...
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... look for all the injuries that they can inflict , as they are anxious to avenge themselves for the humiliations they suffer when they accept favours , They are proud , but have not sufficient pride to D 2 Conversations with Lord Byron . 35.
... look for all the injuries that they can inflict , as they are anxious to avenge themselves for the humiliations they suffer when they accept favours , They are proud , but have not sufficient pride to D 2 Conversations with Lord Byron . 35.
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... favour , of the setter ; not because he beats , stands , or backs better than the other , but because he looks the most good tempered . There is a sweetness of disposition about the face of the setter that is very heart - winning , to ...
... favour , of the setter ; not because he beats , stands , or backs better than the other , but because he looks the most good tempered . There is a sweetness of disposition about the face of the setter that is very heart - winning , to ...
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... favour , at the very time when the salary of the lowest clerk in the Custom - house of Dublin , down to the seventeenth grade , was raised to 80l . with an arrangement for a gradual increase . Even this paltry addition of 157. was not ...
... favour , at the very time when the salary of the lowest clerk in the Custom - house of Dublin , down to the seventeenth grade , was raised to 80l . with an arrangement for a gradual increase . Even this paltry addition of 157. was not ...
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Page 99 - I see before me the Gladiator lie; He leans upon his hand, — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony. And his drooped head sinks gradually low, And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow, From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him, — he is gone Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Page 231 - A TOXICOLOGICAL CHART, exhibiting at one view the Symptoms, Treatment, and Mode of Detecting the various Poisons, Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal. To which are added, concise Directions for the Treatment of Suspended Animation.
Page 34 - Vice is a monster of such hideous mien, That to be hated, needs but to be seen; But seen too oft', familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 99 - As for nobility in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay, or to see a fair timber tree sound and perfect; how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time?
Page 99 - He heard it, but he heeded not - his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away He reck'd not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother - he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday All this rush'd with his blood - Shall he expire And unavenged?
Page 426 - Ultima Cumaei venit jam carminis aetas ; Magnus ab integro saeclorum nascitur ordo. Jam redit et Virgo, redeunt Saturnia regna : Jam nova progenies coelo demittitur alto.
Page 291 - Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as Little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state.
Page 476 - Now this will not be insurrection ; it will be simply passive resistance. The men may remain at leisure : there is and can be no law to compel them to work against their will.
Page 99 - I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Page 46 - Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness ; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.