The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Part 3Henry Colburn and Company, 1833 - English literature |
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... performance which illustrates his genius , develops his resources , and exhibits him as one of the first writers of the age - in the meantime , heartily wishing him success in the high career of social improvement which he has marked ...
... performance which illustrates his genius , develops his resources , and exhibits him as one of the first writers of the age - in the meantime , heartily wishing him success in the high career of social improvement which he has marked ...
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... performances for that evening consisted of " Hamlet , ” — the principal character not left out by particular desire ... performance , we were satisfied that we had , in the phrase of Osrick aforesaid , made - " A hit a very palpable hit ...
... performances for that evening consisted of " Hamlet , ” — the principal character not left out by particular desire ... performance , we were satisfied that we had , in the phrase of Osrick aforesaid , made - " A hit a very palpable hit ...
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... performance for his benefit . The play was Hannah More's tragedy of " Percy , ” in which he , of course , played the hero . Elwina was played by Mrs. Kean , her first ( and I am pretty sure her last ) appearance on any stage . ' Nothing ...
... performance for his benefit . The play was Hannah More's tragedy of " Percy , ” in which he , of course , played the hero . Elwina was played by Mrs. Kean , her first ( and I am pretty sure her last ) appearance on any stage . ' Nothing ...
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... performances with much interest . I was curious also to form a judgment of the man's real character , in this intoxicating state of triumph and celebrity . I therefore determined to call on him , and repaired one morning to his house ...
... performances with much interest . I was curious also to form a judgment of the man's real character , in this intoxicating state of triumph and celebrity . I therefore determined to call on him , and repaired one morning to his house ...
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... performance of Justice Greedy , in " A New Way to Pay Old Debts , " I had heartily laughed a few nights before . I had no notion of what sort of company I was in . Indeed . I had no clear conception of anything but lights , looking ...
... performance of Justice Greedy , in " A New Way to Pay Old Debts , " I had heartily laughed a few nights before . I had no notion of what sort of company I was in . Indeed . I had no clear conception of anything but lights , looking ...
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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.