The New Monthly Magazine and HumoristHenry Colburn, 1842 - English literature |
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... character given of Mrs. Carmichael by her friend the captain , which was , that she was as first - rate a lady as any in the place , and " unaccountable smart to be sure . " With a light truck to convey such baggage as they were ...
... character given of Mrs. Carmichael by her friend the captain , which was , that she was as first - rate a lady as any in the place , and " unaccountable smart to be sure . " With a light truck to convey such baggage as they were ...
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... character of those who compose it . Some , as usual , thought most of the nature of what was put upon the table to eat , and others of the nature of those who sat round the table to eat it . Eight out of the twelve of Mrs. Carmichael's ...
... character of those who compose it . Some , as usual , thought most of the nature of what was put upon the table to eat , and others of the nature of those who sat round the table to eat it . Eight out of the twelve of Mrs. Carmichael's ...
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... characters that ever lived - the lights respectively of heroic and of civilized times -- perished prematurely for want of the appliances and means " of riding on horseback . Death has just completed the trinity of departed greatness ...
... characters that ever lived - the lights respectively of heroic and of civilized times -- perished prematurely for want of the appliances and means " of riding on horseback . Death has just completed the trinity of departed greatness ...
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... character ; it was capable of the most vivid and the most various expression of the passions and affections ; it was instinct with all the fire and the fervour of high genius ; and ( what may seem extraordinary to many , though to me ...
... character ; it was capable of the most vivid and the most various expression of the passions and affections ; it was instinct with all the fire and the fervour of high genius ; and ( what may seem extraordinary to many , though to me ...
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... character , sentiment , passion , and poetry , that are put into the mouths of trage- dians ; whereas in the case of Pasta and her younger rivals , the libretto is avowedly a by - word of mingled inanity and nonsense ; and in the case ...
... character , sentiment , passion , and poetry , that are put into the mouths of trage- dians ; whereas in the case of Pasta and her younger rivals , the libretto is avowedly a by - word of mingled inanity and nonsense ; and in the case ...
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Page 76 - When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time's •waste...
Page 160 - All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Page 270 - But I must also feel it as a man: I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me. Did heaven look on, And would not take their part?
Page 332 - By the apostle Paul, shadows to-night Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard, Than can the substance of ten thousand soldiers, Armed in proof, and led by shallow Richmond.
Page 569 - tis not that now I shrink from what is suffer'd : let him speak Who hath beheld decline upon my brow, Or seen my mind's convulsion leave it weak ; But in this page a record will I seek. Not in the air shall these my words disperse, Though I be ashes ; a far hour shall wreak The deep prophetic fulness of this verse, And pile on human heads the mountain of my curse ! cxxxv.
Page 73 - Or call up him that left half -told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass On which the Tartar king did ride...
Page 94 - About an hour before sunset (for then the mice begin to run) they sally forth in quest of prey, and hunt all round the hedges of meadows and small enclosuies for them, which seem to be their only food. In this irregular country we can stand on an eminence and see them beat the fields over like a setting-dog, and often drop down in the grass or corn.
Page 519 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the...
Page 49 - The man who is fitted out by nature, and sent into the world with great abilities, is capable of doing great good or mischief in it.
Page 580 - ... in such terms of his pleasure in seeing me, that I soon lost the whole of my terror ; astonishment to find him so nearly well, and gratification to see him so pleased, removed every uneasy feeling, and the joy that succeeded, in my conviction of his recovery, made me ready to throw myself at his feet to express it. What a conversation followed ! When he saw me fearless, he grew more and more alive, and made me walk close by his side, away from the attendants, and even the Willises themselves,...