The New Monthly Belle Assemblée, Volume 20Joseph Rogerson - Fashion |
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... head upon young shoulders . Indeed her character would have been as completely marred by a pre- cocious admixture of hard , dry , bitter knowledge , as her graceful Hebe figure would have been had the classical head and blooming ...
... head upon young shoulders . Indeed her character would have been as completely marred by a pre- cocious admixture of hard , dry , bitter knowledge , as her graceful Hebe figure would have been had the classical head and blooming ...
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... head proudly as an honourable man , betraying that sovereign's confidence , and keeping up correspondence with that arch - traitor St. John ? " fairly staked against the last twenty thousand pounds " I should think his name and the ...
... head proudly as an honourable man , betraying that sovereign's confidence , and keeping up correspondence with that arch - traitor St. John ? " fairly staked against the last twenty thousand pounds " I should think his name and the ...
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... head I must carry to my aged father , that he may gaze on the last remains of his lost child ; it is therefore that I require you to take it off , and embalm it . " There seemed to me something horrible in thus mutilating the dead , and ...
... head I must carry to my aged father , that he may gaze on the last remains of his lost child ; it is therefore that I require you to take it off , and embalm it . " There seemed to me something horrible in thus mutilating the dead , and ...
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... head , but his eyes flashed with intellect , and his voice was clear and audible . " Prisoner , " he said , addressing me , " it appears that you are accused of a cruel murder : speak , are you guilty or not guilty ? " I entreated their ...
... head , but his eyes flashed with intellect , and his voice was clear and audible . " Prisoner , " he said , addressing me , " it appears that you are accused of a cruel murder : speak , are you guilty or not guilty ? " I entreated their ...
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... head - in fact , all save those spots hid by the many projections in the walls , and which looked like stains upon white marble . Luckily the moon's light came down the street , not across it ; in which last case but the upper stories ...
... head - in fact , all save those spots hid by the many projections in the walls , and which looked like stains upon white marble . Luckily the moon's light came down the street , not across it ; in which last case but the upper stories ...
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Page 255 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Page 192 - She gazed upon a world she scarcely knew As seeking not to know it ; silent, lone, As grows a flower, thus quietly she grew, And kept her heart serene within its zone.
Page 257 - In the month of May, namely, on May-day in the morning, every man, except impediment, would walk into the sweet meadows and green woods, there to rejoice their spirits with the beauty and savour of sweet flowers, and with the harmony of birds, praising God in their kind...
Page 323 - But ever and anon of griefs subdued There comes a token like a scorpion's sting, Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued ; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever...
Page 191 - Unless the ladies should go off? — there was Indeed a certain fair and fairy one, Of the best class, and better than her class, — Aurora Raby, a young star who shone O'er Life, too sweet an image for such glass, A lovely being, scarcely formed or moulded, A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded...
Page 191 - Early in years and yet more infantine In figure, she had something of sublime In eyes which sadly shone, as seraphs' shine. All youth but with an aspect beyond time, Radiant and grave, as pitying man's decline, Mournful, but mournful of another's crime, She looked as if she sat by Eden's door And grieved for those who could return no more.
Page 139 - ... defiance to the giddy wheel of fortune. She doth all things with so sweet a grace, it seems ignorance will not suffer her to do ill, being her mind is to do well.
Page 331 - C'est l'adieu d'un ami, c'est le dernier sourire Des lèvres que la mort va fermer pour jamais. Ainsi, prêt à quitter l'horizon de la vie, Pleurant de mes longs jours l'espoir évanoui, Je me retourne encore, et d'un regard d'envie Je contemple ses biens dont je n'ai pas joui.
Page 323 - Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever: it may be a sound — A tone of music — summer's eve — or spring — 205 A flower — the wind — the ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound...
Page 361 - CHANNOCK went one time with his ordinary guard of Soldiers, to see a young Widow act that tragical Catastrophe, but he was so smitten with the Widow's Beauty, that he sent his Guards to take her by Force from her Executioners, and conducted her to his own Lodgings. They lived lovingly many Years, and had several Children...