Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc, Volume 11William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin, Frederick Arnold H. Colburn, 1827 |
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... present hour , to the sombre horrors of German romance . Confessions of a Lover are very amusing ; while the Black Trader is a good supernatural tale : some of the poetry is pretty . While we thus recommend these pages , we are ...
... present hour , to the sombre horrors of German romance . Confessions of a Lover are very amusing ; while the Black Trader is a good supernatural tale : some of the poetry is pretty . While we thus recommend these pages , we are ...
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... present of small value did not always suffice , for she had the art of stimu- lating the self - love of the audience by pro- claiming aloud the value of each present which she received . " this formal gravity always prevails in the East ...
... present of small value did not always suffice , for she had the art of stimu- lating the self - love of the audience by pro- claiming aloud the value of each present which she received . " this formal gravity always prevails in the East ...
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... present to our readers in the course of the present year . Mr. Hood , the author of Whims and Oddities , " has a Series of Tales in the course of publication . The King of the Netherlands has invited the literati of that country to ...
... present to our readers in the course of the present year . Mr. Hood , the author of Whims and Oddities , " has a Series of Tales in the course of publication . The King of the Netherlands has invited the literati of that country to ...
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... present king , in conformity to one of the most crown ; but being conquered , was deprived of orerland route laid down in the title - page . Now , ancient laws of Persia , assembled his sons for sight by order of his more successful ...
... present king , in conformity to one of the most crown ; but being conquered , was deprived of orerland route laid down in the title - page . Now , ancient laws of Persia , assembled his sons for sight by order of his more successful ...
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... present con- dition of the Italian Opera is disgraceful to the capital of Great Britain ; but that , however perplexed the concern may appear , it would be very easy in a short time to bring it into a flourishing state . I have unveiled ...
... present con- dition of the Italian Opera is disgraceful to the capital of Great Britain ; but that , however perplexed the concern may appear , it would be very easy in a short time to bring it into a flourishing state . I have unveiled ...
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Page 128 - Johnson, in some volume lying on the table, which I ventured (for I was then young) to deem incorrect; and pointed it out to him. I could not help thinking that he was somewhat of my opinion ; but he was cautious and reserved. But, Sir, said I— willing to overcome his scruples — Dr. Johnson himself (a fact which Mr. Bryant well knew) admitted that he was not a good Greek scholar.
Page 53 - ... size, found myself beside my fair one in a wood of grass-stalks. The joy of meeting after this short yet most strange separation, or, if you will, of this reunion without separation, exceeds all conception. I fell on her neck; she replied to my caresses, and the little pair was as happy as the large one. " With some difficulty, we now mounted a hill : I say difficulty, because the sward had become for us an almost impenetrable forest. Yet at length we reached a bare space; and how surprised was...
Page 171 - 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 bestrown, Fast by a brook, or fountain's murmuring wave. And many an evening sun shine sweetly on my grave.
Page 54 - ... philosophers might mean by their Ideal, which they say so plagues the mind of man. I had an Ideal of myself; and often in dreams I appeared as a giant. In short, my wife, my ring, my dwarf figure, and so many other bonds and restrictions, made me utterly unhappy; so that I began to think seriously about obtaining my deliverance. " Being persuaded that the whole magic lay in the ring, I resolved on filing this asunder. From the court-jeweller, accordingly, I borrowed some files.
Page 185 - scape by headlong haste. In vain ; the spoiler on his prize Hides proudly, tearing as he flies. For life the victim's utmost speed Is mustered in this hour of need For life. For life his giant might He strains, and pours his soul in flight ; And mad with terror, thirst, and pain, Spurns with wild hoof the thundering plain.
Page 197 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 159 - To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labour tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.
Page 25 - ... and extravagance. The private soldiers equally engaged the attention of his Royal Highness. In the course of his superintendence of the army, a military dress, the most absurd in Europe, was altered for one easy and comfortable for the men, and suitable to the hardships they are exposed to in actual service.
Page 107 - An INTRODUCTION to the THEORY and PRACTICE of PLANE and SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY, and the Stereographic Projection of the Sphere, including the Theory of Navigation ; comprehending a variety of Rules, Formulae, &c.
Page 25 - Dundas, and which obtained the sanction and countenance of his Royal Highness. This one circumstance, of giving a uniform principle and mode of working to the different bodies, which are after all but parts of the same great machine, was in itself one of the most distinguished services which could be rendered to a national army ; and it is only surprising that, before it was introduced, the British army was able to execute any combined movements at all. We...