Spirit of the English MagazinesMunroe and Francis, 1828 |
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... ladies , who looked upon him with as much indifference as upon that do- mestic Polyphemus - a bodkin . My skill in swimming ofttimes se- duced me to the treacherous deep . Caught by the leg , as in a vice , by a cramp - tortured tyro ...
... ladies , who looked upon him with as much indifference as upon that do- mestic Polyphemus - a bodkin . My skill in swimming ofttimes se- duced me to the treacherous deep . Caught by the leg , as in a vice , by a cramp - tortured tyro ...
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... Ladies would have called him an ordinary - others thought him an extraordinary - man . Now the Major was a vast favour ... lady who - this fatal manu- script assured me - was violently prejudiced against - nay , who de- nounced me as a ...
... Ladies would have called him an ordinary - others thought him an extraordinary - man . Now the Major was a vast favour ... lady who - this fatal manu- script assured me - was violently prejudiced against - nay , who de- nounced me as a ...
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... lady started from their chairs , and gazed , first at me and then at each other , dubiously , and in a man- ner that would have moved the rigid muscles ( rigid in death ! ) of the un- fortunate Miss Bailey herself , but which affected ...
... lady started from their chairs , and gazed , first at me and then at each other , dubiously , and in a man- ner that would have moved the rigid muscles ( rigid in death ! ) of the un- fortunate Miss Bailey herself , but which affected ...
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... lady to permit my domestication un- der their London roof . In the mean- time , he furnished me with a sum of money , and we parted - he to his own home , and I into the wide wil- derness of streets , in quest of lodg- ing , which I ...
... lady to permit my domestication un- der their London roof . In the mean- time , he furnished me with a sum of money , and we parted - he to his own home , and I into the wide wil- derness of streets , in quest of lodg- ing , which I ...
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... lady had officiated as sexton ; and my pros- pects alone occupied the intervening space . We discoursed at large upon this topic the evening before his depar- ture.- " What do you think of the law ? " I inquired . " As of a gown and wig ...
... lady had officiated as sexton ; and my pros- pects alone occupied the intervening space . We discoursed at large upon this topic the evening before his depar- ture.- " What do you think of the law ? " I inquired . " As of a gown and wig ...
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Page 108 - Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
Page 86 - Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Page 25 - Search then the ruling passion: there, alone, The wild are constant, and the cunning known; The fool consistent, and the false sincere; Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here.
Page 176 - It is our will That thus enchains us to permitted ill. We might be otherwise, we might be all We dream of happy, high, majestical. Where is the love, beauty and truth we seek, But in our mind? and if we were not weak, Should we be less in deed than in desire?' 'Ay, if we were not weak — and we aspire How vainly to be strong!' said Maddalo; 'You talk Utopia.
Page 247 - What visions of glory would have broken upon his mind could he have known that he had indeed discovered a new continent, equal to the whole of the old world in magnitude, and separated by two vast oceans from all the earth hitherto known by civilized man...
Page 87 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 176 - It remains to know,' I then rejoined, 'and those who try may find How strong the chains are which our spirit bind; Brittle perchance as straw. We are assured Much may be conquered, much may be endured Of what degrades and crushes us. We know That we have power over ourselves to do And suffer — what, we know not till we try; But something nobler than to live and die. So taught those kings of old philosophy, Who reigned before religion made men blind; And those who suffer with their suffering kind...
Page 107 - I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Page 413 - Vainly, but well, that chief had fought, He was a captive now, Yet pride, that fortune humbles not, Was written on his brow. The scars his dark broad bosom wore, Showed warrior true and brave ; A prince among his tribe before, He could not be a slave.
Page 107 - Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer; behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried ; and ye shall have tribulation ten days : be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.