New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 22Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth E. W. Allen, 1828 |
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... Captain Murphy , of the Life Guards ! twirling round in a waltz with the velocity of a squirrel in a cage , and to the tune of " la Sauteuse . " My own head reeled at the astounding spectacle . I should have fallen to the ground , but ...
... Captain Murphy , of the Life Guards ! twirling round in a waltz with the velocity of a squirrel in a cage , and to the tune of " la Sauteuse . " My own head reeled at the astounding spectacle . I should have fallen to the ground , but ...
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... Captain who made the French quiver , and the Grand Sultan for his encouragement of the Bowstring ; the Needlemakers ' , the Memory of the Earl of Lauderdale , and Mr. Poyntz ; the Blacksmiths ' , Lord Eldon , who struck when the Bar ...
... Captain who made the French quiver , and the Grand Sultan for his encouragement of the Bowstring ; the Needlemakers ' , the Memory of the Earl of Lauderdale , and Mr. Poyntz ; the Blacksmiths ' , Lord Eldon , who struck when the Bar ...
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... Captain Head in his late work . One good effect would result from the adop- tion of the French system : -- no longer , if Gallic regimen were follow- ed , should we hear complaints of biliousness and nervousness - words unknown in the ...
... Captain Head in his late work . One good effect would result from the adop- tion of the French system : -- no longer , if Gallic regimen were follow- ed , should we hear complaints of biliousness and nervousness - words unknown in the ...
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... recognised , in spite of the wound on the forehead , by some of the peasants , who had known the face in youth , to be that of a Captain Mac- gregor , who boasted his descent from the famous Rob 50 A Night by Loch Lomond .
... recognised , in spite of the wound on the forehead , by some of the peasants , who had known the face in youth , to be that of a Captain Mac- gregor , who boasted his descent from the famous Rob 50 A Night by Loch Lomond .
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... Captain Macgregor in India , by whose command he had been several times flogged for bad condnct , and at length brought to a court - martial , and dismissed the service . An account of these circumstances drawn up by Mr. Brown ...
... Captain Macgregor in India , by whose command he had been several times flogged for bad condnct , and at length brought to a court - martial , and dismissed the service . An account of these circumstances drawn up by Mr. Brown ...
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Page 66 - 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 15 - 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 — A flower — the wind — the ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound ; XXIV.
Page 65 - 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 547 - For the needy shall not alway be forgotten : the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Page 65 - And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
Page 103 - But whither goes that wealth, and gladdening whom? See, left but life enough, and breathing-room The hunger and the hope of life to feel, Yon pale Mechanic bending: o'er his loom, And Childhood's self, as at Ixion's wheel, From morn till midnight tasked to earn its little meal.
Page 288 - Columbus had formed his theory, it became fixed in his mind with singular firmness, and influenced his entire character and conduct. He never spoke in doubt or hesitation, but with as much certainty as if his eyes had beheld the promised land.
Page 341 - Would harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young blood; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres; Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood : — List, list, O list ! — If thou didst ever thy dear father love, Ham.
Page 293 - Columbus was a man of great and inventive genius. The operations of his mind, were energetic but irregular ; bursting forth at times with that irresistible force which characterizes intellects of such an order. His mind had grasped all kinds of knowledge connected with his pursuits ; and though his information may appear limited at the present day, and some of his errors palpable, it is because...
Page 103 - AND call they this Improvement? — to have changed My native Clyde, thy once romantic shore, Where Nature's face is banish'd and estranged. And Heaven reflected in thy wave no more ; Whose banks, that sweeten'd May-day's breath before Lie sere and leafless now in summer's beam, With sooty exhalations cover'd o'er ; And for the daisied green-sward, down thy stream Unsightly brick-lanes smoke, and clanking engines gleam.