The St. Peterburg English Review, Volumen3S. Warrand 1842 |
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... person was done to death , that solitary shade returning to complain of the shedding of its blood . too , that the objects in general assigned for the appearance of the ghost , are not such as we can reasonably imagine dis- turb the ...
... person was done to death , that solitary shade returning to complain of the shedding of its blood . too , that the objects in general assigned for the appearance of the ghost , are not such as we can reasonably imagine dis- turb the ...
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... person of quality . But is not the passage of Milton in reality a con- ceit also , although of a far higher description ? Does it ex- hibit any creative faculty ? Does it call up any image in the mind of the reader , or suggest any as ...
... person of quality . But is not the passage of Milton in reality a con- ceit also , although of a far higher description ? Does it ex- hibit any creative faculty ? Does it call up any image in the mind of the reader , or suggest any as ...
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... persons engaged in the performan- ces , I shall mention those only who represented the principal characters , and whom I find there enumerated in the published account of the divertissement . Fadladin , ( ount Haack , Marechal de Cour ...
... persons engaged in the performan- ces , I shall mention those only who represented the principal characters , and whom I find there enumerated in the published account of the divertissement . Fadladin , ( ount Haack , Marechal de Cour ...
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... person who would be led , under any circum- stances to inform against his associates . » This was aimed at some of the revelations of the preceding day , and , as I learned afterwards , was so understood . « How old are you , sir ? » he ...
... person who would be led , under any circum- stances to inform against his associates . » This was aimed at some of the revelations of the preceding day , and , as I learned afterwards , was so understood . « How old are you , sir ? » he ...
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... person not to name a lady . not so distinctly put forward , who was supposed to know a little of the language which is spoken at Berlin . Hence her annoyance . " « I think , " said Miss Priscilla , holding the wineglass at a discrete ...
... person not to name a lady . not so distinctly put forward , who was supposed to know a little of the language which is spoken at Berlin . Hence her annoyance . " « I think , " said Miss Priscilla , holding the wineglass at a discrete ...
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Página 83 - twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;} " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.
Página 231 - He is a middle-sized, spare man, about forty years old, of a brown complexion and darkbrown coloured hair, but wears a wig ; a hooked nose, a sharp chin, grey eyes, and a large mole near his mouth...
Página 92 - The man that lays his hand upon a woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch Whom 'twere gross flattery to name a coward.— I'll talk to you, lady, but not beat you.
Página 118 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Página 174 - Fear ye not me? Saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Página 30 - But, gracious God, how well dost Thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ! Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O teach me to believe Thee thus concealed, And search no farther than Thyself revealed ; But her alone for my director take, Whom Thou hast promised never to forsake...
Página 37 - For mine is the lay that lightly floats, And mine are the murmuring, dying notes, That fall as soft as snow on the sea, And melt in the heart as instantly...
Página 27 - Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart ; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord.
Página 373 - Would gambol from. Mother, for love of grace, Lay not that flattering unction to your soul...
Página 27 - So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks, Or at the ear of Eve, familiar...