The St. Peterburg English Review, Volumen3S. Warrand 1842 |
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... prisoner , until it has no small trouble to disentangle the false from the true enchantment . A curious characteristic of poets of this order is , that in their sweetest strains we can so frequently detect a determi- nation throughout ...
... prisoner , until it has no small trouble to disentangle the false from the true enchantment . A curious characteristic of poets of this order is , that in their sweetest strains we can so frequently detect a determi- nation throughout ...
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... strange things come to pass . We have seen marvellous things ! ( ) The following tale was suggested by reading Lieut . Barnes ' Travels in Bokhara . VOL . III . 17 6 we have taken many prisoners ; amongst them one JOHN BULL IN TARTARY .
... strange things come to pass . We have seen marvellous things ! ( ) The following tale was suggested by reading Lieut . Barnes ' Travels in Bokhara . VOL . III . 17 6 we have taken many prisoners ; amongst them one JOHN BULL IN TARTARY .
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S. Warrand. 6 we have taken many prisoners ; amongst them one such as has never before been seen in Tartary . We were on the very verge of the desert , posted behind that hill with which you are acquainted , commanding the road from ...
S. Warrand. 6 we have taken many prisoners ; amongst them one such as has never before been seen in Tartary . We were on the very verge of the desert , posted behind that hill with which you are acquainted , commanding the road from ...
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... prisoner in the hands of a ruthless band of savages , his ser- vants fled , and his baggage dispersed to the four ... prisoners , were huddled together in a body , all awaiting the inspection of the great Khan or Chief . The hour for ...
... prisoner in the hands of a ruthless band of savages , his ser- vants fled , and his baggage dispersed to the four ... prisoners , were huddled together in a body , all awaiting the inspection of the great Khan or Chief . The hour for ...
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... prisoners they had made , the captain , accom- panied by Omar Aga , the second in command , came forward , and heard their Chief say , " Aferin ! Aferin ! well done ! commander of a hundred ! And you ... prisoner JOHN BULL IN TARTARY . 133.
... prisoners they had made , the captain , accom- panied by Omar Aga , the second in command , came forward , and heard their Chief say , " Aferin ! Aferin ! well done ! commander of a hundred ! And you ... prisoner JOHN BULL IN TARTARY . 133.
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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...
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