The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volumen3J. Limbird, 1824 Containing original essays; historical narratives, biographical memoirs, sketches of society, topographical descriptions, novels and tales, anecdotes, select extracts from new and expensive works, the spirit of the public journals, discoveries in the arts and sciences, useful domestic hints, etc. etc. etc. |
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... known to drive tandem to the - ne plus ultra the d - l . Unfortunate Straddle ! may thy fate be a warning to all young gentlemen who come out from Birmingham to astonish the natives ! I should never have taken the trouble to delineate ...
... known to drive tandem to the - ne plus ultra the d - l . Unfortunate Straddle ! may thy fate be a warning to all young gentlemen who come out from Birmingham to astonish the natives ! I should never have taken the trouble to delineate ...
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... known , though the only one capable of sheltering men of war in the north - eastern part of these islands . This chart was transmittted to the Lords of the Admiralty in 1813 , who were pleased to signify their approbation of it , and to ...
... known , though the only one capable of sheltering men of war in the north - eastern part of these islands . This chart was transmittted to the Lords of the Admiralty in 1813 , who were pleased to signify their approbation of it , and to ...
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... known to require repetition ; and the result of the discussions which followed was the appointment of a new expedition to the same quarter , to sail in the following spring . Such was the high opinion which the Lords of the Admiralty ...
... known to require repetition ; and the result of the discussions which followed was the appointment of a new expedition to the same quarter , to sail in the following spring . Such was the high opinion which the Lords of the Admiralty ...
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... known , To such as I , who wandering near the spot , But for that stone , had never known , that he Whose sweetest lays can never be forgot , Rested so near in calm obscurity . He wrote his Elegy in Stoke Church - yard . Mr. Penn has ...
... known , To such as I , who wandering near the spot , But for that stone , had never known , that he Whose sweetest lays can never be forgot , Rested so near in calm obscurity . He wrote his Elegy in Stoke Church - yard . Mr. Penn has ...
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... known . The reader shall have them without further preface . THE TREAD MILL , BY JACOB JONES ESQ . OF. Leisure Hours . No. II . Poscimur , si quid vacui sub umbra Lusimus tecum , quod et hunc in annum Vivat et plures . HOR . THE first ...
... known . The reader shall have them without further preface . THE TREAD MILL , BY JACOB JONES ESQ . OF. Leisure Hours . No. II . Poscimur , si quid vacui sub umbra Lusimus tecum , quod et hunc in annum Vivat et plures . HOR . THE first ...
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Página 343 - The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Página 343 - The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea. And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free, For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave.
Página 138 - And hitting and splitting, And shining and twining, And rattling and battling, And shaking and quaking, And pouring and roaring, And waving and raving...
Página 373 - The man, whose eye Is ever on himself, doth look on one, The least of nature's works, one who might move The wise man to that scorn which wisdom holds Unlawful, ever.
Página 228 - May the great God, whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet! For myself individually, I commit my life to Him that made me; and may His blessing alight on my endeavours for serving my country faithfully!
Página 118 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Página 343 - Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep; There, swan-like, let me sing and die: A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine— Dash down yon cup of Samian wine!
Página 343 - And where are they? and where art thou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine?
Página 116 - Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O LORD; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Página 340 - The whole distance, from the place whence we started to our landing on the other side, including the length we were carried by the current, was computed by those on board the frigate at upwards of four English miles ; though the actual breadth is barely one.