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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... lady . I feel a respect for their avocations , for my own are some- what similar . I love to open the great volume of human character : to me the examination of a beau is more interesting than that of a daffodil or narcissus ; and I ...
... lady . I feel a respect for their avocations , for my own are some- what similar . I love to open the great volume of human character : to me the examination of a beau is more interesting than that of a daffodil or narcissus ; and I ...
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... lady as he would a bar - maid ; and this was pronounced a certain proof that he had been used to better company in Birmingham . He became the great man of all the taverns between New- York and Haerlem ; and no one stood a chance of ...
... lady as he would a bar - maid ; and this was pronounced a certain proof that he had been used to better company in Birmingham . He became the great man of all the taverns between New- York and Haerlem ; and no one stood a chance of ...
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... lady but look'd like a vestal , Nor a young one that was not an angel in muslin . I felt myself lost in a crowd of Divinities , I found that my heart was beginning to tingle : Thinks I to myself , my dear ladies , what sin it is That ...
... lady but look'd like a vestal , Nor a young one that was not an angel in muslin . I felt myself lost in a crowd of Divinities , I found that my heart was beginning to tingle : Thinks I to myself , my dear ladies , what sin it is That ...
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... ladies , two and two , arm and arm ; betwixt them , again marched the rest , in regular succession , two and two , according to their size , the smallest bring- ing up the rear . The drums beat and the ladies sing . The glittering ...
... ladies , two and two , arm and arm ; betwixt them , again marched the rest , in regular succession , two and two , according to their size , the smallest bring- ing up the rear . The drums beat and the ladies sing . The glittering ...
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... Lady Mayoresses Easter Ball ; great scrambling after ices in the Egyptian Hall . Query isis . June . An old soldier advertises to quell ' the Irish rebellion for 10,000 % . Query which of them ? July . The proprietors of Vauxhall ...
... Lady Mayoresses Easter Ball ; great scrambling after ices in the Egyptian Hall . Query isis . June . An old soldier advertises to quell ' the Irish rebellion for 10,000 % . Query which of them ? July . The proprietors of Vauxhall ...
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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.