The Mirror of literature, amusement, and instruction [ed. by T. Byerley]. [Continued as] The MirrorThomas Byerley 1823 |
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... , however , of considerable length , so as to allow sufficient standing room for a row of from ten to twenty persons upon the wheel . Their weight , the B first moving power of the machine , produces the greatest. The Mirror.
... , however , of considerable length , so as to allow sufficient standing room for a row of from ten to twenty persons upon the wheel . Their weight , the B first moving power of the machine , produces the greatest. The Mirror.
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... length . Its head is nearly round , about the size of that of a child two or three years old - its forehead somewhat depressed , and chin project- ing similar to the negro . Its teeth per- fect , and beautifully set in circular rows ...
... length . Its head is nearly round , about the size of that of a child two or three years old - its forehead somewhat depressed , and chin project- ing similar to the negro . Its teeth per- fect , and beautifully set in circular rows ...
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... length made his escape , and was seen to plunge into the sea , from whence he returned no more . In 1430 , in the great tempests which destroyed the dykes in Holland , some women at Edam , in West - Freezeland , saw a Mermaid , who had ...
... length made his escape , and was seen to plunge into the sea , from whence he returned no more . In 1430 , in the great tempests which destroyed the dykes in Holland , some women at Edam , in West - Freezeland , saw a Mermaid , who had ...
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... length ; then clenching the fist and drawing back the arm , which you dart forwards with all that muscu- lar vigour which is imparted by the fise bracing of the wind ; have you not soon discovered that you lacked some- thing ? that ...
... length ; then clenching the fist and drawing back the arm , which you dart forwards with all that muscu- lar vigour which is imparted by the fise bracing of the wind ; have you not soon discovered that you lacked some- thing ? that ...
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... length announced that it was sold by private contract for £ 340,000 to Mr. Farquhar . It is of this gentleman that we at present in- tend more particularly to speak . Mr. Farquhar is one of the many distinguished instances of the advan ...
... length announced that it was sold by private contract for £ 340,000 to Mr. Farquhar . It is of this gentleman that we at present in- tend more particularly to speak . Mr. Farquhar is one of the many distinguished instances of the advan ...
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Página 83 - She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat, like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Página 253 - But yesterday, the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Página 267 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Página 321 - Yes ! where is he, the champion and the child Of all that's great or little, wise or wild ? Whose game was empires, and whose stakes were thrones ? Whose table earth — whose dice were human bones ? Behold the grand result in yon lone isle, And, as thy nature urges, weep or smile.
Página 369 - And count the silent moments as they pass : The winged moments, whose unstaying speed No art can stop, or in their course arrest; Whose flight shall shortly count me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them that rest.
Página 144 - This night as ye use, Who shall for the present delight here ; Be a king by the lot, And who shall not Be Twelfe-day queene for the night here.
Página 170 - Far, far aloof th' affrighted ravens sail ; The famish'd eagle screams, and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep. They do not sleep. On yonder cliffs, a...
Página 326 - I feel Him in the gentle showers, The soft south wind, the breath of flowers, The sunshine and the shade. And yet (ungrateful that I am !) I've turned in sullen mood From all these things, whereof He said, When the great whole was finished, That they were
Página 369 - Farewell, ye blooming fields ! ye cheerful plains ! Enough for me the churchyard's lonely mound, Where Melancholy with still Silence reigns, And the rank grass waves o'er the cheerless ground.
Página 369 - Now Spring returns ; but not to me returns The vernal joy my better years have known ; Dim in my breast life's dying taper burns, And all the joys of life with health are flown.