Belgravia: A London Magazine, Volumen 9

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Chatto and Windus, 1869

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Página 258 - My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant ; nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune.
Página 251 - Your fears won't let you, nor the longing itch To hear a story which you dread the truth of, Truth which the fear of smart shall ne'er get from me. Cowards are scared with threat'nings; boys are whipp'd Into confessions: but a steady mind Acts of itself, ne'er asks the body counsel.
Página 378 - For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever ; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
Página 460 - Will it come with a blessing or curse ? Will its bonnets be lower or higher ? Will its morals be better or worse ? Will it find me grown thinner or fatter, Or fonder of wrong or of right, Or married — or buried? — no matter...
Página 68 - I loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers Could not with all their quantity of love, Make up my sum.
Página 250 - Demand me nothing ; what you know, you know : From this time forth I never will speak word.
Página 262 - Jeroms, compelled me to embrace the superior merits of celibacy, the institution of the monastic life, the use of the sign of the Cross, of holy oil, and even of images, the invocation of saints, the worship of...
Página 251 - ... The heretic !" They show him the image of Him who died upon the cross for the sake of the living truth — he refuses the symbol ! A yell bursts from the multitude. They chain him to the stake. He remains silent. Will he not pray for mercy ? Will he not recant ? Now the last hour is arrived — will he die in his obstinacy, when a little hypocrisy would save him from so much agony ? It is even so : he is stubborn, unalterable. They light the fagots ; the branches crackle ; the flame ascends ;...
Página 262 - Where a person is reconciled to the see of Rome, or procures others to be reconciled, the offence (says Blackstone) amounts to high treason.
Página 475 - Don't keep the people waiting — light up — light up — let 'em in — let 'em in — ha ! ha ! fast asleep. — Play well to-night, Elliston ! Great favourite with the Queen. Let 'em in — let 'em in." The house was presently illuminated — messengers were sent off to the royal party, which, in a short lapse of time, reached the theatre. Elliston then quitted the side of his most affable monarch ; and dressing himself in five minutes for his part...

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