The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, Volúmenes 50-51Henry Colburn, 1837 |
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... party to- gether , the lady gradually warming by the generous influence of what , in the earlier part of the day , she would probably have called the " vinous juice , " began proportionably to relinquish all her fine words and euphonic ...
... party to- gether , the lady gradually warming by the generous influence of what , in the earlier part of the day , she would probably have called the " vinous juice , " began proportionably to relinquish all her fine words and euphonic ...
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... party forthwith . " " How is Papa ? " said Fanny ; " is he in good spirits ? " ' " Much as usual , ” said I ; " he seemed a little out of sorts at first , but he soon recovered his usual good temper , and has played off our visiter to ...
... party forthwith . " " How is Papa ? " said Fanny ; " is he in good spirits ? " ' " Much as usual , ” said I ; " he seemed a little out of sorts at first , but he soon recovered his usual good temper , and has played off our visiter to ...
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... party - she is such a capital mimic . " I did as I was desired - or , as I felt it , commanded - and then con- cocted a tumbler of a similar mixture for myself - the candles burned down - the fire grew dull - the room grew cold - I ...
... party - she is such a capital mimic . " I did as I was desired - or , as I felt it , commanded - and then con- cocted a tumbler of a similar mixture for myself - the candles burned down - the fire grew dull - the room grew cold - I ...
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... party had been arranged before the dénouement of the Merman affair , and while he was yet in the house ; and that Mrs. Wells , with the proper spirit of her sex , re- solved that the dismissal of the Lieutenant , which would be of ...
... party had been arranged before the dénouement of the Merman affair , and while he was yet in the house ; and that Mrs. Wells , with the proper spirit of her sex , re- solved that the dismissal of the Lieutenant , which would be of ...
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... party is not often met with . " You would not think , " said Mons . E. , to whom they are much attached , " that it was a table of mad people . " Pure wine is not allowed , being greatly diluted with water : animal food , sparingly ...
... party is not often met with . " You would not think , " said Mons . E. , to whom they are much attached , " that it was a table of mad people . " Pure wine is not allowed , being greatly diluted with water : animal food , sparingly ...
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Página 432 - gainst every odds— and I've gained the victory. Our captain sent for all of us; my merry men, said he, I havn't the gift of the gab, my lads, but yet I thankful be; You've done your duty handsomely, each man stood to his gun, If you hadn't, you villains, as sure as day, I'd have flogged each mother's son. Odds bobs, hammer and tongs, as long as I'm at sea, I'll fight 'gainst every odds — and I'll gain the victory.
Página 196 - Both in his native and domesticated state, during the solemn stillness of night, as soon as the moon rises in silent majesty, he begins his delightful solo ; and serenades us the livelong night with a full display of his vocal powers, making the whole neighbourhood ring with his inimitable medley...
Página 370 - Of neighbouring cypress or more sable yew Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf That the wind severs from the broken wave ; The lilac, various in array, now white, Now sanguine, and her beauteous head now set With purple spikes pyramidal, as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hue she most approved, she chose them all...
Página 195 - ... and even handsome. The ease, elegance and rapidity of his movements, the animation of his eye, and the intelligence he displays in listening and laying up lessons from almost every species of the feathered creation within his hearing, are really surprising, and mark the peculiarity of his genius.
Página 262 - He took three extra glasses of Madeira without washing down the obstinate doubt that threatened to become an impediment to his ever speaking again with any confidence or comfort. Naturally fond of music, which he could have enjoyed at all hours but for the single drawback of not being able to hear a note, he resorted for solace to his music-book, and began to read. The effort was unsuccessful — -a solitary crotchet, harsh and horrid, having taken possession of his mind. He drew his chair to the...
Página 196 - The barking of the dog, the mewing of the cat, the creaking of a passing wheelbarrow, follow with great truth and rapidity. He repeats the tune taught him by his master, though of considerable length, fully and faithfully. He runs over the quiverings of the canary, and the clear whistlings of the Virginia nightingale or red-bird, with such superior execution and effect, that the mortified songsters feel their own inferiority and become altogether silent, while he seems to triumph in their defeat,...
Página 226 - Of passion link the universal kind Of man so close, what wonder if to search This common nature through the various change Of sex, and age, and fortune, and the frame Of each peculiar, draw the busy mind With unresisted charms?
Página 196 - Bartram has beautifully expressed it, " he bounds aloft with the celerity of an arrow, as if to recover or recall his very soul, expired in the last elevated strain.
Página 229 - What is it that keeps men in continual discontent and agitation ? It is, that they cannot make realities correspond with their conceptions, that enjoyment steals away from...
Página 139 - Upon this development of the motives, the views, and the consistency of the above-mentioned band of patriots, Johnson once remarked to me, that it had given more strength to government than all that had been written in its defence, meaning thereby, that it had destroyed all confidence in men of that character.