The Parlour Portfolio, Or, Post-chaise Companion: Being a Selection of the Most Amusing and Interesting Articles and Anecdotes that Have Appeared in the Magazines, Newspapers, and Other Daily and Periodical Journals, from the Year 1700, to the Present Time, Volumen 2Matthew Iley, and sold, 1820 |
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... night , and has been signalized by a frightful catas- trophe . Among the numerous entertainments which had been promised to the public , was the ascent of Madame Blanchard in a luminous bal- loon , ornamented with artificial fire ...
... night , and has been signalized by a frightful catas- trophe . Among the numerous entertainments which had been promised to the public , was the ascent of Madame Blanchard in a luminous bal- loon , ornamented with artificial fire ...
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... night in case they had no wind , we hoped to come up with them by continuing to row to a late hour . Our efforts were unavailing ; for they had got so far a - head since the wind fell , that there was now no hope of coming up with them ...
... night in case they had no wind , we hoped to come up with them by continuing to row to a late hour . Our efforts were unavailing ; for they had got so far a - head since the wind fell , that there was now no hope of coming up with them ...
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... night , from our momentary dread of being sprung upon by a tiger from the bank , or taken out of the boat on the other side by an alli- gator . Never was a reprieve more welcome to a poor wretch at the gallows , than the return of day ...
... night , from our momentary dread of being sprung upon by a tiger from the bank , or taken out of the boat on the other side by an alli- gator . Never was a reprieve more welcome to a poor wretch at the gallows , than the return of day ...
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... nights in the same situation , with the aggra- vation of suffering additional misery from our deficiency of provisions , especially as there was no prospect of arriving at any Indian hut or vil- lage until it had been long expended . We ...
... nights in the same situation , with the aggra- vation of suffering additional misery from our deficiency of provisions , especially as there was no prospect of arriving at any Indian hut or vil- lage until it had been long expended . We ...
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... night was passed in circumstances equally disagreeable as on the former : and at the return of day - light we again continued our labo- rious voyage . We were not favoured by a breath of wind , and were therefore obliged to propel the ...
... night was passed in circumstances equally disagreeable as on the former : and at the return of day - light we again continued our labo- rious voyage . We were not favoured by a breath of wind , and were therefore obliged to propel the ...
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Página 132 - And but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not, now. And but for that chill changeless brow, Where cold Obstruction's apathy Appals the gazing mourner's heart...
Página 132 - Such is the aspect of this shore; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there.
Página 350 - The school-boy whips his taxed top ; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon that has paid fifteen per cent., flings himself back upon his...
Página 359 - O God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul !' This was followed by a general laugh.
Página 266 - The flash of Wit, the bright Intelligence, The beam of Song, the blaze of Eloquence, Set with their Sun, but still have left behind The enduring produce of immortal Mind ; Fruits of a genial morn, and glorious noon, A deathless part of him who died too soon.
Página 133 - Here is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath : But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue that haunts it to the tomb, Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away, Spark of that flame perchance of heavenly birth, Which gleams, but warms no more its cherished earth.
Página 51 - Is it a fiend that to a stake Of fire his desperate self is tethering ? Or stubborn spirit doomed to yell In solitary ward or cell, Ten thousand miles from all his brethren.
Página 265 - WHEN the last sunshine of expiring day In summer's twilight weeps itself away, Who hath not felt the softness of the hour Sink on the heart, as dew along the flower? With a pure feeling which absorbs and awes While nature makes that melancholy pause, Her breathing moment on the bridge where Time Of light and darkness forms an arch sublime.
Página 352 - Love in my bosom like a bee Doth suck his sweet: Now with his wings he plays with me, Now with his feet. Within mine eyes he makes his nest, His bed amidst my tender breast; My kisses are his daily feast, And yet he robs me of my rest. Ah, wanton, will ye?
Página 349 - ... that comes from abroad or is grown at home ; taxes on the raw material ; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man...