The Mirror of literature, amusement, and instruction [ed. by T. Byerley]. [Continued as] The MirrorThomas Byerley 1823 |
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... night with a full stomach and a clear conscience : - 6 ' Go ! from the creatures thy instruc- tion take . ' When the Roman historian capti- vates us most , he recals that simple age of purity in which Cincinnatus culti vated his own ...
... night with a full stomach and a clear conscience : - 6 ' Go ! from the creatures thy instruc- tion take . ' When the Roman historian capti- vates us most , he recals that simple age of purity in which Cincinnatus culti vated his own ...
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... night . At this time , the water being raised , or , in other words , the flowing tide coming in , prevents those ... nights without any food to themselves , and are now again obliged to do the same on the river Ganges ; and , fourth ...
... night . At this time , the water being raised , or , in other words , the flowing tide coming in , prevents those ... nights without any food to themselves , and are now again obliged to do the same on the river Ganges ; and , fourth ...
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... night . At this time , the water being raised , or , in other words , the flowing tide coming in , prevents those ... nights without any food to themselves , and are now again obliged to do the same on the river Ganges ; and , fourth ...
... night . At this time , the water being raised , or , in other words , the flowing tide coming in , prevents those ... nights without any food to themselves , and are now again obliged to do the same on the river Ganges ; and , fourth ...
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... night , met the bailiffs , and desired to be dismissed from serving ; drank strong beer and metheglin ; expended about three shillings ; went home late , but got excused , as they entertained a good opinion of my father . " Monday ...
... night , met the bailiffs , and desired to be dismissed from serving ; drank strong beer and metheglin ; expended about three shillings ; went home late , but got excused , as they entertained a good opinion of my father . " Monday ...
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... night , for what is it but to establish a compe- tition between God and mammon , and to adjudge the preference to the latter ? What but to dethrone the moral go- vernor of the world , and to fall down and worship the idol of interest ...
... night , for what is it but to establish a compe- tition between God and mammon , and to adjudge the preference to the latter ? What but to dethrone the moral go- vernor of the world , and to fall down and worship the idol of interest ...
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Pasajes populares
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.