Spirit of the English Magazines, Volumen 14Munroe and Francis, 1824 |
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... leave to make an attack upon that place.- Buonaparte replied , that , when he had taken Acre , he would come in per- son and plant the tree of liberty in the very spot where Christ suffered : and that the first French soldier who fell ...
... leave to make an attack upon that place.- Buonaparte replied , that , when he had taken Acre , he would come in per- son and plant the tree of liberty in the very spot where Christ suffered : and that the first French soldier who fell ...
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... leave his quarters on my account ! my legs still remain to bear me down into the cockpit . ' In this wounded and shattered state he cast a languid yet affectionate look towards his brave crew- Persevere , my brave lads , in your duty ...
... leave his quarters on my account ! my legs still remain to bear me down into the cockpit . ' In this wounded and shattered state he cast a languid yet affectionate look towards his brave crew- Persevere , my brave lads , in your duty ...
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... leaves his house . He has the same fears , and takes the same precautions , on the first arrival of the lapwing . When a hare or a fox crosses his path , he considers it as a bad omen ; but if it is a wolf , the omen is favour- able ...
... leaves his house . He has the same fears , and takes the same precautions , on the first arrival of the lapwing . When a hare or a fox crosses his path , he considers it as a bad omen ; but if it is a wolf , the omen is favour- able ...
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... leave to in- form elderly gentlemen that this office will not be conferred upon them , as the first condition of duly fulfilling its du- ties is to have good eyes . The re- hearsals are to take place with closed doors ; and in order the ...
... leave to in- form elderly gentlemen that this office will not be conferred upon them , as the first condition of duly fulfilling its du- ties is to have good eyes . The re- hearsals are to take place with closed doors ; and in order the ...
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... leave him , killed him , and running himself through with the same sword , fell dead by him . The same historian adds , that the faithful horse betrayed a kind of joy in dying by his master's hand . The following anecdote , extracted ...
... leave him , killed him , and running himself through with the same sword , fell dead by him . The same historian adds , that the faithful horse betrayed a kind of joy in dying by his master's hand . The following anecdote , extracted ...
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Página 100 - And ever against eating cares Lap me in soft Lydian airs Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Página 102 - ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time ! I saw the last of human mould That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime...
Página 103 - ... curtain fall Upon the stage of men. Nor with thy rising beams recall Life's tragedy again: Its piteous pageants bring not back, Nor waken flesh, upon the rack Of pain anew to writhe; Stretched in disease's shapes abhorred, Or mown in battle by the sword, Like grass beneath the scythe.
Página 102 - The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan. The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb...
Página 209 - one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Página 166 - Inquireth if you have had your arms done on vellum yet; and did not know, till lately, that such-and-such had been the crest of the family. His memory is unseasonable; his compliments perverse; his talk a trouble; his stay pertinacious; and when he goeth away, you dismiss his chair into a corner as precipitately as possible, and feel fairly rid of two nuisances.
Página 103 - What though beneath thee man put forth His pomp, his pride, his skill ; And arts that made fire, flood, and earth, The vassals of his will ; — Yet mourn I not thy parted sway, Thou dim discrowned king of day...
Página 166 - He may require to be repressed sometimes — aliquando sufflaminandus erat — but there is no raising her. You send her soup at dinner, and she begs to be helped — after the gentlemen. Mr. requests the honour of taking wine with her; she hesitates between Port and Madeira, and chooses the former — because he does. She calls the servant Sir; and insists on not troubling him to hold her plate.
Página 43 - Sublime tobacco ! which from east to west Cheers the tar's labour or the Turkman's rest ; Which on the Moslem's ottoman divides His hours, and rivals opium and his brides...
Página 62 - If you pour a glut of water upon a bottle, it receives little of it; but with a funnel, and by degrees, you shall fill many of them, and spill little of your own; to their capacity they will all receive, and be full.