The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volumen 3J. Limbird, 1824 Containing original essays; historical narratives, biographical memoirs, sketches of society, topographical descriptions, novels and tales, anecdotes, select extracts from new and expensive works, the spirit of the public journals, discoveries in the arts and sciences, useful domestic hints, etc. etc. etc. |
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... less excursive and more humble fancy erects , will be limited by the possession of a brick house of two or three stories in the City - road , or in the purlieus of Hack- ney , a one - horse chaise , a hot joint every day , with added ...
... less excursive and more humble fancy erects , will be limited by the possession of a brick house of two or three stories in the City - road , or in the purlieus of Hack- ney , a one - horse chaise , a hot joint every day , with added ...
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... less than his , should they there make a stay , Most certain , would soon die of hun- ger . ECONOMY . AT a time of general scarcity , the great Emperor Acbar went to visit the tomb of a Saint , buried at Corrub , near Delhi . On his ...
... less than his , should they there make a stay , Most certain , would soon die of hun- ger . ECONOMY . AT a time of general scarcity , the great Emperor Acbar went to visit the tomb of a Saint , buried at Corrub , near Delhi . On his ...
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... less than one - fourth of that of oil colour , and the beauty far superior : - Take four pounds of Roman vitriol , and pour on it a tea - kettle full of boiling water ; when dissolved , add two pounds of pearl ash , and stir the mixture ...
... less than one - fourth of that of oil colour , and the beauty far superior : - Take four pounds of Roman vitriol , and pour on it a tea - kettle full of boiling water ; when dissolved , add two pounds of pearl ash , and stir the mixture ...
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... less delighted than his stomach . " In Greece it was customary to have the praises of great men sung during meal time ; and these effusions were called acroamata . The general practice , how- ever , like all others , was , in time ...
... less delighted than his stomach . " In Greece it was customary to have the praises of great men sung during meal time ; and these effusions were called acroamata . The general practice , how- ever , like all others , was , in time ...
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... less and less frequented . What carried the evil to the uttermost was , that a fanciful lady of rank in the neighbourhood , chanced to recover of some imaginary complaint by the use of a mineral well , about a mile and a half from the ...
... less and less frequented . What carried the evil to the uttermost was , that a fanciful lady of rank in the neighbourhood , chanced to recover of some imaginary complaint by the use of a mineral well , about a mile and a half from the ...
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Página 343 - The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Página 343 - The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea. And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free, For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave.
Página 138 - And hitting and splitting, And shining and twining, And rattling and battling, And shaking and quaking, And pouring and roaring, And waving and raving...
Página 373 - The man, whose eye Is ever on himself, doth look on one, The least of nature's works, one who might move The wise man to that scorn which wisdom holds Unlawful, ever.
Página 228 - May the great God, whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet! For myself individually, I commit my life to Him that made me; and may His blessing alight on my endeavours for serving my country faithfully!
Página 118 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Página 343 - Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep; There, swan-like, let me sing and die: A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine— Dash down yon cup of Samian wine!
Página 343 - And where are they? and where art thou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine?
Página 116 - Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O LORD; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Página 340 - The whole distance, from the place whence we started to our landing on the other side, including the length we were carried by the current, was computed by those on board the frigate at upwards of four English miles ; though the actual breadth is barely one.