The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners : with Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage, Volume 15proprieters., 1802 |
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... supposed to have been one of the most ludicrous incidents of the day . Long before day - light , the good easy soul had milked her cows ; for being a milk - woman , such was her usual occupation . Her pipe smoaked and tea taken , all ...
... supposed to have been one of the most ludicrous incidents of the day . Long before day - light , the good easy soul had milked her cows ; for being a milk - woman , such was her usual occupation . Her pipe smoaked and tea taken , all ...
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... supposed to be the most ancient romance . Barbour in the middle of the 14th Century , quotes the romance of worthy Ferambrace . Wyntown mentions the great gest of Arthure , and the adventures of Gauane : many more romances and heroes of ...
... supposed to be the most ancient romance . Barbour in the middle of the 14th Century , quotes the romance of worthy Ferambrace . Wyntown mentions the great gest of Arthure , and the adventures of Gauane : many more romances and heroes of ...
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... supposed that Preville can instruct others to perform Orosmane and Semiramis ? that Molè can create actors fit for all characters ? It is an absurdity , at which they themselves must laugh in their sleeves . To give themselves airs of ...
... supposed that Preville can instruct others to perform Orosmane and Semiramis ? that Molè can create actors fit for all characters ? It is an absurdity , at which they themselves must laugh in their sleeves . To give themselves airs of ...
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... supposed to be a supernatural appearance , which goes about at night in the shape of an ass , with large eyes , and a long chain round it . ( e ) frighted . Whoi hey , eif au a ghoast sud chonce to THE MONTHLY MIRROR . 47.
... supposed to be a supernatural appearance , which goes about at night in the shape of an ass , with large eyes , and a long chain round it . ( e ) frighted . Whoi hey , eif au a ghoast sud chonce to THE MONTHLY MIRROR . 47.
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... supposed . He was of the sect of Presbyterians , and a mem- ber of the celebrated Tom Bradbury's meeting , from which he was expelled for some irregularities . He afterwards devoted himself to literature , and became an author of ...
... supposed . He was of the sect of Presbyterians , and a mem- ber of the celebrated Tom Bradbury's meeting , from which he was expelled for some irregularities . He afterwards devoted himself to literature , and became an author of ...
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Page 43 - O Hamlet, speak no more : Thou turn'st mine eyes into my very soul ; And there I see such black and grained spots As will not leave their tinct.
Page 380 - Ye woodlands all, awake : a boundless song Burst from the groves ! and when the restless day, Expiring, lays the warbling world asleep, Sweetest of birds, sweet Philomela, charm The listening shades, and teach the night His praise.
Page 20 - While from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind; But more advanc'd, behold with strange surprise New distant scenes of endless science rise!
Page 15 - Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life at a pin's fee; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself?
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Page 175 - Proofs of the Authenticity and Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures; a Summary of the History of the Jews ; an Account of the Jewish Sects ; and a brief Statement of the Contents of the several Books of the Old and New Testaments.
Page 407 - I answer: This extraordinary effect proceeds from that very eloquence, with which the melancholy scene is represented. The genius required to paint objects in a lively manner, the art employed in collecting all the pathetic circumstances, the judgment displayed in disposing them : the exercise, I say, of these noble talents, together with the force of expression, and beauty of oratorical numbers, diffuse the highest satisfaction on the audience, and excite the most delightful movements.
Page 407 - This idea, though weak and disguised, suffices to diminish the pain which we suffer from the misfortunes of those whom we love, and to reduce that affliction to such a pitch as converts it into a pleasure.
Page 106 - ... in the hospital, was the only measure which could be adopted. The physician, alarmed at the proposal, bold in the confidence of virtue and the cause of humanity, remonstrated vehemently, representing the cruelty as well as the atrocity of such a murder ; but finding that...