Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 1Munroe and Francis, 1817 |
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... whole family is collected , he is warmly greeted , they see him so seldom . The present is given , the joy increases , dinner is ready , and he is pressed to stop : he refuses , " the Emperor may return and ask for me . " " O , he won't ...
... whole family is collected , he is warmly greeted , they see him so seldom . The present is given , the joy increases , dinner is ready , and he is pressed to stop : he refuses , " the Emperor may return and ask for me . " " O , he won't ...
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... whole length figure of our Sa- low in immense boots ( his black hair viour carved and painted white with the tied in a dirty queue , with a little pow- wounds marked with red , lying under an der about it , whilst the whole of the back ...
... whole length figure of our Sa- low in immense boots ( his black hair viour carved and painted white with the tied in a dirty queue , with a little pow- wounds marked with red , lying under an der about it , whilst the whole of the back ...
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... whole attention must , for a very long pe- to make us tremble now that water is become so scarce , riod , be engaged with the means of their preservation , must necessarily lose all If my readers are not pleased with recollection of the ...
... whole attention must , for a very long pe- to make us tremble now that water is become so scarce , riod , be engaged with the means of their preservation , must necessarily lose all If my readers are not pleased with recollection of the ...
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... whole their wives and children , the poor day- kneeling congregation uniting in the labourers resting from their week's hard same expression of adoration ; one great service , and dressed in their best gar- family , acknowledging their ...
... whole their wives and children , the poor day- kneeling congregation uniting in the labourers resting from their week's hard same expression of adoration ; one great service , and dressed in their best gar- family , acknowledging their ...
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... whole of the National Convention burst into a fit of laughter , though engaged on a most serious subject . It was on ... whole Palais Royale , and their funds being army . In two days an order arrived for low , resolved to dine very ...
... whole of the National Convention burst into a fit of laughter , though engaged on a most serious subject . It was on ... whole Palais Royale , and their funds being army . In two days an order arrived for low , resolved to dine very ...
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Page 117 - Twas still some solace, in the dearth Of the pure elements of earth. To hearken to each other's speech, And each turn comforter to each With some new hope, or legend old, Or song heroically bold ; But even these at length grew cold. Our voices took a dreary tone, An echo of the dungeon-stone, A grating sound— not full and free As they of yore were wont to be: It might be fancy — but to me They never sounded like our own...
Page 195 - But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there were waters flowing, And on it there were young flowers growing Of gentle breath and hue.
Page 405 - The rapid progress true science now makes, occasions my regretting sometimes that I was born so soon. It is impossible to imagine the height to which may be carried, in a thousand years, the power of man over matter.
Page 117 - A double dungeon wall and wave Have made — and like a living grave. Below the surface of the lake The dark vault lies wherein we lay, We heard it ripple night and day; Sounding o'er our heads it...
Page 119 - The last — the sole — the dearest link Between me and the eternal brink, Which bound me to my failing race, Was broken in this fatal place.
Page 235 - And though the number of them be perhaps double to what it was formerly, by reason of this present great distress, yet in all times there have been about one hundred thousand of those vagabonds, who have lived without any regard or subjection either to the laws of the land, or even those of God and nature ; fathers incestuously accompanying with their own daughters, the son with the mother, and the brother with the sister.
Page 117 - And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain; That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away...
Page 445 - The Poetic Genius of my Country found me, as the prophetic bard Elijah did Elisha — at the PLOUGH, and threw her inspiring mantle over me.
Page 117 - Lake Leman lies by Chillon's walls, A thousand feet in depth below, Its massy waters meet and flow; Thus much the fathom-line was sent...
Page 195 - Returning where my walk begun, Avoiding only, as I trod, My brothers' graves without a sod; For if I thought with heedless tread My step profaned their lowly bed, My breath came gaspingly and thick, And my crush'd heart fell blind and sick.