Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 8Munroe and Francis, 1821 |
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... expression , nay , a tincture of reflectiveness , as much as to say , " such were we , on these very boards , a few fleeting years back . " Apropos , the women call their hus- bands " my man , " which you southern blades laugh at ; but ...
... expression , nay , a tincture of reflectiveness , as much as to say , " such were we , on these very boards , a few fleeting years back . " Apropos , the women call their hus- bands " my man , " which you southern blades laugh at ; but ...
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... expression of gratitude was a positive promise of liberty to his slave . They next went in search of some food to Our readers doubtless recollect the story of Inkle and Yarico , so simply and pathetically told by Steele in the 11th No ...
... expression of gratitude was a positive promise of liberty to his slave . They next went in search of some food to Our readers doubtless recollect the story of Inkle and Yarico , so simply and pathetically told by Steele in the 11th No ...
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... expression of fear and pain . " The Lady of Avenel instantly taking the alarm , called hastily to the attendants to get the boat ready . But this was an affair of some time . The only boat permitted to be used on the lake was moored ...
... expression of fear and pain . " The Lady of Avenel instantly taking the alarm , called hastily to the attendants to get the boat ready . But this was an affair of some time . The only boat permitted to be used on the lake was moored ...
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... zeal were mingled with an expression of ecstatic devotion ; she raised her left hand aloft as in the act of making a vow , " and thus proceeded : Bear witness for me , VOL . 8. ] 87 The Abbot ; by the Author of " Waverley . "
... zeal were mingled with an expression of ecstatic devotion ; she raised her left hand aloft as in the act of making a vow , " and thus proceeded : Bear witness for me , VOL . 8. ] 87 The Abbot ; by the Author of " Waverley . "
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... expression of pain , to bare the arm which he had grasped , by drawing up the sleeve of her gown , and it ap- peared that his grasp had left the purple marks of his iron fingers upon her flesh . My lord , ' she said , ' as a knight and ...
... expression of pain , to bare the arm which he had grasped , by drawing up the sleeve of her gown , and it ap- peared that his grasp had left the purple marks of his iron fingers upon her flesh . My lord , ' she said , ' as a knight and ...
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Page 250 - And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
Page 120 - Clasp'd like a missal where swart Paynims pray ; Blinded alike from sunshine and from rain, As though a rose should shut, and be a bud again. Stolen to this paradise, and so entranced, Porphyro gazed upon her empty dress...
Page 120 - Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon; Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest...
Page 120 - Like cloud on cloud. No stir of air was there, Not so much life as on a summer's day Robs not one light seed from the feather'd grass, But where the dead leaf fell, there did it rest.
Page 266 - The first he showed it to thought the word hatter tautologous, because followed by the words makes hats, which showed he was a hatter. It was struck out. The next observed that the word makes might as well be omitted, because his customers would not care who made the hats ; if good and to their mind, they would buy, by whomsoever made. He struck it out. A third said he thought the words for ready money were useless, as it was not the custom of the place to sell on credit.
Page 47 - OFT in the stilly night Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me; The smiles, the tears Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken The eyes that shone, Now dimm'd and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken! Thus in the stilly night Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Sad Memory brings the light Of other days around me.
Page 41 - On the polished bottoms of these, brighter than Parian marble, walked in pairs, alone, or in larger companies, the winged inhabitants : these, from little dusky flies, for such only the nake'd eye would have shown them, were raised to glorious glittering animals, stained with living purple, and with a glossy gold, that would have made all the labors of the loom contemptible in the comparison.
Page 47 - When I remember all The friends so linked together, I've seen around me fall Like leaves in wintry weather; I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed...
Page 120 - She kiss'd it with a lip more chill than stone, And put it in her bosom, where it dries And freezes utterly unto the bone Those dainties made to still an infant's cries ; Then 'gan she work again ; nor stay'd her care, But to throw back at times her veiling hair.
Page 250 - And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice, for all the mighty works that they had seen ; 38 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord : Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.