The Flowers of Literature: Consisting of Selections from History, Biography, Poetry, and Romance; Jeux D'esprit, Traditionary Relics, and Essays, with Translations from Approved Authors, Volume 1T. Tegg, 1824 - English literature |
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... length became wholly of that humble commodity . Now we , on the con- trary , flatter ourselves that from Mr. Oxberry's roughly - woven web we have drawn out much that was of an exceedingly coarse and homely kind , and have replaced it ...
... length became wholly of that humble commodity . Now we , on the con- trary , flatter ourselves that from Mr. Oxberry's roughly - woven web we have drawn out much that was of an exceedingly coarse and homely kind , and have replaced it ...
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... length succeed in catching the tip of a princess's fea- ther , or if you are still more fortunate - of a royal nose ! After going very early to the Opera , for the sole pur- pose of hearing a celebrated duo , in the first act ( for ...
... length succeed in catching the tip of a princess's fea- ther , or if you are still more fortunate - of a royal nose ! After going very early to the Opera , for the sole pur- pose of hearing a celebrated duo , in the first act ( for ...
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... length borne along to the paying - place , the new struggle and difficulty of ransoming your right arm from its close captivity , for the purpose of diving into your pockets , to find - nothing there . After thus involuntarily bilk- ing ...
... length borne along to the paying - place , the new struggle and difficulty of ransoming your right arm from its close captivity , for the purpose of diving into your pockets , to find - nothing there . After thus involuntarily bilk- ing ...
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... should meet with . At length they arrived at the moon , and found a palace there well fitted up for their recep- tion . The next day , being very much fatigued 18 1 FLOWERS OF LITERATURE . The seven wise men of Greece.
... should meet with . At length they arrived at the moon , and found a palace there well fitted up for their recep- tion . The next day , being very much fatigued 18 1 FLOWERS OF LITERATURE . The seven wise men of Greece.
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... length or in breadth , according to the position in which they are held . At the foot of the throne was displayed a profusion of the richest productions of every quarter of the globe - tri- butes from land and sea - from every animal ...
... length or in breadth , according to the position in which they are held . At the foot of the throne was displayed a profusion of the richest productions of every quarter of the globe - tri- butes from land and sea - from every animal ...
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Page 318 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, - alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
Page 318 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs, Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 182 - Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale.
Page 55 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Page 182 - A fool, a fool ! I met a fool i' the forest, A motley fool ; a miserable world ! As I do live by food, I met a fool ; Who laid him down and basked him in the sun, And railed on Lady Fortune in good terms, In good set terms, and yet a motley fool. ' Good morrow, fool,
Page 318 - And there was mounting in hot haste : the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war ; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar ; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star ; While throng'd the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips — " The foe ! They come ! they come ! " And wild and high the "Cameron's gathering...
Page 317 - Or the car rattling o'er the stony street ; On with the dance ! let joy be unconfined ; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet. But hark ! — that heavy sound breaks in once more, As if the clouds its echo would repeat ; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before ! Arm ! arm ! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar.
Page 86 - There was no trace by which the name of the ship could be ascertained. The wreck had evidently drifted about for many months ; clusters of shell-fish had fastened about it, and long sea-weeds flaunted at its sides.
Page 319 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife. The morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array ! The thunder-clouds close o'er it, which when rent The earth is cover'd thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover, heap'd and pent, Rider and horse — friend, foe, — in one red burial blent ! XXIX.
Page 88 - None but those who have experienced it can form an idea of the delicious throng of sensations which rush into an American's bosom when he first comes in sight of Europe. There is a volume of associations in the very name. It is the land of promise, teeming with every thing of which his childhood has heard, or on which his studious years have pondered.