The Lady's Magazine: Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to Their Use and AmusementRobinson and Roberts, 1829 - Great Britain |
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... kind which bears the denomination of eloquence . The word literally means speaking out ; and he who thus exerts himself is ex- pected to rise above plain statement and ordinary remark , to speak with fluency and force , to use ...
... kind which bears the denomination of eloquence . The word literally means speaking out ; and he who thus exerts himself is ex- pected to rise above plain statement and ordinary remark , to speak with fluency and force , to use ...
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... kind of a welcome he'd have before him , if he either staid out too late , or returned without a full load of firing . ' Would to Heaven , ' says he in his distress , and forgetting the power of his wish , this brosna could carry me ...
... kind of a welcome he'd have before him , if he either staid out too late , or returned without a full load of firing . ' Would to Heaven , ' says he in his distress , and forgetting the power of his wish , this brosna could carry me ...
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... kind , approving looks , which cost the giver nothing . How strange is the perverseness of man , in scorning the affec- tion which he ceases to doubt ! The pitt- ance of love for which poor Tahmiroo's heart yearned so much , was seldom ...
... kind , approving looks , which cost the giver nothing . How strange is the perverseness of man , in scorning the affec- tion which he ceases to doubt ! The pitt- ance of love for which poor Tahmiroo's heart yearned so much , was seldom ...
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... kind of homage always expected a return with interest , and the language in which she praised her friends was always put forth as a model and specimen of that kind of homage which she would be best pleased to receive from her dear dear ...
... kind of homage always expected a return with interest , and the language in which she praised her friends was always put forth as a model and specimen of that kind of homage which she would be best pleased to receive from her dear dear ...
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... kind which rouses no exalted emotions ; yet it possesses enough of the lively and the agreeable to excite the at- tention of the hearer , and give an ade- quate idea of the feelings of the character . The manager , by the splendor of ...
... kind which rouses no exalted emotions ; yet it possesses enough of the lively and the agreeable to excite the at- tention of the hearer , and give an ade- quate idea of the feelings of the character . The manager , by the splendor of ...
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Page 449 - ... languishing faintness, begin to stand and to rest himself ; if the moon should wander from her beaten way ; the times and seasons of the year blend themselves by disordered and confused mixture ; the winds breathe out their last gasp ; the clouds yield no rain ; the earth be defeated of heavenly influence ; the fruits of the earth pine away as children at the withered breasts of their mother, no longer able to yield them relief; what would become of man himself, whom these things now do all serve...
Page 24 - With breathless speed, like a soul in chase, I took him up and ran;— There was no time to dig a grave Before the day began: In a lonesome wood, with heaps of leaves, I hid the murdered man!
Page 210 - Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, * Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Page 511 - The marriage, if uncontradicted report can be credited, made no addition to his happiness ; it neither found them nor made them equal.
Page 340 - began to think there was more in inquiring into public affairs than I thought of, and that it being a fashionable thing would make me more beloved of my husband, if that had been possible, than I was.
Page 143 - The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent.
Page 25 - Oh, God ! that horrid, horrid dream Besets me now awake ! Again — again, with dizzy brain, The human life I take ; And my red right hand grows raging hot, Like Cranmer's at the stake. " And still no peace for the restless clay, Will wave or mould allow ; The horrid thing pursues my soul, — It stands before me now ! " The fearful Boy looked up, and saw Huge drops upon his brow.
Page 428 - I first learned to read,' said Stone ; ' the masons were then at work upon your house. I approached them one day, and observed that the architect used a rule and compasses, and that he made calculations. I inquired what might be the meaning and use of these things, and I was informed that there was a science called arithmetic. I purchased a book of arithmetic, and I learned it. I was told there was another science called geometry ; I...
Page 143 - Potomac, in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction, they rush together against the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea.
Page 304 - tis to shew it That thy coldness makes her do it. Is she silent? is she mute? Silence fully grants thy suit. Doth she pout, and leave the room? Then she goes to bid thee come. Is she sick? Why, then be sure She invites thee to the cure. Doth she cross thy suit with 'No'?