Sharpe's London magazine, a journal of entertainment and instruction. [entitled] Sharpe's London journal. [entitled] Sharpe's London magazine, conducted by mrs. S.C. Hall, Volumes 1-2Anna Maria Hall 1845 |
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... head . In a ship where a relation of mine was an officer , while the men were busy in fetching powder from below , and making cartridges , a monkey on board took up a lighted candle , and ran down to the powder- room to see what they ...
... head . In a ship where a relation of mine was an officer , while the men were busy in fetching powder from below , and making cartridges , a monkey on board took up a lighted candle , and ran down to the powder- room to see what they ...
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... head , and carry herself like a gentlewoman ; but I can tell you this , Mr. Penrose , that Mary shall never learn French , nor fillagree , nor any such nonsense . " Concerning fillagree , Mr. Penrose was probably ill competent to decide ...
... head , and carry herself like a gentlewoman ; but I can tell you this , Mr. Penrose , that Mary shall never learn French , nor fillagree , nor any such nonsense . " Concerning fillagree , Mr. Penrose was probably ill competent to decide ...
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... head , and gazed through the opening door a garland of lilies , with their fragrant , snow - white bells , was borne into the room , -they were the lilies of France . The master sank back , smiling , whilst over him was whispered ...
... head , and gazed through the opening door a garland of lilies , with their fragrant , snow - white bells , was borne into the room , -they were the lilies of France . The master sank back , smiling , whilst over him was whispered ...
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... head pressed on one side against his left shoulder . His arms , however , were free , and he used his knife to cut away such parts of the wood work as particularly incommoded him , and to widen the hole the passage of the rope had made ...
... head pressed on one side against his left shoulder . His arms , however , were free , and he used his knife to cut away such parts of the wood work as particularly incommoded him , and to widen the hole the passage of the rope had made ...
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... head of a woman who was standing in the street below . Her husband brought his grievance before the Judge , and Casem had to atone for this more heavily than for aught before , for his innocent slippers had nearly killed one of his ...
... head of a woman who was standing in the street below . Her husband brought his grievance before the Judge , and Casem had to atone for this more heavily than for aught before , for his innocent slippers had nearly killed one of his ...
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Page 39 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ...
Page 112 - A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants flying from their flaming villages in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function ; fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity in an unknown and hostile land. Those...
Page 239 - WHEN cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, And the far-off stream is dumb, And the whirring sail goes round, And the whirring sail goes round ; Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. When merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely smells the new-mown hay, And the cock hath sung beneath the thatch Twice or thrice his roundelay, Twice or thrice his roundelay : Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits.
Page 6 - That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so as in due time we may enjoy them.
Page 119 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 15 - It sounds to him like her mother's voice Singing in Paradise! He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes. Toiling, — rejoicing, — sorrowing, Onward through life he goes; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose.
Page 112 - ... and predestinated criminals a memorable example to mankind. He resolved, in . the gloomy recesses of a mind 'capacious of such things, to leave the whole Carnatic an everlasting monument of vengeance, and to put perpetual desolation as a barrier between him and those, against whom the faith which holds the moral elements of the world together, was no protection.
Page 32 - Our political system is placed in a just correspondence and symmetry with the order of the world, and with the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory parts ; wherein, by the disposition of a stupendous wisdom, moulding together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race...
Page 15 - Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ) Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought ; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
Page 39 - Oh, the grave! the grave! It buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment ! From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.