The Parlour Portfolio, Or, Post-chaise Companion: Being a Selection of the Most Amusing and Interesting Articles and Anecdotes that Have Appeared in the Magazines, Newspapers, and Other Daily and Periodical Journals, from the Year 1700, to the Present Time, Volume 2Matthew Iley, and sold, 1820 - Anecdotes |
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... light cloud which completely extinguished the fire - pots . Madame Blanchard then ignited the artificial fire- works , which produced the effect expected , when some of the flying fusees were seen to direct themselves perpendicularly ...
... light cloud which completely extinguished the fire - pots . Madame Blanchard then ignited the artificial fire- works , which produced the effect expected , when some of the flying fusees were seen to direct themselves perpendicularly ...
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... Light Artillery , has published an account of the expedition which sailed from England in 1817 , to assist the Independents in the war against Morillo . The book is written in a desultory style , but it contains important in- formation ...
... Light Artillery , has published an account of the expedition which sailed from England in 1817 , to assist the Independents in the war against Morillo . The book is written in a desultory style , but it contains important in- formation ...
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... light we again continued our labo- rious voyage . We were not favoured by a breath of wind , and were therefore obliged to propel the boat by main strength : and this toil so exhausted the Indians , that we were often ob- liged to take ...
... light we again continued our labo- rious voyage . We were not favoured by a breath of wind , and were therefore obliged to propel the boat by main strength : and this toil so exhausted the Indians , that we were often ob- liged to take ...
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... light . " In the morning we cast off our rope and continued our course , yet under great apprehen- sions of encountering the enemy's boats in a si- tuation where we could have no hopes of escap- ing . " At the expiration of four days we ...
... light . " In the morning we cast off our rope and continued our course , yet under great apprehen- sions of encountering the enemy's boats in a si- tuation where we could have no hopes of escap- ing . " At the expiration of four days we ...
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... light , but not the wind ; Around bare walls , perhaps once whiten'd , show All the foul stains which damp and dirt bestow ; And from the roof , ' twere hopeless now to mend , Unwholesome dews with every shower descend : There , on his ...
... light , but not the wind ; Around bare walls , perhaps once whiten'd , show All the foul stains which damp and dirt bestow ; And from the roof , ' twere hopeless now to mend , Unwholesome dews with every shower descend : There , on his ...
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Page 132 - And but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not, now. And but for that chill changeless brow, Where cold Obstruction's apathy Appals the gazing mourner's heart...
Page 132 - Such is the aspect of this shore; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there.
Page 350 - The school-boy whips his taxed top ; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon that has paid fifteen per cent., flings himself back upon his...
Page 359 - O God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul !' This was followed by a general laugh.
Page 266 - The flash of Wit, the bright Intelligence, The beam of Song, the blaze of Eloquence, Set with their Sun, but still have left behind The enduring produce of immortal Mind ; Fruits of a genial morn, and glorious noon, A deathless part of him who died too soon.
Page 133 - Here is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath : But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue that haunts it to the tomb, Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away, Spark of that flame perchance of heavenly birth, Which gleams, but warms no more its cherished earth.
Page 51 - Is it a fiend that to a stake Of fire his desperate self is tethering ? Or stubborn spirit doomed to yell In solitary ward or cell, Ten thousand miles from all his brethren.
Page 265 - WHEN the last sunshine of expiring day In summer's twilight weeps itself away, Who hath not felt the softness of the hour Sink on the heart, as dew along the flower? With a pure feeling which absorbs and awes While nature makes that melancholy pause, Her breathing moment on the bridge where Time Of light and darkness forms an arch sublime.
Page 352 - Love in my bosom like a bee Doth suck his sweet: Now with his wings he plays with me, Now with his feet. Within mine eyes he makes his nest, His bed amidst my tender breast; My kisses are his daily feast, And yet he robs me of my rest. Ah, wanton, will ye?
Page 349 - ... that comes from abroad or is grown at home ; taxes on the raw material ; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man...