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... character and habits of the supposed au- thor ; and we feel what weight precepts of conduct derive from the authority of Nestor Ironside , or observations on manners from that of the philosophical Spectator , who , ne- ver mingling in ...
... character and habits of the supposed au- thor ; and we feel what weight precepts of conduct derive from the authority of Nestor Ironside , or observations on manners from that of the philosophical Spectator , who , ne- ver mingling in ...
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... characters may suf- fer , it is our purpose to avoid , as the most dangerous quicksand on which our little vessel could be grounded . * Within these restrictions there remains an ample and inexhaustible harvest for the periodical ...
... characters may suf- fer , it is our purpose to avoid , as the most dangerous quicksand on which our little vessel could be grounded . * Within these restrictions there remains an ample and inexhaustible harvest for the periodical ...
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... characters of the age , and thre countenance which they were likely to afford us in consequence , -professed our determination ( in the established phrase , introduced out of respect to our wooden walls ) to steer clear of this Scylla ...
... characters of the age , and thre countenance which they were likely to afford us in consequence , -professed our determination ( in the established phrase , introduced out of respect to our wooden walls ) to steer clear of this Scylla ...
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... character of Peter Grievance , I think , " said our Coryphæus , smiling ; " so Liberty and Necessity must e'en give place till some future occasion . " There was more energy than philosophy in the look which Dr Dunder gave , both to the ...
... character of Peter Grievance , I think , " said our Coryphæus , smiling ; " so Liberty and Necessity must e'en give place till some future occasion . " There was more energy than philosophy in the look which Dr Dunder gave , both to the ...
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... character having met with good acceptance from our readers , we are tempt- ed to fill up the following pages with a conversation which that unfortunate gen- tleman held with another worthy of our acquaintance a few days since . Peter ...
... character having met with good acceptance from our readers , we are tempt- ed to fill up the following pages with a conversation which that unfortunate gen- tleman held with another worthy of our acquaintance a few days since . Peter ...
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Side 213 - Tis to create, and in creating live A being more intense, that we endow With form our fancy, gaining as we give The life we image, even as I do now.
Side 46 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Side 30 - Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Side 32 - And now my tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol, or a harp ; Or like a cunning instrument cas'd up, Or, being open, put into his hands That knows no touch to tune the harmony.
Side 174 - There's a bower of roses by Bendemeer's stream, And the nightingale sings round it all the day long ; In the time of my childhood 'twas like a sweet dream, To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song.
Side 175 - Fly to the desert, fly with me, Our Arab tents are rude for thee ; But oh ! the choice what heart can doubt Of tents with love, or thrones without ? Our rocks are rough, but smiling there Th' acacia waves her yellow hair, Lonely and sweet, nor loved the less For flowering in a wilderness.
Side 33 - In chimney corner seek domestic joys — I love a prince will bid the bottle pass, Exchanging with his subjects glance and glass ; In fitting time, can, gayest of the gay, Keep up the jest, and mingle in the lay — Such Monarchs best our free-born humours suit, But Despots must be stately, stern, and mute.
Side 213 - He, who grown aged in this world of woe, In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life, So that no wonder waits him...
Side 175 - Oh ! there are looks and tones that dart An instant sunshine through the heart, — As if the soul that minute caught Some treasure it through life had sought...