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... person into a ceremonious company ; and in both cases the French proverb applies , Ce n'est que le premier pas qui coute . And how often have we seen such a person , qua- lified both to enjoy and to entertain society , suffering during ...
... person into a ceremonious company ; and in both cases the French proverb applies , Ce n'est que le premier pas qui coute . And how often have we seen such a person , qua- lified both to enjoy and to entertain society , suffering during ...
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... person , called Assess- ment , ( regular in most things , but especi- ally so in his annual visits ) paves our streets , builds our churches and our theatres , bridges our vallies , and levels our hills ; and why then should Hope not ...
... person , called Assess- ment , ( regular in most things , but especi- ally so in his annual visits ) paves our streets , builds our churches and our theatres , bridges our vallies , and levels our hills ; and why then should Hope not ...
Side 5
... persons to be looked to for their revival , ) and as- suring our readers of our fixed determina- tion to unite eloquence with reason , and in- struction with entertainment . - We should then have boasted our connection with most eminent ...
... persons to be looked to for their revival , ) and as- suring our readers of our fixed determina- tion to unite eloquence with reason , and in- struction with entertainment . - We should then have boasted our connection with most eminent ...
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... person only remarkable for having quarrel- led with every living soul in the parish of Dolour , which he honoured with his resi dénce , and for never in his life having ex- pressed himself satisfied with the weather which Heaven was ...
... person only remarkable for having quarrel- led with every living soul in the parish of Dolour , which he honoured with his resi dénce , and for never in his life having ex- pressed himself satisfied with the weather which Heaven was ...
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... persons and places than they have been accustomed to have them represented . I am interdicted the " glan- cing brilliancy " of the Parisian air , which gives a " startling distinctness " to every object ; and the whole " " floating and ...
... persons and places than they have been accustomed to have them represented . I am interdicted the " glan- cing brilliancy " of the Parisian air , which gives a " startling distinctness " to every object ; and the whole " " floating and ...
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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...