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Side 1
Mr . Elphinstone was placed at the head of it , in the character of envoy to the
King of Caubul ; and in this very handsome volume he furnishes an interesting
narrative of his progress and observations . The embassy left Delly on the 13th of
...
Mr . Elphinstone was placed at the head of it , in the character of envoy to the
King of Caubul ; and in this very handsome volume he furnishes an interesting
narrative of his progress and observations . The embassy left Delly on the 13th of
...
Side 21
I wish every lady and gentleman in France would only be so obliging as to follow
my fashion , comb their own heads , as I ... and all the efforts , grimace , and
characteristic swearing of the maker of it failed to adapt it to the head for which it
was ...
I wish every lady and gentleman in France would only be so obliging as to follow
my fashion , comb their own heads , as I ... and all the efforts , grimace , and
characteristic swearing of the maker of it failed to adapt it to the head for which it
was ...
Side 80
... idea caused him to revolve the question , over and over again , with such an
intensity of intellectual application , that the colour of his hair , which was
naturally black , became changed in different parts of his head into spots of
perfect white .
... idea caused him to revolve the question , over and over again , with such an
intensity of intellectual application , that the colour of his hair , which was
naturally black , became changed in different parts of his head into spots of
perfect white .
Side 129
A few other poems are inserted , - — such as the Satire against the Citizens of
London , written on the occasion of the poet ' s confinement for riot , - that are not
assignable to any of these heads . any of these heads . tiada It is by no means
our ...
A few other poems are inserted , - — such as the Satire against the Citizens of
London , written on the occasion of the poet ' s confinement for riot , - that are not
assignable to any of these heads . any of these heads . tiada It is by no means
our ...
Side 278
This infamous casuist further taught the lawfulness of females procuring abortion
; but a regard for decency renders it impossible to report what he has laid down
on this head . * ' The author then details a variety of other particulars relative to ...
This infamous casuist further taught the lawfulness of females procuring abortion
; but a regard for decency renders it impossible to report what he has laid down
on this head . * ' The author then details a variety of other particulars relative to ...
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Side 128 - The turtle to her mate hath told her tale. Summer is come, for every spray now springs: The hart hath hung his old head on the pale; The buck in brake his winter coat he flings ; The fishes flete with new repaired scale.
Side 304 - The stars are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains. — Beautiful ! I linger yet with nature, for the night Hath been to me a more familiar face Than that of man ; and in her starry shade Of dim and solitary loveliness, I learned the language of another world.
Side 302 - When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things...
Side 301 - Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar, with our mixed essence, make A conflict of its elements, and breathe The breath of degradation and of pride, Contending with low wants and lofty will, Till our mortality predominates, And men are — what they name not to themselves, And trust not to each other.
Side 300 - Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; «° They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.
Side 20 - To get over this, my way is, to divide half a sheet of paper by a line into two columns; writing over the one pro, and over the other con; then during three or four days' consideration, I put down under the different heads short hints of the different motives, that at different times occur to me, for or against the measure. When I have thus got them all together in one view, I...
Side 284 - Nymph of a fair, but erring line ! " Gently he said — "One hope is thine. Tis written in the Book of Fate, The Peri yet may be forgiven Who brings to this Eternal Gate The Gift that is most dear to Heaven ! Go, seek it, and redeem thy sin — Tis sweet to let the Pardon'd in ! " Rapidly as comets run To th...
Side 286 - Cheer'd by this hope, she bends her thither ; — Still laughs the radiant eye of heaven, Nor have the golden bowers of even In the rich west begun to wither ; — When, o'er the vale of Balbec winging Slowly, she sees a child at play, Among the rosy wild-flowers singing, As rosy and as wild as they ; Chasing, with eager hands and eyes, The beautiful blue damsel-flies, That flutter'd round the jasmine stems, Like winged flowers or flying gems...
Side 287 - And how felt he, the wretched Man reclining there — while memory ran o'er many a year of guilt and strife, flew o'er the dark flood of his life, nor found one sunny resting-place, nor brought him back one branch of grace !
Side 304 - Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watchdog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesars...