Spirit of the English Magazines, Volumen1Munroe and Francis, 1817 |
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... called " The Black Dwarf " and " Old Mortality . " The scenes of both lie in Scotland , and the design of the author is declared to be , to portray the manners of his countrymen ; and they are to be fol- lowed by others of the same ...
... called " The Black Dwarf " and " Old Mortality . " The scenes of both lie in Scotland , and the design of the author is declared to be , to portray the manners of his countrymen ; and they are to be fol- lowed by others of the same ...
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... called . " -They seek him in vain . Napoleon gratify my father . " - " And where did yout get the money to buy this house ? " " Sire , I had saved it out of the salary which your Majesty condescends to assign me . " - The Emperor ...
... called . " -They seek him in vain . Napoleon gratify my father . " - " And where did yout get the money to buy this house ? " " Sire , I had saved it out of the salary which your Majesty condescends to assign me . " - The Emperor ...
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... called Johnson's Diction- guage , and a choice of imagery , an in- ary . " tensity of feeling , and a profundity of Whether Lord Byron is indebted to thought , to which our fashionable po try " the capricious dominion of fashion " had ...
... called Johnson's Diction- guage , and a choice of imagery , an in- ary . " tensity of feeling , and a profundity of Whether Lord Byron is indebted to thought , to which our fashionable po try " the capricious dominion of fashion " had ...
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... called his ond that he was very like his father's sis- wife , and with all the witnesses , upon which ters . In short , upon these circumstances , he renewed his demand that she might be this judge thought proper to pronounce kept ...
... called his ond that he was very like his father's sis- wife , and with all the witnesses , upon which ters . In short , upon these circumstances , he renewed his demand that she might be this judge thought proper to pronounce kept ...
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... called either coffins or purses ; and consequently thought to be the pre- sages of death or wealth : aut Ca- sar aut nullus . A coal , says Grose , in the shape of a coffin , flying out of the fire to any particular person , betokens ...
... called either coffins or purses ; and consequently thought to be the pre- sages of death or wealth : aut Ca- sar aut nullus . A coal , says Grose , in the shape of a coffin , flying out of the fire to any particular person , betokens ...
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Página 117 - Twas still some solace, in the dearth Of the pure elements of earth. To hearken to each other's speech, And each turn comforter to each With some new hope, or legend old, Or song heroically bold ; But even these at length grew cold. Our voices took a dreary tone, An echo of the dungeon-stone, A grating sound— not full and free As they of yore were wont to be: It might be fancy — but to me They never sounded like our own...
Página 195 - But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there were waters flowing, And on it there were young flowers growing Of gentle breath and hue.
Página 405 - The rapid progress true science now makes, occasions my regretting sometimes that I was born so soon. It is impossible to imagine the height to which may be carried, in a thousand years, the power of man over matter.
Página 117 - A double dungeon wall and wave Have made — and like a living grave. Below the surface of the lake The dark vault lies wherein we lay, We heard it ripple night and day; Sounding o'er our heads it...
Página 119 - The last — the sole — the dearest link Between me and the eternal brink, Which bound me to my failing race, Was broken in this fatal place.
Página 235 - And though the number of them be perhaps double to what it was formerly, by reason of this present great distress, yet in all times there have been about one hundred thousand of those vagabonds, who have lived without any regard or subjection either to the laws of the land, or even those of God and nature ; fathers incestuously accompanying with their own daughters, the son with the mother, and the brother with the sister.
Página 117 - And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain; That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away...
Página 445 - The Poetic Genius of my Country found me, as the prophetic bard Elijah did Elisha — at the PLOUGH, and threw her inspiring mantle over me.
Página 117 - Lake Leman lies by Chillon's walls, A thousand feet in depth below, Its massy waters meet and flow; Thus much the fathom-line was sent...
Página 195 - Returning where my walk begun, Avoiding only, as I trod, My brothers' graves without a sod; For if I thought with heedless tread My step profaned their lowly bed, My breath came gaspingly and thick, And my crush'd heart fell blind and sick.