The Spirit of the English MagazinesMonroe and Francis, 1825 - American periodicals |
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... becoming even in their gaudiness , for the very variety of colouring . The fronts of the houses are painted all manner of colours . The yellow and the red , and the blue , which in most places would look whimsical and fan- tastical , do ...
... becoming even in their gaudiness , for the very variety of colouring . The fronts of the houses are painted all manner of colours . The yellow and the red , and the blue , which in most places would look whimsical and fan- tastical , do ...
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... become carbonates . Thus chalk is formed , which is a compound of carbonic acid and lime . But it is not only in composition that carbonic acid is found in nature . It exists in a separate state , but being of much greater specific ...
... become carbonates . Thus chalk is formed , which is a compound of carbonic acid and lime . But it is not only in composition that carbonic acid is found in nature . It exists in a separate state , but being of much greater specific ...
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... becomes red hot . Here let us pause for a moment , and consider the wonderful benefits experienced by society at large from the discoveries of chemistry . We need not allude to the more obvious improvements in medicine , which have ...
... becomes red hot . Here let us pause for a moment , and consider the wonderful benefits experienced by society at large from the discoveries of chemistry . We need not allude to the more obvious improvements in medicine , which have ...
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... become the wife of a rich widower ; but , " continued he , " I told her that you was my ma , and Nanny's too . " " You did right , " said the Countess , " I hope to prove my self a mother to you both ; for , in marrying your father , I ...
... become the wife of a rich widower ; but , " continued he , " I told her that you was my ma , and Nanny's too . " " You did right , " said the Countess , " I hope to prove my self a mother to you both ; for , in marrying your father , I ...
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... becomes sceptical and fastidious , the heart is rendered cold and cautious . We do not mean to ATHENEUM VOL . 2. new series . question the higher advantages by which these losses are compensated. brats return to school ( or college ) ...
... becomes sceptical and fastidious , the heart is rendered cold and cautious . We do not mean to ATHENEUM VOL . 2. new series . question the higher advantages by which these losses are compensated. brats return to school ( or college ) ...
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Page 379 - O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away, and be at rest.
Page 258 - Live not the stars and mountains ? Are the waves Without a spirit ? Are the dropping caves Without a feeling in their silent tears ? No, no ; they woo and clasp us to their spheres, Dissolve this clog and clod of clay before Its hour, and merge our soul in the great shore.
Page 479 - Was on the streams of Guadalquiver, To gold converting, one by one, The ripples of the mighty river, Beside me on the bank was seated A Seville girl, with auburn hair, And eyes that might the world have cheated, — A wild, bright, wicked, diamond pair ! She stooped, and wrote upon the sand, Just as the loving sun was going, With such a soft, small, shining hand, I could have sworn 't was silver flowing. Her words were three, and not one more, What could Diana's motto be ? The siren wrote upon the...
Page 479 - When words come down like dews unsought With gleams of deep enthusiast thought, And fancy in her heaven flies free — They come, my love, they come from thee.
Page 112 - PITY the sorrows of a poor old man, Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door, Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span ; Oh, give relief, and heaven will bless your store.
Page 263 - O'er beauty's fall ; Her praise resounds no more, when mantled in her pall. The most beloved on earth Not long survives to-day ; So music past is obsolete, And yet 'twas sweet, 'twas passing sweet, But now 'tis gone away...
Page 340 - is there not a window in your house on purpose for you to look through?" " For all that," resumed the pendulum, "it is very dark here: and although there is a window, I dare not stop, even for an instant, to look out.
Page 340 - may I be allowed to inquire, if that exertion was at all fatiguing or disagreeable to you ?" " Not in the least," replied the pendulum; " it is not of six strokes that I complain, nor of sixty, but of millions.
Page 112 - Heaven has brought me to the state you see ; And your condition may be soon like mine, The child of sorrow and of misery.
Page 50 - ... repressed with a smile the hopes of his friends, and told them he had lived long enough. As his life drew near a close, the eager yet decorous solicitude of his fellow townsmen increased.