The Spirit of the English MagazinesMonroe and Francis, 1825 - American periodicals |
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... tion in every circle , and whose re- cent death will now be sincerely re- gretted , as having happened at the early age of 37 , when he was exert- ing himself in the glorious cause of Greece , and when he was really turn- ing his great ...
... tion in every circle , and whose re- cent death will now be sincerely re- gretted , as having happened at the early age of 37 , when he was exert- ing himself in the glorious cause of Greece , and when he was really turn- ing his great ...
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... tion to renew an acquaintance with one who was guilty of being born in England , and unable to estimate the worth of those who have the reputa- tion of wishing to subvert most of her institutions . I was reluctant to accost him ...
... tion to renew an acquaintance with one who was guilty of being born in England , and unable to estimate the worth of those who have the reputa- tion of wishing to subvert most of her institutions . I was reluctant to accost him ...
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... tion . Two stone niches which seem to have contained benches , are like- wise perceptible within the interior of the building , probably belonging to the chancel . Although this ruin is neither so extensive in its dimensions , nor in ...
... tion . Two stone niches which seem to have contained benches , are like- wise perceptible within the interior of the building , probably belonging to the chancel . Although this ruin is neither so extensive in its dimensions , nor in ...
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... tion was attracted by a large party of menials , belonging to the establish- ment , in deep and confused alterca- tion . Their eager looks and loud hurried tones betokened that some- thing more than usual had happened . Whatton , vexed ...
... tion was attracted by a large party of menials , belonging to the establish- ment , in deep and confused alterca- tion . Their eager looks and loud hurried tones betokened that some- thing more than usual had happened . Whatton , vexed ...
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... tion of a higher power : he was also above a subterfuge . Isabel was not slow in comprehension . " I know what you would say . It was by my father's orders that I came so boldly to your gate ? " Whatton bowed an affirmative . " Listen ...
... tion of a higher power : he was also above a subterfuge . Isabel was not slow in comprehension . " I know what you would say . It was by my father's orders that I came so boldly to your gate ? " Whatton bowed an affirmative . " Listen ...
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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.