The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volume 9Joseph Shackell, 1832 - English periodicals |
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... March , Before that period , the two concurring dates up to the 25th of March were often expressed in the form of a fraction in the unit's place of the number of the year . An instance of this may be seen in the first number of the ...
... March , Before that period , the two concurring dates up to the 25th of March were often expressed in the form of a fraction in the unit's place of the number of the year . An instance of this may be seen in the first number of the ...
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... march , reached the environs of the Hradschin . Here the cavalry halted ; while the infantry , under the command of Odowalsky and a Swedish colonel , silently approached a breach in the wall , which was guarded by a party of soldiers ...
... march , reached the environs of the Hradschin . Here the cavalry halted ; while the infantry , under the command of Odowalsky and a Swedish colonel , silently approached a breach in the wall , which was guarded by a party of soldiers ...
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... MARCH OF INTELLECT . - Sir Mr Wright of Cartrett Street Westminster Wold be a blige to Mr Cowell if he Wold send him a Barel of ber De- rictley and the Bill I have Anopetin of selen a Grate quantity of Ber at the Corenaton as I have ...
... MARCH OF INTELLECT . - Sir Mr Wright of Cartrett Street Westminster Wold be a blige to Mr Cowell if he Wold send him a Barel of ber De- rictley and the Bill I have Anopetin of selen a Grate quantity of Ber at the Corenaton as I have ...
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... march of intellect " must be making rapid strides , when the following benevo- lent Imperial decree is issued in Turkey by the Sultan Mahmoud : - " Greeks , Armenians , Ar- menian Catholics , and Jews , shall , from hence- forth , in ...
... march of intellect " must be making rapid strides , when the following benevo- lent Imperial decree is issued in Turkey by the Sultan Mahmoud : - " Greeks , Armenians , Ar- menian Catholics , and Jews , shall , from hence- forth , in ...
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... March , 179 , in the brig Charlotte of that port ; I cannot tell you , Sir , what my feelings were , when we stood fairly out to sea . The ocean is a splendid sight to the man who has never seen any thing beyond an inland lake . A gale ...
... March , 179 , in the brig Charlotte of that port ; I cannot tell you , Sir , what my feelings were , when we stood fairly out to sea . The ocean is a splendid sight to the man who has never seen any thing beyond an inland lake . A gale ...
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Page 330 - And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight, than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air.
Page 454 - Therefore it is good to consider of deformity, not as a sign, which is more deceivable; but as a cause, which seldom faileth of the effect. Whosoever hath any thing fixed in his person that doth induce contempt, hath also a perpetual spur in himself to rescue and deliver himself from scorn.
Page 330 - DUKE'S PALACE. [Enter DUKE, CURIO, LORDS; MUSICIANS attending.] DUKE. If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die.— That strain again;— it had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour.— Enough; no more; 'Tis not so sweet now as it was before.
Page 64 - Eve, Young virgins might have visions of delight, And soft adorings from their loves receive Upon the honey'd middle of the night If ceremonies due they did aright; As, supperless to bed they must retire, And couch supine their beauties, lily white; Nor look behind, nor sideways, but require Of Heaven with upward eyes for all that they desire.
Page 330 - I speak not, because they are field flowers ; but those which perfume the air most delightfully, not passed by as the rest, but being trodden upon and crushed, are three, that is, burnet, wild thyme, and watermints ; therefore you are to set whole alleys of them, to have the pleasure when you walk or tread.
Page 232 - When all is done, (he concludes,) human life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.
Page 183 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Page 490 - I saw also that he looked this way, and that way, as if he would run; yet he stood still, because, as I perceived, he could not tell which way to go. I looked then, and saw a man named Evangelist coming to him, and asked, Wherefore dost thou cry?
Page 101 - Strike in, strike in, the sparks begin to dull their rustling red! Our hammers ring with sharper din, our work will soon be sped; Our anchor soon must change his bed of fiery rich array For a hammock at the roaring bows, or an oozy couch of clay; Our anchor soon must change the lay of merry craftsmen here, For the Yeo-heave-o...
Page 492 - Now I saw in my dream that just as they had ended this talk they drew near to a very miry slough that was in the midst of the plain; and they, being heedless, did both fall suddenly into the bog. The name of the slough was Despond.