The Court Magazine and Monthly Critic, and Lady's Magazine and Museum: A Family Journal of the Belles Lettres, Music, Fine Arts, Drama, Fashion, Etc, Volume 22Dobbs, 1833 - English literature |
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... cried Mrs. Brown , as she leaned her hand upon her knee , and sputtered into a laugh like a damp skyrocket . Really , Mr. Transit , you are the funniest man- " faltered Transit , starting like a guilty crea- ture — but not " sitting at ...
... cried Mrs. Brown , as she leaned her hand upon her knee , and sputtered into a laugh like a damp skyrocket . Really , Mr. Transit , you are the funniest man- " faltered Transit , starting like a guilty crea- ture — but not " sitting at ...
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... cried the eccentric Dicky , with his accustomed irresistible humour , " for the devil a mopus have I left , " and he emptied the drawer of his writing desk upon the table , displaying an infinite number of broken wafers , rusty keys ...
... cried the eccentric Dicky , with his accustomed irresistible humour , " for the devil a mopus have I left , " and he emptied the drawer of his writing desk upon the table , displaying an infinite number of broken wafers , rusty keys ...
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... cried the chap - fallen ap- plicant , " am I then deceived in you ? can mercenary motives like these interfere with your love - but no matter , " and he tossed himself about the sofa in a fantastic manner . Miss Lavinia smiled like an ...
... cried the chap - fallen ap- plicant , " am I then deceived in you ? can mercenary motives like these interfere with your love - but no matter , " and he tossed himself about the sofa in a fantastic manner . Miss Lavinia smiled like an ...
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... cried Transit overjoyed , for he saw his deliverance at hand , " how could you suspect such a thing ? The fact is , but I don't like to mention these matters - a friend - a poor cu- rate - eight children - starvation - meek - eyed ...
... cried Transit overjoyed , for he saw his deliverance at hand , " how could you suspect such a thing ? The fact is , but I don't like to mention these matters - a friend - a poor cu- rate - eight children - starvation - meek - eyed ...
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... cried the father ; " but I thank you for the information , never- theless - now , read it aloud - don't gasp like a grampus stranded on the Grampian Hills , if such a thing were possible , but read leisurely and with sober earnestness ...
... cried the father ; " but I thank you for the information , never- theless - now , read it aloud - don't gasp like a grampus stranded on the Grampian Hills , if such a thing were possible , but read leisurely and with sober earnestness ...
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Page 28 - So he turned and went away in a rage. And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
Page 218 - It is the hour when lovers' vows Seem sweet in every whisper'd word ; And gentle winds, and waters near, Make music to the lonely ear. Each flower the dews have lightly wet, And in the sky the stars are met, And on the wave is deeper blue, And on the leaf a browner hue, And in the heaven that clear obscure, So softly dark, and darkly pure...
Page 149 - Jesus saith unto her, Go call thy husband and come hither. The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her ; Thou hast well said I have no husband.
Page 29 - And he returned to the man of GOD, he and all his company, and came and stood before him : and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no GOD in all the earth, but in Israel : now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
Page 274 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown...
Page 105 - ... long-suffering, and of great pity. Thou sparest when we deserve punishment, and in thy wrath thinkest upon mercy. Spare thy people, good LORD, spare them ; and let not thine heritage be brought to confusion. Hear us, O LORD, for thy mercy is great; and after the multitude of thy mercies look upon us, through the merits and mediation of thy blessed Son, JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.
Page 154 - Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, of His great mercy, to take unto Himself the soul of our dear brotluyr here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life...
Page 255 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Page 108 - Museum between the Hours of Ten in the Forenoon and Four in the Afternoon on...
Page 128 - Jerusalem was the brightest of all the cities of the east, and fortified above all other towns, so strong, that the Roman conqueror thereof, and the master of the whole world besides, exclaimed, on entering the city of David, and looking...