Sharpe's London Magazine: a Journal of Entertainment and Instruction for General Reading..., Volume 6A.Hill, Virtue, and Company, 1848 Vols. 22-23 include illustrations by George Cruikshank. |
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... seemed ubiquitous , with right good will . On one side of us was the splendid mansion of Sir Jemsetjee , its handsome portico , and broad flight of steps , occupied by the male members of the family welcoming the wedding guests , while ...
... seemed ubiquitous , with right good will . On one side of us was the splendid mansion of Sir Jemsetjee , its handsome portico , and broad flight of steps , occupied by the male members of the family welcoming the wedding guests , while ...
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... seemed an interminable distance , were supper - tables laden with rich plate , decorated with epergnes and roses , and abundantly studded with certain long - necked bottles , in vases of fresh ice . The guests now strolling in , I felt ...
... seemed an interminable distance , were supper - tables laden with rich plate , decorated with epergnes and roses , and abundantly studded with certain long - necked bottles , in vases of fresh ice . The guests now strolling in , I felt ...
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... seemed convincing ; for three of them imme- diately trotted off at a handsome trot , the off leader still adhering to a short gallop , all , however , evi- dently in a somewhat mortified condition , and doing their work in some such ...
... seemed convincing ; for three of them imme- diately trotted off at a handsome trot , the off leader still adhering to a short gallop , all , however , evi- dently in a somewhat mortified condition , and doing their work in some such ...
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... seemed quite subdued , as though disease had done its worst , and , having broken down all im- pediments , was waiting inactively awhile , ere it ( 1 ) Continued from p 272 . creature was satisfied . only speak in a whisper . in the ...
... seemed quite subdued , as though disease had done its worst , and , having broken down all im- pediments , was waiting inactively awhile , ere it ( 1 ) Continued from p 272 . creature was satisfied . only speak in a whisper . in the ...
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... seemed almost to know what was going on , so quiet was he , ) she placed it upon his head , and looked up in the rector's loving , peaceful face , and prayed him with her eyes , for she could no longer speak , that he would take care of ...
... seemed almost to know what was going on , so quiet was he , ) she placed it upon his head , and looked up in the rector's loving , peaceful face , and prayed him with her eyes , for she could no longer speak , that he would take care of ...
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Page 243 - And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
Page 241 - And he said, Nay ; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot ; for the place whereon thou standest is holy.
Page 216 - I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Page 39 - Death? perhaps in this neglected spot is laid some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.
Page 115 - It destroys likewise magnanimity, and the raising of human nature ; for, take an example of a dog and mark what a generosity and courage he will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man, who to him is instead of a God or melior natura...
Page 174 - But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
Page 216 - gainst self-slaughter ! O God ! O God ! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world ! Fie on't! O fie! 'tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank, and gross in nature, Possess it merely.
Page 173 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Page 39 - These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die : like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume.
Page 183 - haviour of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, shows of grief, That can denote me truly : These, indeed, seem, For they are actions that a man might play : But I have that within which passeth show ; These, but the trappings and the suits of woe.