New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 32Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth Henry Colburn, 1831 |
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... heard ex- plained - I presume on account of the pre - eminence which the Kenmare family have for generations enjoyed in that district . It appeared singular to Englishmen , that when he started , after his unfortunate exclusion from the ...
... heard ex- plained - I presume on account of the pre - eminence which the Kenmare family have for generations enjoyed in that district . It appeared singular to Englishmen , that when he started , after his unfortunate exclusion from the ...
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... heard it observed , at once into one of the old moats of that ancient city , and lost himself in the ooze , if I may so call it , with which his infelicitous topic was overspread . The House had been wearied with eternal discussion on a ...
... heard it observed , at once into one of the old moats of that ancient city , and lost himself in the ooze , if I may so call it , with which his infelicitous topic was overspread . The House had been wearied with eternal discussion on a ...
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... heard of the yellow fever becoming general in Britain ? and why , with all its acknowledged powers of communication , does it not become so ? Because it is an infectious as well as contagious distemper - in other words , it is dependent ...
... heard of the yellow fever becoming general in Britain ? and why , with all its acknowledged powers of communication , does it not become so ? Because it is an infectious as well as contagious distemper - in other words , it is dependent ...
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... heard it suggested that atmospheric infection is produced by myriads of insects , or their larvæ - a suggestion which may be con- sidered as authorised by the appearances that vegetation assumes after what is named a blight has for a ...
... heard it suggested that atmospheric infection is produced by myriads of insects , or their larvæ - a suggestion which may be con- sidered as authorised by the appearances that vegetation assumes after what is named a blight has for a ...
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... heard him , at all acquainted with his public or private character . The noble hero of Penenden Heath is one of those personages one meets with in every society , who possess but one idea , and on that is rabid , it being the pivot ou ...
... heard him , at all acquainted with his public or private character . The noble hero of Penenden Heath is one of those personages one meets with in every society , who possess but one idea , and on that is rabid , it being the pivot ou ...
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Page 523 - 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 32 - The expectancy and rose of the fair state, The glass of fashion and the mould of form, The observ'd of all observers, quite, quite down. And I, of ladies most deject and wretched, That suck'd the honey of his music vows...
Page 415 - Could'st thou resign the park and play content, For the fair banks of Severn or of Trent; There might'st thou find some elegant retreat, Some hireling senator's deserted seat...
Page 415 - They play'd in secret on the shady brink With ancient Pan ; while round their choral steps Young hours and genial gales with constant hand Shower'd blossoms, odours, shower'd ambrosial dews, And spring's Elysian bloom.
Page 509 - Nee enim is solus reipublicae prodest, qui candidates extrahit, et tuetur reos, et de pace, belloque censet; sed qui juventutem exhortatur, qui, in tanta bonorum praeceptorum inopia, virtute instruit animos; qui ad pecuniam luxuriamque cursu ruentes, prensat ac retrahit, et, si nihil aliud, certe moratur; in privato publicum negotium agit.
Page 505 - I say, it seems to me, that the Author of nature has thought fit to mingle, from time to time, among the societies of men, a few, and but a few, of those on whom he is graciously pleased to bestow a. larger proportion of the ethereal spirit, than is given in the ordinary course of his providence to the sons of men.
Page 474 - There is a glorious city in the sea; The sea is in the broad, the narrow streets, Ebbing and flowing; and the salt seaweed Clings to the marble of her palaces. No track of men, no footsteps to and fro, Lead to her gates! The path lies o'er the sea, Invisible: and from the land we went, As to a floating city — steering in, And gliding up her streets, as in a dream...
Page 269 - I have read of a bird, which hath a face like, and yet will prey upon, a man : who coming to the water to drink, and finding there by reflection, that he had killed one like himself, pineth away by degrees, and never afterwards enjoyeth itself, f Such is in some sort the condition of Sir Edward.
Page 280 - The other yeoman was then urged by his companion to fire ; but he being a gentleman, and less ferocious, instead of firing, commanded the concealed persons to appear when a poor woman and eight children, almost naked, one of whom was severely wounded, came trembling from the brake, where they had secreted themselves for safety.
Page 274 - O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene...