The Court Magazine & Monthly Critic and Lady's Magazine, & Museum of the Belles Lettres, Music, Fine Arts, Drama, Fashions, &c, Volume 5; Volume 16Dobbs & Company, 1840 - English literature |
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... Round which the brier entwines- Just in that part a chalky pit Yawn'd fearfully and deep ; A place for deeds of terror fit , Or penitents to weep . On ev'ry side the thickest trees Had girded it , and down Its slopes the briers , by the ...
... Round which the brier entwines- Just in that part a chalky pit Yawn'd fearfully and deep ; A place for deeds of terror fit , Or penitents to weep . On ev'ry side the thickest trees Had girded it , and down Its slopes the briers , by the ...
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... round he saw a wretched , emaciated - looking match- woman , half gypsy , half ballad singer , standing behind him . " A hap'orth of matches , sir , only please to take a hap'orth of matches for the sake of a poor starving destitute ...
... round he saw a wretched , emaciated - looking match- woman , half gypsy , half ballad singer , standing behind him . " A hap'orth of matches , sir , only please to take a hap'orth of matches for the sake of a poor starving destitute ...
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... round to the window , and asked at what house he should stop . " The new white house in the middle of the town , left hand side , with a Gre- cian portico and lamp in front . " 66 Very well , sir , " said the man ; and the saddle ...
... round to the window , and asked at what house he should stop . " The new white house in the middle of the town , left hand side , with a Gre- cian portico and lamp in front . " 66 Very well , sir , " said the man ; and the saddle ...
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... round the the bruised stalk of her trampled flower . " Come my sweet one - my Seraphina , command your feelings , we must start instantly for London , where Lord Fre- derick will be only too happy to supply us with the means for ...
... round the the bruised stalk of her trampled flower . " Come my sweet one - my Seraphina , command your feelings , we must start instantly for London , where Lord Fre- derick will be only too happy to supply us with the means for ...
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... round , then looked again ; no it was only a tallow candle in the first floor room , the drawing room where he had been bamboozled and cheated and made a tool of ! " But I won't be a tool now ! " thought Mr. Groper resolutely , " what's ...
... round , then looked again ; no it was only a tallow candle in the first floor room , the drawing room where he had been bamboozled and cheated and made a tool of ! " But I won't be a tool now ! " thought Mr. Groper resolutely , " what's ...
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Page 265 - N., to my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I plight thee my troth.
Page 265 - The Man shall answer, I will. Then shall the Priest say unto the Woman. N . Wilt thou have this Man to thy wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou...
Page 266 - With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow; in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Page 561 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth ; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Page 266 - O ETERNAL God, creator and preserver of all mankind, giver of all spiritual grace, the author of everlasting life: Send thy blessing upon these thy servants, this man and this woman, whom we bless in thy name...
Page 241 - Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray : and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me : for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Page 266 - Those whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder. Then shall the Minister speak unto the company : Forasmuch as M. and N. have consented together in holy wedlock, and have witnessed the same before God and this company, and thereto have given and pledged their troth...
Page 82 - I am in presence of either father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing or doing anything else, I must do it as it were in such weight, measure and number even so perfectly as God made the world or else I am so sharply taunted...
Page 82 - I wist, all their sport in the Park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Page 561 - And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.