Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle, Volume 1251819 |
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... living languages of Europe , is the main object of the Cambrian Society . To promote such an object will , I am sure , give plea- sure to Mr. Urban . I am , Sir , your faithful servant , BRITANNICUS . Primary Meeting of the CAMBRIAN ...
... living languages of Europe , is the main object of the Cambrian Society . To promote such an object will , I am sure , give plea- sure to Mr. Urban . I am , Sir , your faithful servant , BRITANNICUS . Primary Meeting of the CAMBRIAN ...
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... living , it may at present suffice to refer , for the brilliant exploits of this gallant Hero , to the Gazettes which have occupied so large a space in some of our preceding Volumes ; earnestly hoping that it may be long , very long ...
... living , it may at present suffice to refer , for the brilliant exploits of this gallant Hero , to the Gazettes which have occupied so large a space in some of our preceding Volumes ; earnestly hoping that it may be long , very long ...
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... living figures . The two statues of prisoners or slaves which were intended to compose a part of the Mausoleum of Julius 11. rank among his best works . Fal- conet , a late French Sculptor , who had long undervalued the modern School of ...
... living figures . The two statues of prisoners or slaves which were intended to compose a part of the Mausoleum of Julius 11. rank among his best works . Fal- conet , a late French Sculptor , who had long undervalued the modern School of ...
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... living ani- mal now in the country , to which these bones , thus deposited by mil lions , may be anatomically referred . The bones of the jaw correspond with those of the castor , or beaver , as found in a fossil state in the bogs near ...
... living ani- mal now in the country , to which these bones , thus deposited by mil lions , may be anatomically referred . The bones of the jaw correspond with those of the castor , or beaver , as found in a fossil state in the bogs near ...
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... living and some recently de- parted men of talents , who were emi- nently conversant in literary history . The Editor , in his " Advertisement , " calls this volume " one more ; " but as he kindly hints , in a subsequent passage , that ...
... living and some recently de- parted men of talents , who were emi- nently conversant in literary history . The Editor , in his " Advertisement , " calls this volume " one more ; " but as he kindly hints , in a subsequent passage , that ...
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Page 302 - James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend: but what are the hopes of man! I am disappointed by that stroke of death, which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
Page 395 - The odious stranger, disguising every circumstance of time and place, assumed the mask of a martyr, a saint, and a Christian hero; and the infamous George of Cappadocia has been transformed into the renowned St. George of England, the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the garter.
Page 255 - METHINKS it is good to be here : If thou wilt, let us build — but for whom ? Nor Elias nor Moses appear ; But the shadows of eve that encompass with gloom The abode of the dead and the place of the tomb.
Page 255 - Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, LORD, it is good for us to be here : if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles ; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
Page 215 - Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
Page 425 - The sun was reflected, with a glare scarcely more supportable than the heat, from the massy gold ornaments, which glistened in every direction. More than a hundred bands burst at once on our arrival, with the peculiar airs of their several chiefs. The horns flourished their defiances, with the beating of innumerable drums and metal instruments, and then yielded for...
Page 319 - He then devisde himselfe how to disguise ; For by his mighty science he could take As many formes and shapes in seeming wise, As ever Proteus to himselfe could make...
Page 15 - Wished yourselves unmarried again ; Or in a twelvemonth and a day, Repented not in thought any way ; But continued true in thought and desire, As when you joined hands in holy quire.
Page 256 - To Beauty ? Ah no ! She forgets The charms which she wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin which but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride...
Page 209 - In this our spacious Isle, I think there is not one, But he hath heard some talk of him and Little John ; And to the end of time, the tales shall ne'er be done, Of Scarlock, George a Green, and Much the miller's son, Of Tuck the merry friar, which many a sermon made In praise of Robin Hood, his outlaws, and their trade.