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... tion , that a woman cannot more ef- fectually endear herself to her hus- band , than by considering his children and her own as a common stock in love , and by making their interest and happiness one common cause . The stickling for ...
... tion , that a woman cannot more ef- fectually endear herself to her hus- band , than by considering his children and her own as a common stock in love , and by making their interest and happiness one common cause . The stickling for ...
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... tion fall short of the original , but it does not hinder it from being copied from that life , which would be a bless- ing to society , and is what is advised by PHILO - SPECTATOR . Aug. 1 , 1824 . 6 NO . 2. ] [ VOL . 2. N.S. I The Dean ...
... tion fall short of the original , but it does not hinder it from being copied from that life , which would be a bless- ing to society , and is what is advised by PHILO - SPECTATOR . Aug. 1 , 1824 . 6 NO . 2. ] [ VOL . 2. N.S. I The Dean ...
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... tion , stood on the brink of the perpen- dicular rock , which , now crowned with the Alcázar , rises to a fearful height over the Tagus . A maid of Moorish blood led the Dean to a retired apart- ment , where Don Illan was reading . The ...
... tion , stood on the brink of the perpen- dicular rock , which , now crowned with the Alcázar , rises to a fearful height over the Tagus . A maid of Moorish blood led the Dean to a retired apart- ment , where Don Illan was reading . The ...
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... tion , and the rank held amongst na- tions affect materially the style of dress ; I shall here take my stand in Great Britain , and as near St. James's as pos- sible , where the Regia Solis is most likely to produce fashion and elegance ...
... tion , and the rank held amongst na- tions affect materially the style of dress ; I shall here take my stand in Great Britain , and as near St. James's as pos- sible , where the Regia Solis is most likely to produce fashion and elegance ...
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... tion would never perhaps have been effected . The people were unwilling to forsake their churches , and they became insensibly reconciled to the this attachment to the old religious ed- new faith . Some strong instances of ifices of the ...
... tion would never perhaps have been effected . The people were unwilling to forsake their churches , and they became insensibly reconciled to the this attachment to the old religious ed- new faith . Some strong instances of ifices of the ...
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Page 379 - O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away, and be at rest.
Page 258 - Live not the stars and mountains ? Are the waves Without a spirit ? Are the dropping caves Without a feeling in their silent tears ? No, no ; they woo and clasp us to their spheres, Dissolve this clog and clod of clay before Its hour, and merge our soul in the great shore.
Page 479 - Was on the streams of Guadalquiver, To gold converting, one by one, The ripples of the mighty river, Beside me on the bank was seated A Seville girl, with auburn hair, And eyes that might the world have cheated, — A wild, bright, wicked, diamond pair ! She stooped, and wrote upon the sand, Just as the loving sun was going, With such a soft, small, shining hand, I could have sworn 't was silver flowing. Her words were three, and not one more, What could Diana's motto be ? The siren wrote upon the...
Page 479 - When words come down like dews unsought With gleams of deep enthusiast thought, And fancy in her heaven flies free — They come, my love, they come from thee.
Page 112 - PITY the sorrows of a poor old man, Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door, Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span ; Oh, give relief, and heaven will bless your store.
Page 263 - O'er beauty's fall ; Her praise resounds no more, when mantled in her pall. The most beloved on earth Not long survives to-day ; So music past is obsolete, And yet 'twas sweet, 'twas passing sweet, But now 'tis gone away...
Page 340 - is there not a window in your house on purpose for you to look through?" " For all that," resumed the pendulum, "it is very dark here: and although there is a window, I dare not stop, even for an instant, to look out.
Page 340 - may I be allowed to inquire, if that exertion was at all fatiguing or disagreeable to you ?" " Not in the least," replied the pendulum; " it is not of six strokes that I complain, nor of sixty, but of millions.
Page 112 - Heaven has brought me to the state you see ; And your condition may be soon like mine, The child of sorrow and of misery.
Page 50 - ... repressed with a smile the hopes of his friends, and told them he had lived long enough. As his life drew near a close, the eager yet decorous solicitude of his fellow townsmen increased.