The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 3J. Limbird, 1824 Containing original essays; historical narratives, biographical memoirs, sketches of society, topographical descriptions, novels and tales, anecdotes, select extracts from new and expensive works, the spirit of the public journals, discoveries in the arts and sciences, useful domestic hints, etc. etc. etc. |
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... death , and to bore all those who had the misfortune to be near him . From thence he dashed off to a ball , time enough to flounder through a cotillion , tear half a dozen gowns , commit a number of other depredations , and make the ...
... death , and to bore all those who had the misfortune to be near him . From thence he dashed off to a ball , time enough to flounder through a cotillion , tear half a dozen gowns , commit a number of other depredations , and make the ...
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... death , nor any kind of torture ! He who fears them is a coward he is less than a woman . Death is nothing to him who has cou- rage ! ' As it is thus the very best parts of their actual character that are dwelt upon even in the ...
... death , nor any kind of torture ! He who fears them is a coward he is less than a woman . Death is nothing to him who has cou- rage ! ' As it is thus the very best parts of their actual character that are dwelt upon even in the ...
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... death of Llyr , when " Cordelia took the government of the Isle of Britain , and she managed it for five years in peace and tranquil- lity ; and in the sixth year rose her two nephews , sons of her sisters , who were young men of great ...
... death of Llyr , when " Cordelia took the government of the Isle of Britain , and she managed it for five years in peace and tranquil- lity ; and in the sixth year rose her two nephews , sons of her sisters , who were young men of great ...
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... death is better than the preservation or embalming of the body by precious ointment . " ROMAN MOURNING . 66 It was a custom amongst the Romans to mourn ten months after the death of any near relative ; and during this period they ...
... death is better than the preservation or embalming of the body by precious ointment . " ROMAN MOURNING . 66 It was a custom amongst the Romans to mourn ten months after the death of any near relative ; and during this period they ...
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... death of Henry IV . of France , who was succeeded by a beardless youth , the beard was proscribed . Louis XIII . ascended the throne of his glorious ances- tors without a beard ; and his courtiers immediately reduced their beards to ...
... death of Henry IV . of France , who was succeeded by a beardless youth , the beard was proscribed . Louis XIII . ascended the throne of his glorious ances- tors without a beard ; and his courtiers immediately reduced their beards to ...
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Page 343 - The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Page 343 - The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea. And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free, For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave.
Page 138 - And hitting and splitting, And shining and twining, And rattling and battling, And shaking and quaking, And pouring and roaring, And waving and raving...
Page 373 - The man, whose eye Is ever on himself, doth look on one, The least of nature's works, one who might move The wise man to that scorn which wisdom holds Unlawful, ever.
Page 228 - May the great God, whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet! For myself individually, I commit my life to Him that made me; and may His blessing alight on my endeavours for serving my country faithfully!
Page 118 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 343 - Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep; There, swan-like, let me sing and die: A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine— Dash down yon cup of Samian wine!
Page 343 - And where are they? and where art thou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine?
Page 116 - Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O LORD; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Page 340 - The whole distance, from the place whence we started to our landing on the other side, including the length we were carried by the current, was computed by those on board the frigate at upwards of four English miles ; though the actual breadth is barely one.