The New Monthly Magazine, Volume 6E. Littell, 1823 |
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... admirably practical one . He is a thorough adept in all the complicated and fantastic forms with which Justice , like a Chinese monarch , insists that her votaries shall approach her . A suitor advancing towards her throne , cannot go ...
... admirably practical one . He is a thorough adept in all the complicated and fantastic forms with which Justice , like a Chinese monarch , insists that her votaries shall approach her . A suitor advancing towards her throne , cannot go ...
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... admirable : no matter how base and stupid , and how poisoned by political antipathy to himself he may believe them to be , he affects the most complimentary ignorance of their real characters . He hides his scorn and contempt under a ...
... admirable : no matter how base and stupid , and how poisoned by political antipathy to himself he may believe them to be , he affects the most complimentary ignorance of their real characters . He hides his scorn and contempt under a ...
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... admiration certain points of character in a thief or a murderer that will produce an evil effect on society . Public opinion has stamped both the one and the other of these characters with in- famy . In spite of what has been said ...
... admiration certain points of character in a thief or a murderer that will produce an evil effect on society . Public opinion has stamped both the one and the other of these characters with in- famy . In spite of what has been said ...
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... admiration , the rising breeze wafted towards me from a neighbouring village the melodious chime of its bells , with the echoes of which I had not only been familiar in my boyish days , but had often stolen into the belfry to awaken ...
... admiration , the rising breeze wafted towards me from a neighbouring village the melodious chime of its bells , with the echoes of which I had not only been familiar in my boyish days , but had often stolen into the belfry to awaken ...
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... admiration of any art , or any science , or any occupation , or any amusement , that does not admire London ? It is in London that the perfection and utmost refinement of human industry and human talent may be contemplated in works ...
... admiration of any art , or any science , or any occupation , or any amusement , that does not admire London ? It is in London that the perfection and utmost refinement of human industry and human talent may be contemplated in works ...
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Page 104 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Page 146 - Yet more ! the billows and the depths have more ! High hearts and brave are gathered to thy breast ! They hear not now the booming waters roar, The battle-thunders will not break their rest. Keep thy red gold and gems, thou stormy grave...
Page 104 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Page 38 - Ring out, ye crystal Spheres! Once bless our human ears (If ye have power to touch our senses so), And let your silver chime Move in melodious time; And let the base of Heaven's deep organ blow, And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.
Page 527 - High birth, vigour of bone, desert in service, Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all To envious and calumniating time. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin...
Page 258 - Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made hell grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold...
Page 516 - Of all men, saving Sylla, the man-slayer, Who passes for in life and death most lucky, Of the great names which in our faces stare, The General Boon...
Page 218 - Sheriff, at his return, told him, that since he was so ill prepared he should yet have two hours' respite ; so led him from the scaffold, without giving him any more comfort, and locked him into the great hall to walk with Prince Arthur. The Lord Grey, whose turn was next, was led to the scaffold by a troop of the young courtiers, and was supported on both sides by two of his best friends...
Page 507 - Solomon observes, to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting.
Page 516 - Crime came not near him— she is not the child Of solitude; Health shrank not from him— for Her home is in the rarely trodden wild, Where if men seek her not, and death be more Their choice than life, forgive them, as beguiled By habit to what their own hearts abhor— In cities caged. The present case in point I Cite is, that Boon lived hunting up to ninety...