The Retrospective Review, and Historical and Antiquarian Magazine, Volume 1; Volume 15Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1827 |
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... fact which has been hitherto unknown ; and the affectionate manner in which she speaks of its being his majesty's birth - day , as well as the endearing expressions she uses towards him , are peculiarly striking . She was then the wife ...
... fact which has been hitherto unknown ; and the affectionate manner in which she speaks of its being his majesty's birth - day , as well as the endearing expressions she uses towards him , are peculiarly striking . She was then the wife ...
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... fact , the great effort of French tragedy ; and M. Constant had at least one good reason for his admiration of the chorus - the identity of its office with that of the characters of his native tragedy . These characters are not so ...
... fact , the great effort of French tragedy ; and M. Constant had at least one good reason for his admiration of the chorus - the identity of its office with that of the characters of his native tragedy . These characters are not so ...
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... facts , the knowledge of which would annoy them ; and fancying to retard these events by doubting those who announce them . This heedlessness , laid before the specta- tor , impresses him more than a simple recital would have done ...
... facts , the knowledge of which would annoy them ; and fancying to retard these events by doubting those who announce them . This heedlessness , laid before the specta- tor , impresses him more than a simple recital would have done ...
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... fact and of the passion has its incon- testable advantages . In disengaging the fact , selected from all anterior facts , the interest is more closely directed upon a solitary object . The hero is more fully in the possession of the ...
... fact and of the passion has its incon- testable advantages . In disengaging the fact , selected from all anterior facts , the interest is more closely directed upon a solitary object . The hero is more fully in the possession of the ...
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... fact we augur more favourably of the future ; especially since we hope it is settled that the printing of the greater part of those records is to be intrusted to his super- intendence . The preface to the " Parliamentary Writs " abounds ...
... fact we augur more favourably of the future ; especially since we hope it is settled that the printing of the greater part of those records is to be intrusted to his super- intendence . The preface to the " Parliamentary Writs " abounds ...
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Page 22 - Enlarged winds, that curl the flood, Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 29 - Over the mountains And over the waves, Under the fountains And under the graves ; Under floods that are deepest, Which Neptune obey ; Over rocks that are steepest Love will find out the way.
Page 370 - Well then ; I now do plainly see, This busy world and I shall ne'er agree ; The very honey of all earthly joy Does of all meats the soonest cloy, And they, methinks, deserve my pity, Who for it can endure the stings, The crowd, and buzz, and murmurings Of this great hive, the city. Ah, yet, ere I descend to th...
Page 448 - And whereas the Senate of the United States have approved of the said arrangement and recommended that it should be carried into effect, the same having also received the sanction of His Royal Highness, the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His...
Page 353 - t depends Not on the number, but the choice of friends. Books should, not business, entertain the light, And sleep, as undisturb'd as death, the night. My house a cottage, more Than palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand, not Art's ; and pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sabine field.
Page 352 - ... .Even when I was a very young boy at school, instead of running about on holidays and playing with my fellows, I was wont to steal from them, and walk into the fields, either alone with a book, or with some one companion, if I could find any of the same temper.
Page 374 - The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again. The plants suck in the earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair. The sea itself, which one would think Should have but little need of drink, Drinks twice ten thousand rivers up, So fill'd that they o'erflow the cup. The busy sun (and one would guess...
Page 525 - The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Henr}' Baron Brougham and Vaux, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten...
Page 523 - Atkinson; such arms being first duly exemplified according to the laws of arms, and recorded in the Herald's Office...
Page 369 - If I should tell the politic arts To take and keep men's hearts ; The letters, embassies, and spies, The frowns, and smiles, and flatteries, The quarrels, tears, and perjuries, Numberless, nameless...