New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 50, Part 1Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, William Ainsworth, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth 1837 |
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... effect of which was very remarkable . The poor child was crying with pain , the tears run- ning down his well - ochred cheeks , dancing as hard as he could , accom- panied by periodical exclamations by his respectable parent of , " Jump ...
... effect of which was very remarkable . The poor child was crying with pain , the tears run- ning down his well - ochred cheeks , dancing as hard as he could , accom- panied by periodical exclamations by his respectable parent of , " Jump ...
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... effects . Philip had not forgotten to bring with him the sum of money agreed upon between him and the captain as the premium to be paid in consideration of his being received on board in so negative a quality , as well as a farther ...
... effects . Philip had not forgotten to bring with him the sum of money agreed upon between him and the captain as the premium to be paid in consideration of his being received on board in so negative a quality , as well as a farther ...
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... effect , and suggests to one's mind the idea of a stray satyr calling to his mates . Mansfield and Charles have just taken up their position behind the shelter of a palmira bush . The former , accustomed to such scenes , is sitting with ...
... effect , and suggests to one's mind the idea of a stray satyr calling to his mates . Mansfield and Charles have just taken up their position behind the shelter of a palmira bush . The former , accustomed to such scenes , is sitting with ...
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... effect . We are strange unaccountable animals in this respect . But I am satisfied it is not cruelty - it is not a thirst for blood which inspires us with a love for the chase . No ! it is a far nobler feeling ; - a species of ambition ...
... effect . We are strange unaccountable animals in this respect . But I am satisfied it is not cruelty - it is not a thirst for blood which inspires us with a love for the chase . No ! it is a far nobler feeling ; - a species of ambition ...
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... effects of his fall , and had raised himself on his elbow , " killed him , by the Lord , and killed him well , too - Charles , you are a lucky dog ; I would have given a month's pay to have struck that blow - but you may thank your good ...
... effects of his fall , and had raised himself on his elbow , " killed him , by the Lord , and killed him well , too - Charles , you are a lucky dog ; I would have given a month's pay to have struck that blow - but you may thank your good ...
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Page 370 - No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...
Page 580 - If he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before...
Page 432 - gainst every odds— and I've gained the victory. Our captain sent for all of us; my merry men, said he, I havn't the gift of the gab, my lads, but yet I thankful be; You've done your duty handsomely, each man stood to his gun, If you hadn't, you villains, as sure as day, I'd have flogged each mother's son. Odds bobs, hammer and tongs, as long as I'm at sea, I'll fight 'gainst every odds — and I'll gain the victory.
Page 58 - Vous êtes assurée ici d'un plein secret, » Et le mal n'est jamais que dans l'éclat qu'on fait. Le scandale du monde est ce qui fait l'offense, Et ce n'est pas pécher que pécher en silence.
Page 322 - Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, • But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die...
Page 262 - ... at two yards' distance. He went home (as I afterwards learned) to a solitary dinner, instead of dining at the club, as he had intended. The hint thrown out touching this new feature of his deafness, had induced him to change his mind, and to avoid company until he had had a little self-communion. He took three extra glasses of Madeira without washing down the obstinate doubt that threatened to become an impediment to his ever speaking again with any confidence or comfort. Naturally fond of music,...
Page 229 - What is it that keeps men in continual discontent and agitation ? It is, that they cannot make realities correspond with their conceptions, that enjoyment steals away from...
Page 195 - In his native groves, mounted on the top of a tall bush, or half-grown tree, in the dawn of dewy morning, while the woods are already vocal with a multitude of warblers, his admirable song rises pre-eminent over every competitor. The ear can listen to his music alone, to which that of all the others seems a mere accompaniment.
Page 139 - Upon this development of the motives, the views, and the consistency of the above-mentioned band of patriots, Johnson once remarked to me, that it had given more strength to government than all that had been written in its defence, meaning thereby, that it had destroyed all confidence in men of that character.
Page 196 - Both in his native and domesticated state, during the solemn stillness of night, as soon as the moon rises in silent majesty, he begins his delightful solo, and serenades us the livelong night with a full display of his vocal powers, making the whole neighborhood ring with his inimitable medley.