The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, Volume 50Henry Colburn, 1837 - English literature |
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... tell me to go it like winkin . " Here the lady telegraphed to me her desire that Tom should be missing as soon as possible ; and while she was occupied in this operation , Wells again replenished her glass , having ascertained that she ...
... tell me to go it like winkin . " Here the lady telegraphed to me her desire that Tom should be missing as soon as possible ; and while she was occupied in this operation , Wells again replenished her glass , having ascertained that she ...
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... tell , " said the lady ; " only my new friend Mrs. Slinkin wanted an assistant to teach French , Italian , music , geo- graphy , and astronomy , and so I engaged myself - her great objection was to my name - which , she said , gave a ...
... tell , " said the lady ; " only my new friend Mrs. Slinkin wanted an assistant to teach French , Italian , music , geo- graphy , and astronomy , and so I engaged myself - her great objection was to my name - which , she said , gave a ...
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... tell you my course . Up at eight , -prayers , always read by Miss Julietta Tim- mins , whose grandmother was aunt to the curate of Cripplesdon , - fine voice , sweet delivery , and as slow as a slug , -breakfast at nine , - no nonsense ...
... tell you my course . Up at eight , -prayers , always read by Miss Julietta Tim- mins , whose grandmother was aunt to the curate of Cripplesdon , - fine voice , sweet delivery , and as slow as a slug , -breakfast at nine , - no nonsense ...
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... tell you how our time has been passed ; but we have had a scene- " 3 " For which , " said my wife , " if Master Tom is to be believed , I am pretty well prepared . He came up evidently in a passion with the lady , and has been amusing ...
... tell you how our time has been passed ; but we have had a scene- " 3 " For which , " said my wife , " if Master Tom is to be believed , I am pretty well prepared . He came up evidently in a passion with the lady , and has been amusing ...
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... Tell them to bring the tray , " said I to Hutton , in a fit of despera tion , covered as much as possible by a look of the most perfect amenity , " I'm off , " said Wells , " good night - good night to both - to all . " Saying which he ...
... Tell them to bring the tray , " said I to Hutton , in a fit of despera tion , covered as much as possible by a look of the most perfect amenity , " I'm off , " said Wells , " good night - good night to both - to all . " Saying which he ...
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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 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 neighbourhood ring with his inimitable medley...
Page 370 - Of neighbouring cypress or more sable yew Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf That the wind severs from the broken wave ; The lilac, various in array, now white, Now sanguine, and her beauteous head now set With purple spikes pyramidal, as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hue she most approved, she chose them all...
Page 195 - ... and even handsome. The ease, elegance and rapidity of his movements, the animation of his eye, and the intelligence he displays in listening and laying up lessons from almost every species of the feathered creation within his hearing, are really surprising, and mark the peculiarity of his genius.
Page 262 - 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, which he could have enjoyed at all hours but for the single drawback of not being able to hear a note, he resorted for solace to his music-book, and began to read. The effort was unsuccessful — -a solitary crotchet, harsh and horrid, having taken possession of his mind. He drew his chair to the...
Page 196 - The barking of the dog, the mewing of the cat, the creaking of a passing wheelbarrow, follow with great truth and rapidity. He repeats the tune taught him by his master, though of considerable length, fully and faithfully. He runs over the quiverings of the canary, and the clear whistlings of the Virginia nightingale or red-bird, with such superior execution and effect, that the mortified songsters feel their own inferiority and become altogether silent, while he seems to triumph in their defeat,...
Page 226 - Of passion link the universal kind Of man so close, what wonder if to search This common nature through the various change Of sex, and age, and fortune, and the frame Of each peculiar, draw the busy mind With unresisted charms?
Page 196 - Bartram has beautifully expressed it, " he bounds aloft with the celerity of an arrow, as if to recover or recall his very soul, expired in the last elevated strain.
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 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.