The Gentleman's Magazine, Volumes 181-182F. Jefferies, 1847 - Early English newspapers The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs. |
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... land , she told me , with an air of satisfaction , that she was informed she had behaved ex- tremely well since her marriage , and done many generous and charitable actions . She spoke with pleasure too of the high marriage made by ...
... land , she told me , with an air of satisfaction , that she was informed she had behaved ex- tremely well since her marriage , and done many generous and charitable actions . She spoke with pleasure too of the high marriage made by ...
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... land by frugal sire Reap'd in few lustrums , hearken while the lore I of sweet rites unfold in easy song . How to deceive these slow and tedious days Of life , with such insufferable weight Of wearisome annoyance bound and prest , Now ...
... land by frugal sire Reap'd in few lustrums , hearken while the lore I of sweet rites unfold in easy song . How to deceive these slow and tedious days Of life , with such insufferable weight Of wearisome annoyance bound and prest , Now ...
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... land's preface . " Mary Beatrice of Modena played an important rather than a conspicuous part in the historic drama of the stirring times in which her lot was cast . The tender age at which she was reluctantly torn from a convent to ...
... land's preface . " Mary Beatrice of Modena played an important rather than a conspicuous part in the historic drama of the stirring times in which her lot was cast . The tender age at which she was reluctantly torn from a convent to ...
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... land's style as a writer , and to her reflec- tions as a philosophic historian , for they would be far too long for our very con- fined space . We must however ob- serve that she has , in our opinion , been eminently successful in her ...
... land's style as a writer , and to her reflec- tions as a philosophic historian , for they would be far too long for our very con- fined space . We must however ob- serve that she has , in our opinion , been eminently successful in her ...
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... land of mountains and waters , were familiar : " Suppose a man to have a mill worked by a stream which ran out of one of our lakes . Now it is clear he owes all his water to the lake ; and , as the stream has no water of its own , the ...
... land of mountains and waters , were familiar : " Suppose a man to have a mill worked by a stream which ran out of one of our lakes . Now it is clear he owes all his water to the lake ; and , as the stream has no water of its own , the ...
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Page 94 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Page 130 - What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her ? What would he do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have...
Page 288 - The schoolboy wandering through the wood, To pull the primrose gay, Starts — the new voice of Spring to hear, And imitates thy lay. What time the pea puts on the bloom, Thou fliest thy vocal vale : An annual guest in other lands, Another Spring to hail. Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No Winter in thy year ! O could I fly, I'd fly with thee ! We'd make, with joyful wing, Our annual visit o'er the globe, Companions of the Spring ! JOHN...
Page 300 - If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; if my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Page 566 - Now Robin Hood is to Nottingham gone, With a link, a down, and a day, And there he met a silly old woman Was weeping on the way. What news ? what news ? thou silly old woman, What news hast thou for me ? Said she, there's three squires in Nottingham town To-day are condemned to die.
Page 55 - He found no place for repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears," sounded in the depths of his soul.
Page 567 - I'll not grant thee; I never hurt woman in all my life, Nor man in woman's company. " I never hurt fair maid in all my time, Nor at mine end shall it be ; But give me my bent bow in my hand, And a broad arrow I'll let flee, And where this arrow is taken up, There shall my grave digged be.
Page 131 - ... the abominable scene of 1789 which I was describing did draw tears from me and wetted my paper. These tears came again into my eyes almost as often as I looked at the description. They may again.
Page 567 - I have a horn in my pocket, I got it from Robin Hood, And still when I set it to my mouth, For thee it blows little good.
Page 566 - Now Robin Hood is to Nottingham gone, With a link a down and a day, And there he met with a silly old palmer, Was walking along the highway. "What news? what news, thou silly old man? What news, I do thee pray ? " Said he, " Three squires in Nottingham town Are condemned to die this day." " Come change thy apparel with me, old man, Come change thy apparel for mine ; Here is forty shillings in good silver, Go drink it in beer or wine.