Belgravia, a London magazine, conducted by M.E. Braddon, Volume 71869 - 2 pages |
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... received were accepted without talk of payment . I do not know what was the special charm which made me so sud- denly fall in love with Christina Braun . Falling in love is indeed the most exact description of what befell me . From a ...
... received were accepted without talk of payment . I do not know what was the special charm which made me so sud- denly fall in love with Christina Braun . Falling in love is indeed the most exact description of what befell me . From a ...
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... received its coup de grâce from a story that Canning , while in the zenith of his fame , once dropped in at a house dinner of twelve or fourteen , and made himself agreeable the whole evening , without any of the re- spectable old ...
... received its coup de grâce from a story that Canning , while in the zenith of his fame , once dropped in at a house dinner of twelve or fourteen , and made himself agreeable the whole evening , without any of the re- spectable old ...
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... be well for me to give some brief description of the condition of Hindostan and her rulers , as I received it from the lips of my well - informed patron , Mr. Holwell . " You must accept all that you have heard and 70 BOUND TO JOHN COMPANY.
... be well for me to give some brief description of the condition of Hindostan and her rulers , as I received it from the lips of my well - informed patron , Mr. Holwell . " You must accept all that you have heard and 70 BOUND TO JOHN COMPANY.
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... received from his brother - in - law . The assassin might , indeed , have waited long for his opportunity had it not been afforded by the singular imprudence of the nabob himself . " At the chief religious festival of Mahometan India ...
... received from his brother - in - law . The assassin might , indeed , have waited long for his opportunity had it not been afforded by the singular imprudence of the nabob himself . " At the chief religious festival of Mahometan India ...
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... received this rebuff with unusual meekness , and on the same day tendered their humble apologies for the morning's violence . Their submission was readily accepted , and all was calm ; yet it was but a deceitful tranquillity , which ...
... received this rebuff with unusual meekness , and on the same day tendered their humble apologies for the morning's violence . Their submission was readily accepted , and all was calm ; yet it was but a deceitful tranquillity , which ...
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Page 549 - twould a saint provoke" (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke), " No, let a charming chintz, and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.
Page 50 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.
Page 537 - That there were such creatures as witches, he made no doubt at all ; for, first, the Scriptures had affirmed so much. Secondly, the wisdom of all nations had provided laws against such persons, which is an argument of their confidence of such a crime.
Page 477 - ... about my knowledge of this wretched man. From what he had over and over again told me, it was certain that he had come to London for the purpose of shaming his brother into supplying him with new funds, and it was evident that there was no extravagant escapade or exposure of which the little wretch would not be capable. On the whole, then, it seemed to me that the best thing I could do would be to see Mr Lyndon at once, and put him on his guard. Mr Lyndon too might, like a sensible man of the...
Page 285 - ... when there was so much of it in the scales, as would equal the weight of seventy-two pence,* he caused the chaplains to make six candles thereof, each of equal length, so that each candle might have twelve divisions! marked longitudinally upon it. By this plan, therefore, those six candles burned for twenty-four hours, a night and day, without fail...
Page 498 - We were but five minutes together, and on the public road ; but I hardly recollect an hour of my existence which could be weighed against them.
Page 57 - Upon which Bligh, who was sitting opposite to him, calmly produced two loaded pistols from his coat pocket, which he placed on the table, and said, " Mr. Brummell, if you are really desirous to put a period to your existence, I am extremely happy to offer you the means without troubling the waiter.
Page 362 - I have hardly a notion, that any performer of antiquity could surpass the action of Mr. Betterton in any of the occasions in which he has appeared on our stage. The wonderful agony which he appeared in, when he examined the circumstance of the handkerchief in Othello...
Page 498 - This meeting annihilated for a moment all the years between the present time and the days of Harrow. It was a new and inexplicable feeling, like rising from the grave, to me. Clare, too, was much agitated — more in appearance than even myself; for I could feel his heart beat to his fingers' ends, unless, indeed, it was the pulse of my own which made me think so.
Page 500 - My indignation at Mr. Keats's depreciation of Pope has hardly permitted me to do justice to his own genius, which, malgre all the fantastic fopperies of his style, was undoubtedly of great promise. His fragment of Hyperion seems actually inspired by the Titans, and is as sublime as /Eschylus.