The New Monthly Belle Assemblée, Volumes 40-41Joseph Rogerson - Fashion |
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... ( continued ) : - Cigar Case : 152 Corners for Border of Quilt : 151 Cover for a Sachet : 207 Curtain , or Antimacassar : 260 Darned Netted D'Oyleys , No. VI .: 259 Drawing - room Whatnot : 92 Embroidered Chalice Cloth : 259 Embrodered ...
... ( continued ) : - Cigar Case : 152 Corners for Border of Quilt : 151 Cover for a Sachet : 207 Curtain , or Antimacassar : 260 Darned Netted D'Oyleys , No. VI .: 259 Drawing - room Whatnot : 92 Embroidered Chalice Cloth : 259 Embrodered ...
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... continued . ) STANZAS FOR THE LAST NIGHT OF THE YEAR . ' Tis the last night of the year , friends , The last night of the year ; Fill high the glass , and drink a health To those ye hold most dear ! ' Tis the death - night of the year ...
... continued . ) STANZAS FOR THE LAST NIGHT OF THE YEAR . ' Tis the last night of the year , friends , The last night of the year ; Fill high the glass , and drink a health To those ye hold most dear ! ' Tis the death - night of the year ...
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... ( Continued . ) tude only having induced him to undertake it ; and. From her childhood , Madame du Châtelet loved reading , and was familiar with the works of the ancient as well as modern poets . Horace and Virgil she read in the ...
... ( Continued . ) tude only having induced him to undertake it ; and. From her childhood , Madame du Châtelet loved reading , and was familiar with the works of the ancient as well as modern poets . Horace and Virgil she read in the ...
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... continued the old man ; 66 very well , very well . Sit down , We do not want the candle , Rose , neighbour . the lamp is sufficient ; you can talk best in the dark . Only give me my drink . " The young girl brought him a large cupfull ...
... continued the old man ; 66 very well , very well . Sit down , We do not want the candle , Rose , neighbour . the lamp is sufficient ; you can talk best in the dark . Only give me my drink . " The young girl brought him a large cupfull ...
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... continued he ; " all will be given in my name , and I will settle with Père Duret after- wards . " " Oh ! thank you , monsieur , " said the young girl , whose countenance beamed with gratitude ; " but when my godfather knows that he ...
... continued he ; " all will be given in my name , and I will settle with Père Duret after- wards . " " Oh ! thank you , monsieur , " said the young girl , whose countenance beamed with gratitude ; " but when my godfather knows that he ...
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Page 81 - I'll bear him no more sticks, but follow thee, Thou wondrous man. Trin. A most ridiculous monster, to make a wonder of a poor drunkard ! Cal. I prithee, let me bring thee where crabs grow ; And I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts ; Show thee a jay's nest and instruct thee how To snare the nimble marmoset ; I'll bring thee To clustering filberts and sometimes I'll get thee Young scamels from the rock.
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Page 88 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Page 90 - Stuarts' throne; The bigots of the iron time Had called his harmless art a crime. A wandering harper, scorned and poor, He begged his bread from door to door, And tuned, to please a peasant's ear, The harp a king had loved to hear.
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Page 9 - Bra. Look to her, Moor ; have a quick eye to see ; She has deceived her father, and may thee.
Page 55 - Tis brightness all ; save where the new snow melts Along the mazy current. Low the woods Bow their hoar head ; and ere the languid sun, Faint from the west, emits his evening ray, Earth's universal face, deep-hid and chill, Is one wild dazzling waste, that buries wide The works of man.