Sharpe's London magazine, a journal of entertainment and instruction. [entitled] Sharpe's London journal. [entitled] Sharpe's London magazine, conducted by mrs. S.C. Hall, Volumes 6-7Anna Maria Hall |
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... better . " 66 son . " Well , then you must do them better , my " How can I without a master ? " said Adrian . Madame Brauwer replied tenderly , “ That is wrong , Adrian , very wrong ; you have often complained of not having masters ...
... better . " 66 son . " Well , then you must do them better , my " How can I without a master ? " said Adrian . Madame Brauwer replied tenderly , “ That is wrong , Adrian , very wrong ; you have often complained of not having masters ...
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... better than she did for the last : tell me , will you do it ? " " I am willing enough , " said Adrian , sor- rowfully ; and placing his little deal table before the window , he sat down , cut his pencil , prepared his sheet of paper ...
... better than she did for the last : tell me , will you do it ? " " I am willing enough , " said Adrian , sor- rowfully ; and placing his little deal table before the window , he sat down , cut his pencil , prepared his sheet of paper ...
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... better , and was never tired of inventing new patterns , in the hope that the stranger would not tire of coming to look at them . It was a singular struggle — this child never ceasing to work , in order to induce his unknown friend to ...
... better , and was never tired of inventing new patterns , in the hope that the stranger would not tire of coming to look at them . It was a singular struggle — this child never ceasing to work , in order to induce his unknown friend to ...
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... better now , the gentleman is satisfied . For the last fort- night you have been my guide , my director , my master . Thanks to your visiting our window , I have improved , and my mother is no longer obliged to say , ' Work , my son ...
... better now , the gentleman is satisfied . For the last fort- night you have been my guide , my director , my master . Thanks to your visiting our window , I have improved , and my mother is no longer obliged to say , ' Work , my son ...
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... better , master ; do not be angry , " said the trembling prisoner , timidly . " If I allow you to begin another , I forewarn you that if it is not better done than this , 1 will dismiss you . Well , glutton , are you going to devour ...
... better , master ; do not be angry , " said the trembling prisoner , timidly . " If I allow you to begin another , I forewarn you that if it is not better done than this , 1 will dismiss you . Well , glutton , are you going to devour ...
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Page 362 - Say first, of God above, or man below, What can we reason, but from what we know? Of man, what see we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer?
Page 312 - Oh ! when a Mother meets on high The Babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then, for pains and fears, The day of woe, the watchful night, For all her sorrow, all her tears, An over-payment of delight...
Page 71 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make Man better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere : A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night — It was the plant and flower of Light. In small proportions we just beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be.
Page 306 - Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases.
Page 367 - SIR, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool : But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet.
Page 366 - While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive. No generous patron would a dinner give : See him, when starved to death, and turned to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown : He asked for bread, and he received a stone.
Page 350 - Denmark when she no longer resists. The line of defence which covered her shores has struck to the British flag: but if the firing is continued on the part of Denmark, he must set on fire all the prizes that he has taken, without having the power of saving the men who have so nobly defended them. The brave Danes are the brothers, and should never be the enemies of the English.
Page 71 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log, at last, dry, bald, and sere: A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall, and die that night; It was the plant, and flower of light. In small proportions, we just beauties see: And in short measures, life may perfect be.
Page 165 - Inasmuch as ye did it unto the least of these, ye did it unto me ' ? Christians are those who have Christ's spirit, as I think, and sacrifice themselves to save others.
Page 366 - FRIEND, for your epitaphs I'm grieved. Where still so much is said ; One half will never be believed. The other never read.