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We have always thought these dramatic parts of Miss Edgeworth ' s books , which
, indeed , take up a considerable share of them , very much the best ; and it is to
this remarkable talent for humour , that she is indebted for the popularity she ...
We have always thought these dramatic parts of Miss Edgeworth ' s books , which
, indeed , take up a considerable share of them , very much the best ; and it is to
this remarkable talent for humour , that she is indebted for the popularity she ...
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Speaking of the Connecticut river , he mentions a remarkable fact in natural
history , which would certainly stagger any reader not familiar with Titus Livius ,
Pliny , and other writers , who are considered as authentic by all orthodox
scholars .
Speaking of the Connecticut river , he mentions a remarkable fact in natural
history , which would certainly stagger any reader not familiar with Titus Livius ,
Pliny , and other writers , who are considered as authentic by all orthodox
scholars .
Page 64
This remarkable story of the frogs has often been brought forward as a proof of
our author ' s singular credulity , or rather of his propensity to exaggerate . Yet it is
not without a parallel . Justin relates that the inhabitants of Abdera were once ...
This remarkable story of the frogs has often been brought forward as a proof of
our author ' s singular credulity , or rather of his propensity to exaggerate . Yet it is
not without a parallel . Justin relates that the inhabitants of Abdera were once ...
Page 66
It is not a little remarkable that almost all the ancient histories now extant are full
of the marvellous , and were probably preserved by the monks on account of their
great resemblance to the romances which were so fashionable in the darker ...
It is not a little remarkable that almost all the ancient histories now extant are full
of the marvellous , and were probably preserved by the monks on account of their
great resemblance to the romances which were so fashionable in the darker ...
Page 86
A very remarkable circumstance resulted from his varied experiments ; he found
a great difference in the law of the augmentation of the draft without any
augnientation whatever of the velocity ; which difference of draft depends not on
the ...
A very remarkable circumstance resulted from his varied experiments ; he found
a great difference in the law of the augmentation of the draft without any
augnientation whatever of the velocity ; which difference of draft depends not on
the ...
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Page 516 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Page 433 - Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Page 420 - Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Page 433 - Oh ! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming...
Page 418 - For other things mild Heaven a time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with superfluous burden loads the day, And, when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains.
Page 424 - On shining altars of japan they raise The silver lamp ; the fiery spirits blaze : From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide, While China's earth receives the smoking tide: At once they gratify their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast.
Page 422 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 419 - LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire, Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help waste a sullen day, what may be won From the hard season gaining? Time will run On smoother, till Favonius reinspire The frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sowed nor spun.
Page 434 - Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Page 286 - You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Analectic Magazine, Volume 4 Volumes 61-62 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 |
| Publisher | Published and sold by Moses Thomas, 1814 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 17 Apr 2008 |
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