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 7-8Anna Maria Hall 1848 |
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... fair portion of the plunder . " Such was the man appointed to maintain equal justice between the rival parties , and to impose awe upon the incorrigibly factious , but by whose partiality , corruption , and weakness combined , the ...
... fair portion of the plunder . " Such was the man appointed to maintain equal justice between the rival parties , and to impose awe upon the incorrigibly factious , but by whose partiality , corruption , and weakness combined , the ...
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... fair - the " ship of Adramyttium " is ready - wrecks of the Jews and Romans the more perishable the passengers hasten on board . Among them , un- monuments of their temporary occupation , will never noticed amidst the busy throng ...
... fair - the " ship of Adramyttium " is ready - wrecks of the Jews and Romans the more perishable the passengers hasten on board . Among them , un- monuments of their temporary occupation , will never noticed amidst the busy throng ...
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... fair sex , when dresses were " Tho ' close , yet easy ; decent , but not dull ; Short , but not scanty ; without buckram , full . " That a tailor is only the ninth part of a man - or in other words , that it takes nine tailors to make a ...
... fair sex , when dresses were " Tho ' close , yet easy ; decent , but not dull ; Short , but not scanty ; without buckram , full . " That a tailor is only the ninth part of a man - or in other words , that it takes nine tailors to make a ...
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... fair , The deep - loving , the true - hearted ; Then it seems we ne'er have parted , Never left them there . Is it then in sleep the soul Leaves the idle body lying , And to other regions flying Mocks at its control ? If ' twere so ...
... fair , The deep - loving , the true - hearted ; Then it seems we ne'er have parted , Never left them there . Is it then in sleep the soul Leaves the idle body lying , And to other regions flying Mocks at its control ? If ' twere so ...
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... fair young re- her tears the hand which she held to her lips ; her cluse , offering , as she must needs do , so vivid a long golden locks lay partly across the old man's contrast to the women among whom he had been bosom , and the white ...
... fair young re- her tears the hand which she held to her lips ; her cluse , offering , as she must needs do , so vivid a long golden locks lay partly across the old man's contrast to the women among whom he had been bosom , and the white ...
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Page 217 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 17 - My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain.
Page 54 - In Endymion, I leaped headlong into the Sea, and thereby have become better acquainted with the Soundings, the quicksands, and the rocks, than if I had stayed upon the green shore, and piped a silly pipe, and took tea and comfortable advice. I was never afraid of failure; for I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.
Page 114 - Look not upon me, because I am black, Because the sun hath looked upon me: My mother's children were angry with me ; They made me the keeper of the vineyards; But mine own vineyard have I not kept.
Page 64 - O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice ; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
Page 79 - Joy is the sweet voice, Joy the luminous cloud — We in ourselves rejoice! And thence flows all that charms or ear or sight, All melodies the echoes of that voice, All colours a suffusion from that light.
Page 16 - love," which greybeards call divine, Be resident in men like one another And not in me : I am myself alone.
Page 55 - O that I could be buried near where she lives! I am afraid to write to her — to receive a letter from her — to see her handwriting would break my heart — even to hear of her anyhow, to see her name written, would be more than I can bear.
Page 12 - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever!
Page 55 - I believe tho' she has faults — the same as Charmian and Cleopatra might have had. Yet she is a fine thing speaking in a worldly way: for there are two distinct tempers of mind in which we judge of things — the worldly, theatrical and pantomimical ; and the unearthly, spiritual and ethereal — in the former Buonaparte, Lord Byron and this Charmian hold the first place in our Minds ; in the latter, John Howard, Bishop Hooker rocking his child's cradle, and you my dear Sister are the conquering...