The New Monthly Magazine, Volume 7E. Littell, 1824 |
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... sound of the c , formerly written ç , which is the same as that of the z . In a similar manner , Sanchez signifies the Son of Sancho ; Gonzalves , more commonly Gonzales , the son of Gonzalvo , generally written and pronounced Gonzalo ...
... sound of the c , formerly written ç , which is the same as that of the z . In a similar manner , Sanchez signifies the Son of Sancho ; Gonzalves , more commonly Gonzales , the son of Gonzalvo , generally written and pronounced Gonzalo ...
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... sound of the Spanish ñ . We have adopted it the more readily , as it represents the Latin ni followed by a vowel , which the Spaniards ex- press by the n . Fortuño comes from Fortunius . has not been strong enough to conceal . Being ...
... sound of the Spanish ñ . We have adopted it the more readily , as it represents the Latin ni followed by a vowel , which the Spaniards ex- press by the n . Fortuño comes from Fortunius . has not been strong enough to conceal . Being ...
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... sound of popular acclamation seemed to breathe an air of dignity over the mild and serene features of the queen . She flung the scarf , at once , upon her shoulders , and turning first to the people , then slightly inclining her ...
... sound of popular acclamation seemed to breathe an air of dignity over the mild and serene features of the queen . She flung the scarf , at once , upon her shoulders , and turning first to the people , then slightly inclining her ...
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... sound sense , for the most part , proceeds from the want of a real , unaffected interest in things , except as they react upon ourselves ; or from a neglect of the maxim of that good old philanthropist , who said , “ Nihil humani a me ...
... sound sense , for the most part , proceeds from the want of a real , unaffected interest in things , except as they react upon ourselves ; or from a neglect of the maxim of that good old philanthropist , who said , “ Nihil humani a me ...
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... sound doctrine of the current year ? Then if we consult the ministerial journals to guide our researches , " nil fuit unquam tam dispar sibi . " The best way would be to get an Editor appointed in Downing - street ; but if that can- not ...
... sound doctrine of the current year ? Then if we consult the ministerial journals to guide our researches , " nil fuit unquam tam dispar sibi . " The best way would be to get an Editor appointed in Downing - street ; but if that can- not ...
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Page 170 - Duncan is in his grave; After life's fitful fever he sleeps well; Treason has done his worst: nor steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing Can touch him further.
Page 58 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set — but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Page 30 - My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. E'en now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend...
Page 30 - E'en now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend ; And placed on high above the storm's career, Look downward where an hundred realms appear ; Lakes, forests, cities, plains extending wide, The pomp of kings, the shepherd's humbler pride.
Page 58 - Is it when spring's first gale Comes forth to whisper where the violets lie? Is it when roses in our paths grow pale? — They have one season — all are ours to die! Thou art where billows foam, Thou art where music melts upon the air; Thou art around us in our peaceful home, And the world calls us forth — and thou art there.
Page 215 - He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time, 70 And, like the haggard, check at every feather That comes before his eye. This is a practice As full of labour as a wise man's art: For folly that he wisely shows is fit; But wise men, folly-fall'n, quite taint their wit.
Page 333 - Bring flowers ! they are springing in wood and vale : Their breath floats out on the southern gale, And the touch of the sunbeam hath waked the rose, To deck the hall where the bright wine flows.
Page 410 - 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 222 - From the Provincial Letters of Pascal, which almost every year I have perused with new pleasure, I learned to manage the weapon of grave and temperate irony even on subjects of ecclesiastical solemnity.
Page 477 - ... and if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time...