Robinson's Magazine: A Weekly Repository of Original Papers and Selections from English Magazines, Volume 1Joseph Robinson, 1818 |
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... , and looked towards leader to break these hideous fet- a cassino half covered with orange- ters ; and if you dare follow me , I ! will harangue your countrymen in Lesbia , " does 326 Legends of Lampidosa.- The Italian .
... , and looked towards leader to break these hideous fet- a cassino half covered with orange- ters ; and if you dare follow me , I ! will harangue your countrymen in Lesbia , " does 326 Legends of Lampidosa.- The Italian .
Page 327
... Lesbia , " does a physician dare to their senate - house till they resolveon see a sick man ? " - " What would emancipation . " " You would find our academy have to do , madam , if none but women there , Sir ! " an- men were not sick ...
... Lesbia , " does a physician dare to their senate - house till they resolveon see a sick man ? " - " What would emancipation . " " You would find our academy have to do , madam , if none but women there , Sir ! " an- men were not sick ...
Page 328
... Lesbia of the follies authorized by fantastical laws condemned to per- the custom of the isle , he visited petual servitude . After many her apartment daily , and soon dis- solitary rambles in the orangery , he covered that her mind ...
... Lesbia of the follies authorized by fantastical laws condemned to per- the custom of the isle , he visited petual servitude . After many her apartment daily , and soon dis- solitary rambles in the orangery , he covered that her mind ...
Page 329
... Lesbia invited to partake it . Blan- important points ; she compelled dalma listened with unfeigned plea- him to pour her coffee , arrange her sure to a scheme which accorded so work - table , and carry her parasol , well with one he ...
... Lesbia invited to partake it . Blan- important points ; she compelled dalma listened with unfeigned plea- him to pour her coffee , arrange her sure to a scheme which accorded so work - table , and carry her parasol , well with one he ...
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Page 157 - Chancellor held on his course towards that unknown part of the world, and sailed so far that he came at last to the place where he found no night at all, but a continual light and brightness of the sun shining clearly upon the huge and mighty sea.
Page 90 - Tis reason a man that will have a wife should be at the charge of her trinkets, and pay all the scores she sets on him. He that will keep a monkey, 'tis fit he should pay for the glasses he breaks.
Page 30 - I love the language, that soft bastard Latin, Which melts like kisses from a female mouth, And sounds as if it should be writ on satin, With syllables which breathe of the sweet South, And gentle liquids gliding all so pat in, That not a single accent seems uncouth, Like our harsh northern whistling, grunting guttural, Which we're obliged to hiss, and spit, and sputter all.
Page 29 - And up and down the long canals they go, And under the Rialto shoot along, By night and day, all paces, swift or slow, And round the theatres, a sable throng, They wait in their dusk livery of woe, But not to them do...
Page 93 - THOUGH some make slight of libels, yet you may see by them how the wind sits : as take a straw and throw it up into the air, you shall see by that which way the wind is, which you shall not do by casting up a stone. More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as ballads and libels.
Page 320 - Twas a skull Once of ethereal spirit full. This narrow cell was Life's retreat: This space was Thought's mysterious seat. What beauteous visions filled this spot! What dreams of pleasure long forgot! Nor hope, nor joy, nor love, nor fear Have left one trace of record here. Beneath this moldering canopy Once shone the bright and busy eye; But start not at the dismal void.
Page 320 - Can little now avail to them. But if the page of truth they sought, Or comfort to the mourner brought, These hands a richer...
Page 213 - I fell into the gloom to which from my infancy I had been occasionally subject. I had a family for whom I had no dinner, and a landlady for whom I had no rent. I had gone abroad in despondence — I returned home almost in desperation.
Page 320 - But start not at the dismal void: If social love that eye employed...
Page 272 - Then said the Rose, with deepened glow, " On me another grace bestow ;" The spirit paused in silent thought, — What grace was there that flower had not...