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... person in the townhead of Irvine , calling in question not only the authenticity of the Pringle letters , but even the exist- ence of our correspondent , Mr M'Gruel , of Kilwinning . To doubt the veracity of papers is no new species of ...
... person in the townhead of Irvine , calling in question not only the authenticity of the Pringle letters , but even the exist- ence of our correspondent , Mr M'Gruel , of Kilwinning . To doubt the veracity of papers is no new species of ...
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... person of no intellectual accomplish- ments ; he has neither the language nor the deportment of a gentleman , in the usual understanding of the term ; and yet there is something that I would almost call genius about him . It is not ...
... person of no intellectual accomplish- ments ; he has neither the language nor the deportment of a gentleman , in the usual understanding of the term ; and yet there is something that I would almost call genius about him . It is not ...
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... idea that her beauty of person must be as exquisite as the tones of her voice were ravishing . He is , of course , utterly ignorant of his father's connexion with the hero- ine , and far 1820 . Körner's Rosamunda . 47.
... idea that her beauty of person must be as exquisite as the tones of her voice were ravishing . He is , of course , utterly ignorant of his father's connexion with the hero- ine , and far 1820 . Körner's Rosamunda . 47.
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... person will blame him for having been gradually debili- tated by time . There is Richmond , as old a man as either Dan or Tom ; and he would dispose of them both in twenty minutes . But farther - it is a question if Mendoza ever could ...
... person will blame him for having been gradually debili- tated by time . There is Richmond , as old a man as either Dan or Tom ; and he would dispose of them both in twenty minutes . But farther - it is a question if Mendoza ever could ...
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... person in Josephus , 66 see Mr Ow - en ? " " N - O , " was the reply of the facete domestic , to whom the question was addressed . I may remark , that Mr Miller is rather lax in omitting to assign date , name , and place , to his ...
... person in Josephus , 66 see Mr Ow - en ? " " N - O , " was the reply of the facete domestic , to whom the question was addressed . I may remark , that Mr Miller is rather lax in omitting to assign date , name , and place , to his ...
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Page 109 - LIFE IN LONDON : or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his Elegant Friend, Corinthian Tom.
Page 397 - Then the pied wind-flowers and the tulip tall, And narcissi, the fairest among them all, Who gaze on their eyes in the stream's recess, Till they die of their own dear loveliness...
Page 396 - Return, Alpheus; the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams; return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells and flowerets of a thousand hues.
Page 396 - Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe, and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy freak'd with jet, The glowing violet, The musk-rose, and the well-attired woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears : Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
Page 494 - Accordingly we find, that, in every kingdom, into which money begins to flow in greater abundance than formerly, everything takes a new face : labour and industry gain life ; the merchant becomes more enterprising, the manufacturer more diligent and skilful, and even the farmer follows his plough with greater alacrity and attention.
Page 279 - ... a little indulgence to others, and a great deal of distrust of ourselves; which are not qualities of a mean spirit, as some may possibly think them; but virtues of a great and noble kind, and such as dignify our nature as much as they contribute to our repose and fortune. For nothing can be so unworthy of a well-composed soul, as to pass away life in bickerings and litigations, in snarling and scuffling with every one about us. Again and again, my dear Barry, we must be at peace with our species...
Page 397 - The snow-drop, and then the violet, Arose from the ground with warm rain wet, And their breath was mixed with fresh odour, sent From the turf, like the voice and the instrument.
Page 124 - Among bridesmen and kinsmen, and brothers and all: Then spoke the bride's father, his hand on his sword, (For the poor craven bridegroom said never a word), " O, come ye in peace here or come ye in war, Or to dance at our bridal, young Lord Lochinvar...
Page 96 - To bridle a goddess is no very delicate idea; but why must she be bridled? because she longs to launch ? an act which was never hindered by a bridle: and whither will she launch? into a nobler strain.
Page 397 - Some glossy-leaved, and shining in the sun, The maple, and the beech of oily nuts Prolific, and the lime at dewy eve Diffusing odours : nor unnoted pass The sycamore, capricious in attire. Now green, now tawny, and ere autumn yet Have changed the woods, in scarlet honours bright.