The Lady's Magazine: Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to Their Use and AmusementRobinson and Roberts, 1829 - Great Britain |
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... talent which so distinguished a personage would be ashamed and unwilling to acknowlege , some- thing must be said ; the opportunity of a renewal of friendly intercourse must not be neglected ; thanks may be repeated , and plausible ...
... talent which so distinguished a personage would be ashamed and unwilling to acknowlege , some- thing must be said ; the opportunity of a renewal of friendly intercourse must not be neglected ; thanks may be repeated , and plausible ...
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... talents , we may be assured that he will not make a despicable figure . He will be able to persuade and to enforce ; he may make an effective impression upon his auditors ; and he may even ( though it is what he ought to avoid ) " make ...
... talents , we may be assured that he will not make a despicable figure . He will be able to persuade and to enforce ; he may make an effective impression upon his auditors ; and he may even ( though it is what he ought to avoid ) " make ...
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... talents of those who wish to guide or influence the community should be exer- cised in the art of persuasion , and ... talent may draw others to his opinions without the formality of rules or the pro- cess of study ; even a wild man of ...
... talents of those who wish to guide or influence the community should be exer- cised in the art of persuasion , and ... talent may draw others to his opinions without the formality of rules or the pro- cess of study ; even a wild man of ...
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... talent and skill with which he embodied the ideas of the dramatist ; and many English performers have raised themselves to cele- brity by displaying an intimate acquaint- ance with the workings of the heart and the movements of passion ...
... talent and skill with which he embodied the ideas of the dramatist ; and many English performers have raised themselves to cele- brity by displaying an intimate acquaint- ance with the workings of the heart and the movements of passion ...
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... Talent . " Miss Henderson . " Mr. Henderson ( a popular preacher ) , not knowing what means he might have to provide ... talents . Mrs. Hen- derson was lavish in her praise of them , and profuse in her exhibition of them . The young lady ...
... Talent . " Miss Henderson . " Mr. Henderson ( a popular preacher ) , not knowing what means he might have to provide ... talents . Mrs. Hen- derson was lavish in her praise of them , and profuse in her exhibition of them . The young lady ...
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Page 449 - ... languishing faintness, begin to stand and to rest himself ; if the moon should wander from her beaten way ; the times and seasons of the year blend themselves by disordered and confused mixture ; the winds breathe out their last gasp ; the clouds yield no rain ; the earth be defeated of heavenly influence ; the fruits of the earth pine away as children at the withered breasts of their mother, no longer able to yield them relief; what would become of man himself, whom these things now do all serve...
Page 24 - With breathless speed, like a soul in chase, I took him up and ran;— There was no time to dig a grave Before the day began: In a lonesome wood, with heaps of leaves, I hid the murdered man!
Page 210 - Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, * Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Page 511 - The marriage, if uncontradicted report can be credited, made no addition to his happiness ; it neither found them nor made them equal.
Page 340 - began to think there was more in inquiring into public affairs than I thought of, and that it being a fashionable thing would make me more beloved of my husband, if that had been possible, than I was.
Page 143 - The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent.
Page 25 - Oh, God ! that horrid, horrid dream Besets me now awake ! Again — again, with dizzy brain, The human life I take ; And my red right hand grows raging hot, Like Cranmer's at the stake. " And still no peace for the restless clay, Will wave or mould allow ; The horrid thing pursues my soul, — It stands before me now ! " The fearful Boy looked up, and saw Huge drops upon his brow.
Page 428 - I first learned to read,' said Stone ; ' the masons were then at work upon your house. I approached them one day, and observed that the architect used a rule and compasses, and that he made calculations. I inquired what might be the meaning and use of these things, and I was informed that there was a science called arithmetic. I purchased a book of arithmetic, and I learned it. I was told there was another science called geometry ; I...
Page 143 - Potomac, in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction, they rush together against the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea.
Page 304 - tis to shew it That thy coldness makes her do it. Is she silent? is she mute? Silence fully grants thy suit. Doth she pout, and leave the room? Then she goes to bid thee come. Is she sick? Why, then be sure She invites thee to the cure. Doth she cross thy suit with 'No'?