The Spirit of the English MagazinesMonroe and Francis, 1825 |
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... poor beetle that we tread upon , As when a giant dies . " In coporeal sufferance finds a pang as great No doubt : but quere - how great a pang does the poor beetle find , when a giant dies ? Let us return . Caricature M. G. Lewis , if ...
... poor beetle that we tread upon , As when a giant dies . " In coporeal sufferance finds a pang as great No doubt : but quere - how great a pang does the poor beetle find , when a giant dies ? Let us return . Caricature M. G. Lewis , if ...
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... poor . " Such was the effect of this advice - well meant , and seri- ously given that Mr Leslie returned , like a galley slave , to the counter ; thought very good : and - and — and that is all . We can't , for our souls , work out ...
... poor . " Such was the effect of this advice - well meant , and seri- ously given that Mr Leslie returned , like a galley slave , to the counter ; thought very good : and - and — and that is all . We can't , for our souls , work out ...
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... poor fellow who looked like a lad out of place , I says , " I suppose you a'nt above earning two - pence , so bear a hand with my boxes , " which he accordingly did , when a handsome fellow in silk stockings , and dressed out as if he ...
... poor fellow who looked like a lad out of place , I says , " I suppose you a'nt above earning two - pence , so bear a hand with my boxes , " which he accordingly did , when a handsome fellow in silk stockings , and dressed out as if he ...
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... poor span- iel Fanny ; let mother know that I am well , but don't say a word of aunt Polly's mad goings on , nor of her unkindness to me , it would break mother's heart ; so mum upon that subject . Your's very truly , GILES GREENTREE ...
... poor span- iel Fanny ; let mother know that I am well , but don't say a word of aunt Polly's mad goings on , nor of her unkindness to me , it would break mother's heart ; so mum upon that subject . Your's very truly , GILES GREENTREE ...
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... poor sinner ! ' Her tears flowed in torrents , her agitation was violent.— Scarcely had she concluded , than a threatening voice pronounced the words , ' Unhappy wretch ! what sac- rilege ! ' Giulio , for it was he whom destiny had led ...
... poor sinner ! ' Her tears flowed in torrents , her agitation was violent.— Scarcely had she concluded , than a threatening voice pronounced the words , ' Unhappy wretch ! what sac- rilege ! ' Giulio , for it was he whom destiny had led ...
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Page 212 - Soon shall thy arm, unconquered Steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded, bear The flying chariot through the fields of air.
Page 195 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Page 186 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Page 358 - I am Retired Leisure. I am to be met with in trim gardens. I am already come to be known by my vacant face and careless gesture, perambulating at no fixed pace nor with any settled purpose.
Page 317 - Time all to himself. It seemed to me that I had more time on my hands than I could ever manage. From a poor man, poor in Time, I was suddenly lifted up into a vast revenue ; I could see no end of my possessions: I wanted some steward, or judicious bailiff, to manage my estates in Time for me. And...
Page 318 - And here let me caution persons grown old in active business, not lightly, nor without weighing their own resources, to forego their customary employment all at once, for there may be danger in it.
Page 358 - I can visit a sick friend. I can interrupt the man of much occupation when he is busiest. I can insult over him with an invitation to take a day's pleasure with me to Windsor this fine May morning. It is Lucretian pleasure to behold the poor drudges, whom I have left behind in the world carking and caring, like horses in a mill, drudging on in the same eternal round— and what is it all for?
Page 476 - Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place; The white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door; The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...
Page 317 - For the first day or two I felt stunned — overwhelmed. I could only apprehend my felicity ; I was too confused to taste it sincerely. I wandered about, thinking I was happy, and knowing that I was not. I was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastile, suddenly let loose after a forty years
Page 424 - How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to himself! he is his own exclusive object. Supreme selfishness is inculcated upon him as his only duty. "Tis the Two Tables of the Law to him. He has nothing to think of but how to get well.