The Metropolitan, 13. köideJames Cochrane, 1835 |
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... readers by the whole of the daily and weekly press ; but we do so with the hope , that when we again present our- selves to our friends , in the space of one little month , we shall be able to favour them with a list more pleasing to ...
... readers by the whole of the daily and weekly press ; but we do so with the hope , that when we again present our- selves to our friends , in the space of one little month , we shall be able to favour them with a list more pleasing to ...
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... reader may surmise that the property referred to was my own pretty self . " May I ask you a few particulars relative to the present earl and his brothers ? " " Most certainly , sir , ” replied Mr. De Benyon ; " any information I can ...
... reader may surmise that the property referred to was my own pretty self . " May I ask you a few particulars relative to the present earl and his brothers ? " " Most certainly , sir , ” replied Mr. De Benyon ; " any information I can ...
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... reader will perceive , I was wholly governed by impulses , and never allowed reason or common sense to stand in the way of my feelings . " What have I to do ? " replied I , to myself ; " to find out if Melchior and Sir Henry de Clare ...
... reader will perceive , I was wholly governed by impulses , and never allowed reason or common sense to stand in the way of my feelings . " What have I to do ? " replied I , to myself ; " to find out if Melchior and Sir Henry de Clare ...
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... reader , is looking for the countenance of the last born twin , who is under the tuition of Father Anselm , a Jesuit , and in total ignorance of his high birth . D'Aubigny had obtained , by some means , the de- spatches of Mazarine ...
... reader , is looking for the countenance of the last born twin , who is under the tuition of Father Anselm , a Jesuit , and in total ignorance of his high birth . D'Aubigny had obtained , by some means , the de- spatches of Mazarine ...
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... reader a tolerable idea of the drama so often rejected by the players . We have found in it almost all the requisites for a good tragedy . There is only one objection that , by any possibility we can find against it , as far as the ...
... reader a tolerable idea of the drama so often rejected by the players . We have found in it almost all the requisites for a good tragedy . There is only one objection that , by any possibility we can find against it , as far as the ...
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Page 375 - If spring's voluptuous pantings when she breathes Her first sweet kisses, have been dear to me; If no bright bird, insect, or gentle beast I consciously have injured, but still loved And cherished these my kindred; then forgive This boast, beloved brethren, and withdraw No portion of your wonted favour now! Mother of this unfathomable world! Favour my solemn song, for I have loved Thee ever, and thee only...
Page 363 - He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Page 375 - Thee ever, and thee only ; I have watched Thy shadow, and the darkness of thy steps, And my heart ever gazes on the depth Of thy deep mysteries. I have made my bed In charnels and on coffins, where black death Keeps record of the trophies won from thee, Hoping to still these obstinate questionings Of thee and thine, by forcing some lone ghost, Thy messenger, to render up the tale Of what we are.
Page 92 - London, the town council of any borough for the time being subject to the act of the session of the fifth and sixth years of the reign of King William the Fourth, chapter seventy-six, intituled " An Act to provide for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales...
Page 438 - Oh Grief, beyond all other griefs, when fate First leaves the young heart lone and desolate In the wide world...
Page 376 - The fountains of divine philosophy Fled not his thirsting lips, and all of great, Or good, or lovely, which the sacred past In truth or fable consecrates, he felt And knew.
Page 374 - ALASTOR,' may be considered as allegorical of one of the most interesting situations of the human mind. It represents a youth of uncorrupted feelings and adventurous genius led forth by an imagination inflamed and purified through familiarity with all that is excellent and majestic, to the contemplation of the universe.
Page 379 - Thoughts of great deeds were mine, dear Friend, when first The clouds which wrap this world from youth did pass.
Page 376 - Has shone within me, that serenely now And moveless, as a long-forgotten lyre Suspended in the solitary dome Of some mysterious and deserted fane, I wait thy breath, Great Parent, that my strain May modulate with murmurs of the air, And motions of the forests and the sea, And voice of living beings, and woven hymns Of night and day, and the deep heart of man.
Page 363 - He is the chief of the ways of God : he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.