The Mirror of literature, amusement, and instruction [ed. by T. Byerley]. [Continued as] The MirrorThomas Byerley 1823 |
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... French brandy , at 10s . 6d ... 29 18 6 514 gallons , beer , at 2s . 8d . 68 10 8 792 dinners , at 2s . 6d . · 99 0 0 £ 303 7 2 WHAT IS CORRUPTION ? Mr. Beckford brought in a bill for preventing bribery and corruption at elections , in ...
... French brandy , at 10s . 6d ... 29 18 6 514 gallons , beer , at 2s . 8d . 68 10 8 792 dinners , at 2s . 6d . · 99 0 0 £ 303 7 2 WHAT IS CORRUPTION ? Mr. Beckford brought in a bill for preventing bribery and corruption at elections , in ...
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... French have a proverb , a good lawyer , a bad neighbour . ' And we know that others have averred , that the remedy by law is worse than the disease , and strikingly exhibits the moral of that fable , where the horse implores the as ...
... French have a proverb , a good lawyer , a bad neighbour . ' And we know that others have averred , that the remedy by law is worse than the disease , and strikingly exhibits the moral of that fable , where the horse implores the as ...
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... French , relates the following anecdote relative to Bonaparte's passage through Eisnach , after he had abandoned the wreck of his army in the retreat from Moscow . " I had a letter to the postmis- tress , a handsome young woman , born ...
... French , relates the following anecdote relative to Bonaparte's passage through Eisnach , after he had abandoned the wreck of his army in the retreat from Moscow . " I had a letter to the postmis- tress , a handsome young woman , born ...
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... French ship's crew , off Newfoundland , in 1730 , for some hours . The account was signed by all the crew that could write , and was sent to the Comte de Maurepas on the Sth Sep- tember , 1725 . Such are the accounts given by dif ...
... French ship's crew , off Newfoundland , in 1730 , for some hours . The account was signed by all the crew that could write , and was sent to the Comte de Maurepas on the Sth Sep- tember , 1725 . Such are the accounts given by dif ...
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... French artist , made an exact drawing of it . Another Mermaid , which was exhi- bited in London in 1775 ( for the one now shown is neither the first nor the second with which John Bull has been duped ) , was said to have been taken in ...
... French artist , made an exact drawing of it . Another Mermaid , which was exhi- bited in London in 1775 ( for the one now shown is neither the first nor the second with which John Bull has been duped ) , was said to have been taken in ...
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Page 83 - She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat, like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Page 253 - But yesterday, the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Page 267 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Page 321 - Yes ! where is he, the champion and the child Of all that's great or little, wise or wild ? Whose game was empires, and whose stakes were thrones ? Whose table earth — whose dice were human bones ? Behold the grand result in yon lone isle, And, as thy nature urges, weep or smile.
Page 369 - And count the silent moments as they pass : The winged moments, whose unstaying speed No art can stop, or in their course arrest; Whose flight shall shortly count me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them that rest.
Page 144 - This night as ye use, Who shall for the present delight here ; Be a king by the lot, And who shall not Be Twelfe-day queene for the night here.
Page 170 - Far, far aloof th' affrighted ravens sail ; The famish'd eagle screams, and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep. They do not sleep. On yonder cliffs, a...
Page 326 - I feel Him in the gentle showers, The soft south wind, the breath of flowers, The sunshine and the shade. And yet (ungrateful that I am !) I've turned in sullen mood From all these things, whereof He said, When the great whole was finished, That they were
Page 369 - Farewell, ye blooming fields ! ye cheerful plains ! Enough for me the churchyard's lonely mound, Where Melancholy with still Silence reigns, And the rank grass waves o'er the cheerless ground.
Page 369 - Now Spring returns ; but not to me returns The vernal joy my better years have known ; Dim in my breast life's dying taper burns, And all the joys of life with health are flown.