The Mirror of literature, amusement, and instruction [ed. by T. Byerley]. [Continued as] The MirrorThomas Byerley 1823 |
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... half the cases they draw , The Church can't absolve , so they fly to the Law . The Magistrates ' clerks know not how to behave , it's So puzzling to draw up the right affi- davits : Then how shall I pick Cupid's bone of contention ...
... half the cases they draw , The Church can't absolve , so they fly to the Law . The Magistrates ' clerks know not how to behave , it's So puzzling to draw up the right affi- davits : Then how shall I pick Cupid's bone of contention ...
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... half a grain ) of it , he could never have supported himself upon those two spider's strings , which served him ( in the latter part of his unmixed existence ) as legs . A doubt or a scruple must have made him totter , -a sigh have ...
... half a grain ) of it , he could never have supported himself upon those two spider's strings , which served him ( in the latter part of his unmixed existence ) as legs . A doubt or a scruple must have made him totter , -a sigh have ...
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... half - reasoning elephant . vant may think proper to tell me for Who has not heard of the learned pig his convenience , or his pleasure , or his spelling words , pointing out names interest ? But amongst the most fre- and designating ...
... half - reasoning elephant . vant may think proper to tell me for Who has not heard of the learned pig his convenience , or his pleasure , or his spelling words , pointing out names interest ? But amongst the most fre- and designating ...
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... half an inch or an inch in length ; but on the other side it appears to have been much worn or rubbed off . When examining this singular phe- nomenon , what excited astonishment was , the external covering from the chest upwards to be ...
... half an inch or an inch in length ; but on the other side it appears to have been much worn or rubbed off . When examining this singular phe- nomenon , what excited astonishment was , the external covering from the chest upwards to be ...
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... half year he regular- ly draws his dividends , his mercantile profits , and his rents , and purchases in the funds . In this manner his wealth has accumulated . Mr. Farquhar is deeply read in ancient and modern li- terature : his mind ...
... half year he regular- ly draws his dividends , his mercantile profits , and his rents , and purchases in the funds . In this manner his wealth has accumulated . Mr. Farquhar is deeply read in ancient and modern li- terature : his mind ...
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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.