New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 10Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth Henry Colburn, 1824 |
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... period . Ferdinand , Infante of Castille , the first king of that name , in Aragon , was chosen in 1412 , among several claimants , by the award of the nine chief barons of the kingdom . The history of that transaction is ex- tremely ...
... period . Ferdinand , Infante of Castille , the first king of that name , in Aragon , was chosen in 1412 , among several claimants , by the award of the nine chief barons of the kingdom . The history of that transaction is ex- tremely ...
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... period ( A.D. 912 ) was styled the kingdom of Pamplona and Sobrarbe , may be classed with those traditionary legends , which , from a similarity in their marvel- lous circumstances , might be supposed to have some common origin , if the ...
... period ( A.D. 912 ) was styled the kingdom of Pamplona and Sobrarbe , may be classed with those traditionary legends , which , from a similarity in their marvel- lous circumstances , might be supposed to have some common origin , if the ...
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... period . Such cautionary descriptions , indeed , never occur in history , till the customs , which alone can elucidate an otherwise doubtful and suspicious narrative , are becoming obsolete , and strike the writers . themselves as ...
... period . Such cautionary descriptions , indeed , never occur in history , till the customs , which alone can elucidate an otherwise doubtful and suspicious narrative , are becoming obsolete , and strike the writers . themselves as ...
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... period of life , or per- haps a few years older . This is a very excellent picture - the expres- sion of the eyes is peculiarly real and cutting . Opposite to Catherine is Mme . de Châtelet , and in this I was disappointed . The picture ...
... period of life , or per- haps a few years older . This is a very excellent picture - the expres- sion of the eyes is peculiarly real and cutting . Opposite to Catherine is Mme . de Châtelet , and in this I was disappointed . The picture ...
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... period of his life , except when he hears or reads of some case of pressing distress that calls for his immediate inter- ference , and draws off his attention from his own situation and feelings by the act of alleviating it . Those ...
... period of his life , except when he hears or reads of some case of pressing distress that calls for his immediate inter- ference , and draws off his attention from his own situation and feelings by the act of alleviating it . Those ...
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Page 178 - Duncan is in his grave; After life's fitful fever he sleeps well. Treason has done his worst; nor steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing, Can touch him further.
Page 77 - In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth, and, with low-thoughted care.
Page 60 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set — but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Page 264 - O Proserpina, For the flowers now, that frighted thou let'st fall From Dis's waggon ! daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty ; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath ; pale primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength, a malady Most incident to maids ; bold oxlips and The crown imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one...
Page 32 - E'en now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend ; And placed on high above the storm's career, Look downward where an hundred realms appear ; Lakes, forests, cities, plains extending wide, The pomp of kings, the shepherd's humbler pride.
Page 420 - Me, of these Nor skill'd nor studious, higher argument "Remains ; sufficient of itself to raise That name, unless an age too late, or cold Climate, or years damp my intended wing Depress'd ; and much they may, if all be mine, Not hers, who brings it nightly to my ear.
Page 95 - Indeed I wonder that a sportive thought should ever knock at the door of my intellects, and still more that it should gain admittance. It is as if harlequin should intrude himself into the gloomy chamber where a corpse is deposited in state.
Page 60 - Thou art where friend meets friend, Beneath the shadow of the elm to rest; Thou art where foe meets foe, and trumpets rend The skies, and swords beat down the princely crest.
Page 420 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Page 94 - I once thought Swift's Letters the best that could be written ; but I like Gray's better. His humour, or his wit, or whatever it is to be called, is never ill-natured or offensive, and yet, I think, equally poignant with the Dean's.