The New Monthly Magazine, Volume 7E. Littell, 1824 |
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... thought it necessary , about the middle of the 13th century , upon relat- ing the story of Elvira and her sons , to observe that , in those times , the value set upon an excellent horse , and the necessity of having it always at hand ...
... thought it necessary , about the middle of the 13th century , upon relat- ing the story of Elvira and her sons , to observe that , in those times , the value set upon an excellent horse , and the necessity of having it always at hand ...
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... thought a greater fool than he is . " The abbey church of Romsey broken into by some thieves , but the nave of the church happening to be in the pulpit escaped their sacrilegious clutches . Another Polar expedition talked of " At him ...
... thought a greater fool than he is . " The abbey church of Romsey broken into by some thieves , but the nave of the church happening to be in the pulpit escaped their sacrilegious clutches . Another Polar expedition talked of " At him ...
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... thought , but it might be ideal , that the coun- tenance bore some resemblance to Talma - though it was not quite so full a face as Talma's is now . On one side hung a portrait , in silken embroidery , of Catherine of Russia - which the ...
... thought , but it might be ideal , that the coun- tenance bore some resemblance to Talma - though it was not quite so full a face as Talma's is now . On one side hung a portrait , in silken embroidery , of Catherine of Russia - which the ...
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... old abbey in Ireland before 1 could make it answer . The people were so ignorant they knew nothing about it . But , as you say , perhaps I am in a mis- take here . I thought it was the Ursulines . 30 Fellow Travellers .
... old abbey in Ireland before 1 could make it answer . The people were so ignorant they knew nothing about it . But , as you say , perhaps I am in a mis- take here . I thought it was the Ursulines . 30 Fellow Travellers .
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... thought to be unfeeling , and steeled by custom to the sufferings of humanity . They may be so , as far as relates to broken bones and bruises , but not to other things . Nor are they necessarily so in their profession ; for we find ...
... thought to be unfeeling , and steeled by custom to the sufferings of humanity . They may be so , as far as relates to broken bones and bruises , but not to other things . Nor are they necessarily so in their profession ; for we find ...
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Page 170 - 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 58 - 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 30 - My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. E'en now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend...
Page 30 - 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 58 - Is it when spring's first gale Comes forth to whisper where the violets lie? Is it when roses in our paths grow pale? — They have one season — all are ours to die! Thou art where billows foam, Thou art where music melts upon the air; Thou art around us in our peaceful home, And the world calls us forth — and thou art there.
Page 215 - He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time, 70 And, like the haggard, check at every feather That comes before his eye. This is a practice As full of labour as a wise man's art: For folly that he wisely shows is fit; But wise men, folly-fall'n, quite taint their wit.
Page 333 - Bring flowers ! they are springing in wood and vale : Their breath floats out on the southern gale, And the touch of the sunbeam hath waked the rose, To deck the hall where the bright wine flows.
Page 410 - 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 222 - From the Provincial Letters of Pascal, which almost every year I have perused with new pleasure, I learned to manage the weapon of grave and temperate irony even on subjects of ecclesiastical solemnity.
Page 477 - ... and if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time...