The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Volume 40Henry Colburn and Company, 1834 - English literature |
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... course with his kind , a memory covered with the secret inscriptions which joy and sorrow fail not indelibly to write , -then will the voice of every stream respond to him in tones of gladness or melancholy , accordant with those of his ...
... course with his kind , a memory covered with the secret inscriptions which joy and sorrow fail not indelibly to write , -then will the voice of every stream respond to him in tones of gladness or melancholy , accordant with those of his ...
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... course , forgot them ; and , by the occult trickeries of idiot association , he now began repeating pepper and allspice - pepper and allspice , " which he demanded at the shop , in conjunction with some imperfect mention of the priest's ...
... course , forgot them ; and , by the occult trickeries of idiot association , he now began repeating pepper and allspice - pepper and allspice , " which he demanded at the shop , in conjunction with some imperfect mention of the priest's ...
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... course stopping where I was would save me the distance from London back to the neigh- bourhood ; but had the reason not been half so good , the sight of Jane Lipscombe — such was her name - would have decided the question of my stay in ...
... course stopping where I was would save me the distance from London back to the neigh- bourhood ; but had the reason not been half so good , the sight of Jane Lipscombe — such was her name - would have decided the question of my stay in ...
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... course of the next half - hour . I entered the house , it was coldish weather ; she saw that I was chilled ; she invited me into her little territory , the bar . " Would I take anything ? " That was her question , -purely disinterested ...
... course of the next half - hour . I entered the house , it was coldish weather ; she saw that I was chilled ; she invited me into her little territory , the bar . " Would I take anything ? " That was her question , -purely disinterested ...
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... course of the even- ing , to have heard more of Jane's story , the similarity of which , in some points , to my own , had laid hold of my feelings . " But , " said I , " I should very , very much like to see you again . ' " You shall ...
... course of the even- ing , to have heard more of Jane's story , the similarity of which , in some points , to my own , had laid hold of my feelings . " But , " said I , " I should very , very much like to see you again . ' " You shall ...
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Page 142 - Grace was in all her steps, Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Page 43 - Truth indeed came once into the world with her divine Master, and was a perfect shape most glorious to look on; but when he ascended, and his apostles after him were laid asleep, then straight arose a wicked race of deceivers, who, as that story goes of the Egyptian Typhon with his conspirators how they dealt with the good Osiris, took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds.
Page 9 - Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
Page 193 - London Prentice. I have often wished that our tragedians would copy after this great master in action. Could they make the same use of their arms and legs, and inform their faces with as significant looks and passions, how glorious would an English tragedy appear with that action which is capable of giving a dignity to the forced thoughts, cold conceits, and unnatural expressions of an Italian opera...
Page 43 - ... and Commons, nor ever shall do, till her Master's second coming ; He shall bring together every joint and member, and shall mould them into an immortal feature of loveliness and perfection. Suffer not these licensing prohibitions to stand at every place of opportunity, forbidding and disturbing them that continue seeking, that continue to do our obsequies to the torn body of our martyred saint.
Page 46 - ... where they undoubtedly, that by their labours, counsels, and prayers, have been earnest for the common good of religion and their country, shall receive above the inferior orders of the blessed, the regal addition of principalities, legions, and thrones into their glorious titles, and in supereminence of beatific vision, progressing the dateless and irrevoluble circle of eternity, shall clasp inseparable hands with joy and blifls. in overmeasure for ever.
Page 8 - All this hath somewhat worn me, and may wear, But must be borne. I stoop not to despair; For I have battled with mine agony, And made me wings wherewith to overfly The narrow circus of my dungeon wall...
Page 227 - I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history : And, questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie...
Page 43 - The light which we have gained, was given us, not to be ever staring on, but by it to discover onward things more remote from our knowledge.
Page 46 - ... vices, may press on hard to that high and happy emulation, to be found the soberest, wisest, and most Christian people at that day, when thou, the eternal and shortly-expected king, shalt open the clouds to judge the several kingdoms of the world, and distributing national honours and rewards to religious and just common-wealths, shalt put an end to all earthly tyrannies, proclaiming thy universal and mild monarchy through heaven and earth.