The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 267Bradbury, Evans, 1889 - English periodicals |
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... person who speculates for small amounts . At baccarat or on the Turf he operates , generally for shillings , half - crowns , crowns , or other the smallest amount the banker or bookmaker will accept . In this way he is distinguished ...
... person who speculates for small amounts . At baccarat or on the Turf he operates , generally for shillings , half - crowns , crowns , or other the smallest amount the banker or bookmaker will accept . In this way he is distinguished ...
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... person who was accustomed to speak with authority : " Hush , Fido , hush , sir ! How dare you ? " Until this little woman came into the hall I could not see her very distinctly owing to the mist that rolled in from the open door where I ...
... person who was accustomed to speak with authority : " Hush , Fido , hush , sir ! How dare you ? " Until this little woman came into the hall I could not see her very distinctly owing to the mist that rolled in from the open door where I ...
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... person who had dined with her on that day for more than half a century . Apart from the little illusion about the other Robert Ashley's return , she was not merely quite sane , but very intelligent , and full of interest- ing anecdotes ...
... person who had dined with her on that day for more than half a century . Apart from the little illusion about the other Robert Ashley's return , she was not merely quite sane , but very intelligent , and full of interest- ing anecdotes ...
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... person of Ariste . The marriage was celebrated at the Church of St. Germain l'Auxerrois , on the lundi gras of 1662 , which happened to fall that year on February 29. The newly married couple then commenced life in a house in the Rue ...
... person of Ariste . The marriage was celebrated at the Church of St. Germain l'Auxerrois , on the lundi gras of 1662 , which happened to fall that year on February 29. The newly married couple then commenced life in a house in the Rue ...
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... persons of generous and kindly character , was occasionally subject to furious fits of passion , which , though violent , soon blew over . Armande was at first frightened at these outbursts , but she soon learnt to despise them , and ...
... persons of generous and kindly character , was occasionally subject to furious fits of passion , which , though violent , soon blew over . Armande was at first frightened at these outbursts , but she soon learnt to despise them , and ...
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Page 151 - ANIMULA ! vagula, blandula, Hospes, comesque, corporis, Quae nunc abibis in- loca — Pallidula, rigida, nudula, Nee, ut soles, dabis jocos...
Page 255 - s drunken, fiery face no less) Drinks up the sea, and when he's done, The moon and stars drink up the sun. They drink and dance by their own light, They drink and revel all the night. Nothing in Nature's sober found, But an eternal health goes round. Fill up the bowl, then, fill it high, Fill all the glasses there, for why Should every creature drink but I : Why, man of morals, tell me why 1 BEAUTY.
Page 612 - Society shall be to encourage the study and advance the knowledge of the history of English Law, especially by the publication of original documents and the reprinting or editing of works of sufficient rarity or importance.
Page 22 - Oui ; mais on y voit des grâces qu'on ne voit point aux autres bouches ; et cette bouche, en la voyant, inspire des désirs, est la plus attrayante, la plus amoureuse du monde.
Page 588 - Let us not be found, when our Master calls us, stripping the lace off our waistcoats, but the spirit of contention from our souls and tongues. Alas ! sir, a man who cannot get to heaven in a green coat will not find his way thither the sooner in a grey one.
Page 584 - True fops help nature's work, and go to school, To file and finish God Almighty's fool. Yet none Sir Fopling him, or him can call ; 1s He's knight o' the shire, and represents ye all. From each he meets he culls whate'er he can ; Legion's his name, a people in a man. His bulky folly gathers as it goes, And, rolling o'er you, like a snowball grows. 20 His various modes from various fathers follow ; One taught the toss, and one the new French wallow : His swordknot this, his cravat that design'd ;...
Page 588 - He received me very courteously ; but it must be confessed, that his apartment, and furniture, and morning dress, were sufficiently uncouth. His brown suit of clothes looked very rusty; he had on a little old shrivelled unpowdered wig, which was too small for his head ; his shirtneck and knees of his breeches were loose; his black worsted stockings ill drawn up ; and he had a pair of unbuckled shoes by way of slippers.
Page 152 - Everything harmonizes with me, which is harmonious to thee, O Universe. Nothing for me is too early nor too late, which is in due time for thee. Everything is fruit to me which thy seasons bring, 0 Nature: from thee are all things, in thee are all things, to thee all things return.
Page 22 - Cela est vrai, elle a les yeux petits, mais elle les a pleins de feu, les plus brillants, les plus perçants du monde, les plus touchants qu'on puisse voir.
Page 582 - I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor. His linen was plain, and not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar. His hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side...