The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 3J. Limbird, 1824 Containing original essays; historical narratives, biographical memoirs, sketches of society, topographical descriptions, novels and tales, anecdotes, select extracts from new and expensive works, the spirit of the public journals, discoveries in the arts and sciences, useful domestic hints, etc. etc. etc. |
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... nature , ever liberal in her gifts , has bestowed on man the richest and most agreeable instrument in his voice , and in song , capable of producing an endless variety of sounds . The hu- man voice is , in fact , superior to all in ...
... nature , ever liberal in her gifts , has bestowed on man the richest and most agreeable instrument in his voice , and in song , capable of producing an endless variety of sounds . The hu- man voice is , in fact , superior to all in ...
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... nature herself , and exciting a religious veneration which leads them to direct their imagination and their sentiments towards heaven . In those scholastic es- tablishments , all the students are taught the theory of music , and the ...
... nature herself , and exciting a religious veneration which leads them to direct their imagination and their sentiments towards heaven . In those scholastic es- tablishments , all the students are taught the theory of music , and the ...
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... nature , than in kidnapping the most gorgeous butterfly - even an Emperor of Morocco himself . In my present situation I have ample room for the indulgence of this taste ; for perhaps there is not a house in this city more fertile in ...
... nature , than in kidnapping the most gorgeous butterfly - even an Emperor of Morocco himself . In my present situation I have ample room for the indulgence of this taste ; for perhaps there is not a house in this city more fertile in ...
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... nature , sim- plicity , and truth . Even that primary and indispensable excellence , which arises from the neos , ( we studiously adopt the Greek word , ) as far as it is displayed in the work itself , is wanting in Mr. Irving . Far ...
... nature , sim- plicity , and truth . Even that primary and indispensable excellence , which arises from the neos , ( we studiously adopt the Greek word , ) as far as it is displayed in the work itself , is wanting in Mr. Irving . Far ...
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... nature to some active employment , that makes one's " leisure hours " generally so cumbersome . I can easily imagine , therefore , that to a man of industrious habits there cannot be a greater punish- ment than solitary imprisonment ...
... nature to some active employment , that makes one's " leisure hours " generally so cumbersome . I can easily imagine , therefore , that to a man of industrious habits there cannot be a greater punish- ment than solitary imprisonment ...
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Page 343 - The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Page 343 - The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea. And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free, For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave.
Page 138 - And hitting and splitting, And shining and twining, And rattling and battling, And shaking and quaking, And pouring and roaring, And waving and raving...
Page 373 - The man, whose eye Is ever on himself, doth look on one, The least of nature's works, one who might move The wise man to that scorn which wisdom holds Unlawful, ever.
Page 228 - May the great God, whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet! For myself individually, I commit my life to Him that made me; and may His blessing alight on my endeavours for serving my country faithfully!
Page 118 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 343 - Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep; There, swan-like, let me sing and die: A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine— Dash down yon cup of Samian wine!
Page 343 - And where are they? and where art thou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine?
Page 116 - Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O LORD; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Page 340 - The whole distance, from the place whence we started to our landing on the other side, including the length we were carried by the current, was computed by those on board the frigate at upwards of four English miles ; though the actual breadth is barely one.