The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 37Leavitt, Trow, & Company, 1856 - American literature |
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... tion at twenty in their mistress's eyebrow , were inspired at last , at forty , by Oliver Cromwell's nose . If a sample is wanted , take the following , two scraps from a mountain of similar stuff : " Cromwell wants neither wardrobe nor ...
... tion at twenty in their mistress's eyebrow , were inspired at last , at forty , by Oliver Cromwell's nose . If a sample is wanted , take the following , two scraps from a mountain of similar stuff : " Cromwell wants neither wardrobe nor ...
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... tion possible , by bringing into power those who could be expected to read or relish it , that Butler set to work in earnest in pre- paring it . He had certainly every incen- tive to be busy ; for much as was already going in the shape ...
... tion possible , by bringing into power those who could be expected to read or relish it , that Butler set to work in earnest in pre- paring it . He had certainly every incen- tive to be busy ; for much as was already going in the shape ...
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... tion . the same . Some there were who might take interest in the mere continued story of the adventures of the Knight and the Squire - how they were released from the stocks by the intervention of a widow whom the knight has been ...
... tion . the same . Some there were who might take interest in the mere continued story of the adventures of the Knight and the Squire - how they were released from the stocks by the intervention of a widow whom the knight has been ...
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... tion to possess themselves of the vacant government , were far worse men than their fathers of the reign of Charles I. drew Marvell . This , too , was the age of Bunyan , whom Butler might have known and quizzed before the Restoration ...
... tion to possess themselves of the vacant government , were far worse men than their fathers of the reign of Charles I. drew Marvell . This , too , was the age of Bunyan , whom Butler might have known and quizzed before the Restoration ...
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... tion had brought with it , found no apolo -- that which , under the name of " Char- gist in Butler . A man advanced in life , bred up too in honest English ways , and with a natural austerity of disposition which had probably always ...
... tion had brought with it , found no apolo -- that which , under the name of " Char- gist in Butler . A man advanced in life , bred up too in honest English ways , and with a natural austerity of disposition which had probably always ...
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Page 435 - What things have we seen Done at the ' Mermaid ? ' Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.
Page 319 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye ! — Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be ; But she is in her grave, and, oh, The difference to me...
Page 10 - The wrong, than others the right way; Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to.
Page 10 - Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks...
Page 50 - It is good, in discourse and speech of conversation, to vary and intermingle speech of the present occasion with arguments, tales with reasons, asking of questions with telling of opinions, and jest with earnest: for it is a dull thing to tire, and, as we say now, to jade, any thing too far.
Page 60 - That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Page 10 - WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For Dame Religion, as for punk ; VOL.
Page 443 - Though old Ulysses tortured from his slumbers The glutted Cyclops, what care? — Juliet leaning Amid her window-flowers, — sighing, — weaning Tenderly her fancy from its maiden snow, Doth more avail than these: the silver flow Of Hero's tears, the swoon of Imogen, Fair Pastorella in the bandit's den, Are things to brood on with more ardency Than the death-day of empires.
Page 10 - When hard words jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For Dame Religion, as for punk ; , Whose honesty they all durst swear for, Though not a man of them knew wherefore ; When Gospel-Trumpeter, surrounded With long-eared rout, to battle sounded, And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist, instead of a stick ; Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a colonelling.
Page 64 - Pasquin. A Dramatick Satire on the Times : Being the Rehearsal of Two Plays, viz. A Comedy call'd The Election ; and a Tragedy call'd The Life and Death of Common-Sense.