The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History, Literature, Fine Arts, Etc. ..., Volumen3Duncombe., 1824 |
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... lived in perfect harmony : but at length an intermitting fever seized the lady ; the physicians were baffled , and she to all appearance , paid the debt due to nature . She was buried with pomp , and every reverence shown to her me ...
... lived in perfect harmony : but at length an intermitting fever seized the lady ; the physicians were baffled , and she to all appearance , paid the debt due to nature . She was buried with pomp , and every reverence shown to her me ...
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... lived near Depart , a small town in Livonia ; her father died while she was very young ; and- left her to the care of an infirm mother , whose daily labour was barely sufficient for the support of herself , and the little Catherine ...
... lived near Depart , a small town in Livonia ; her father died while she was very young ; and- left her to the care of an infirm mother , whose daily labour was barely sufficient for the support of herself , and the little Catherine ...
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... lived in a garret or cellar could be ; but kept the first com- pany occasionally , and was much ad- mired for his classical knowledge ; he used to read prayers and preach occa- sionally at St. from Charing - cross . church not far It ...
... lived in a garret or cellar could be ; but kept the first com- pany occasionally , and was much ad- mired for his classical knowledge ; he used to read prayers and preach occa- sionally at St. from Charing - cross . church not far It ...
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... lived , as you do ; that he has died , as you will . In these four lines a string of moral pre- cepts is contained , which many elegiac writers would have dilated into a long , uninteresting , unintelligible composi- tion , and ...
... lived , as you do ; that he has died , as you will . In these four lines a string of moral pre- cepts is contained , which many elegiac writers would have dilated into a long , uninteresting , unintelligible composi- tion , and ...
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... lived . " The distance from Benin to Houssa is not so great . The King gave the fol- lowing account of the route : -From Benin to Jaboo , six days ' journey ; Ja- boo to Eyoo , three ; Eyoo to Tappa , nine ; Tappa to Nyffo , four ; and ...
... lived . " The distance from Benin to Houssa is not so great . The King gave the fol- lowing account of the route : -From Benin to Jaboo , six days ' journey ; Ja- boo to Eyoo , three ; Eyoo to Tappa , nine ; Tappa to Nyffo , four ; and ...
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ANECDOTES appearance arms beautiful Benin bilious colic brother called castle celebrated colour Comala cried dance Dance of Death daugh daughter death door dress endeavoured Eyam eyes father fear feel feet fire friends gave gentleman girl give grave gudesire hand happy head heard heart Heaven honour hope horse hour husband janissaries King knout lady length light lived look Lord Lord Byron Madame Madame de Maintenon marriage married ment Mimili mind Moidart morning mother nature never night observed once Ourika passed person poor present racter Redgauntlet replied Rip Van Winkle round scarcely seemed ship side soon soul spirit sweet tears thee thing thou thought tion told took Tottleben turned village voice walk Whigs whole wife WILLIAM CHARLTON woman young youth
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Página 54 - Muse The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Página 295 - On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes — it was a bright sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling aloft, and breasting the pure mountain breeze. "Surely," thought Rip, "I have not slept here all night" He recalled the occurrences before he fell asleep.
Página 294 - On the other side he looked down into a deep mountain glen, wild, lonely, and shagged, the bottom filled with fragments from the impending cliffs, and scarcely lighted by the reflected rays of the setting sun. For some time Rip lay musing on this scene ; evening was gradually advancing ; the mountains began to throw their long blue shadows over the valleys ; he saw that it would be dark long before he could reach the village, and he heaved a heavy sigh when he thought of encountering the terrors...
Página 293 - WHOEVER has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill mountains. They are a dismembered branch, of the great Appalachian family, and are seen away to the -west of the river, swelling up to a noble height, and lording it over the surrounding country. Every change of season, every change of weather, indeed every hour of the day, produces some change in the magical hues and shapes of these mountains, and they are regarded by all the good wives, far and near, as perfect barometers.
Página 294 - They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion; some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long knives in their belts, and most of them had enormous breeches, of similar style with that of the guide's.
Página 294 - ... surrounded by perpendicular precipices, over the brinks of which, impending trees shot their branches, so that you only caught glimpses of the azure sky, and the bright evening cloud.
Página 291 - When every worldly maxim arrayed itself against him; when blasted in fortune, and disgrace and danger darkened around his name, she loved him the more ardently for his very sufferings. If, then, his fate could awaken the sympathy even of his foes, what must have been the agony of her, whose whole soul was occupied by his image? Let those tell who have had the portals of the tomb suddenly closed between them and the being they most loved on earth — who have sat at its threshold, as one shut out...
Página 295 - As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had thought himself acquainted with every one in the country round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip, involuntarily, to do the same, when, to his astonishment,...
Página 69 - The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, Of the City of London...
Página 294 - What seemed particularly odd to Rip was, that though these folks were evidently amusing themselves, yet they maintained the gravest faces, the most mysterious silence, and were, withal, the most melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed.