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Página 88
Such complaints have not been wholly causeless ; for who could expect that the
widow should join in gladness of heart in shouting the praises of the man that
made her a solitary in the world ? that the childless father should look on the man
...
Such complaints have not been wholly causeless ; for who could expect that the
widow should join in gladness of heart in shouting the praises of the man that
made her a solitary in the world ? that the childless father should look on the man
...
Página 255
Look at the ten and fifteen edition publications , -look at what are called the stock
books of the trade ; and if dictionaries and spelling - books be excepted , it will be
found that the greater portion of these public favourites are dedicated to the ...
Look at the ten and fifteen edition publications , -look at what are called the stock
books of the trade ; and if dictionaries and spelling - books be excepted , it will be
found that the greater portion of these public favourites are dedicated to the ...
Página 288
but I did it — and had my reward , A shake hand from sort of a nondescript
lordHis title is Bogwood — or Blarney , or something Hibernian -- I know his set -
out is a rum thing ;But first he look'd round , to make sure , I suspect , Just to see if
the ...
but I did it — and had my reward , A shake hand from sort of a nondescript
lordHis title is Bogwood — or Blarney , or something Hibernian -- I know his set -
out is a rum thing ;But first he look'd round , to make sure , I suspect , Just to see if
the ...
Página 369
I raised my eyes to look at the officiating priest , who sat at one side of the grated
window , but they fell upon the countenance of my cousin the Conde , who stood
directly opposite , beyond the grating , among the other visitors who are always ...
I raised my eyes to look at the officiating priest , who sat at one side of the grated
window , but they fell upon the countenance of my cousin the Conde , who stood
directly opposite , beyond the grating , among the other visitors who are always ...
Página 138
thought and labour ; and while this exertion may be saved by having recourse to
the French , for which an author is just as well paid , we much fear that we must
look for nothing original . The only plan we can recommend to the managers ...
thought and labour ; and while this exertion may be saved by having recourse to
the French , for which an author is just as well paid , we much fear that we must
look for nothing original . The only plan we can recommend to the managers ...
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Página 211 - We must not make a scare-crow of the law, ' Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.
Página 211 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Página 309 - ... country. Southey, by his marvellous excursions in the regions both of history and romance — Coleridge, by his wild fictions of a class entirely his own, in which there is an indescribable witchery of phrase and conceit, that affects the imagination as if one had eaten of " the insane root that takes the reason prisoner...
Página 81 - And they chaunted the deeds of Roland. Still the ramparted ground . With a vision my fancy inspires, And I hear the trump sound, As it marshalled our Chivalry's sires. On each turf of that mead Stood the captors of England's domains, That ennobled her breed And high-mettled the blood of her veins.
Página 149 - ... with the advice of our Privy Council, to issue this our Royal Proclamation, hereby...
Página 155 - ... them an hour together. If I had time I stayed by them to see them die, and see the manner of their death, and closed up their mouth and eyes ; for they died with their mouth and eyes very much open and staring. Then if people had nobody to help them (for help was scarce at such a time and place), I helped to lay them forth out of the bed, and afterwards into the coffin ; and, last of all, accompanied them to the ground.
Página 39 - Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident, little disappointed, not at all dejected, relying on his own merit with steady consciousness, and waiting, without impatience, the vicissitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation.
Página 115 - King in person, who delivered the following speech: — " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " I AM at length enabled to put an end to a session of unexampled duration and labour, in which matters of the deepest interest have been brought under your consideration. I have felt sincere satisfaction in confirming, by my royal assent, bills for the amendment of the game laws, and for the reduction of taxes which pressed heavily on the industry of my people...
Página 115 - GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, " I thank you for the provision made for the future dignity and comfort of my Royal Consort, in the event of her surviving me, and for the supplies which you have granted for the service of the present year. You may be assured of my anxious care to have them administered with the strictest attention to a wellconsidered economy. The state of Europe has...