The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, Volume 62Henry Colburn, 1841 |
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... manner of Mr. Rumfit , a sort of twiddle - finger kind of nervousness , somewhat worried her , as convey- ing to her mind the suggestion that Maria Harris had communicated to him her intention of addressing the colonel . Whereupon she ...
... manner of Mr. Rumfit , a sort of twiddle - finger kind of nervousness , somewhat worried her , as convey- ing to her mind the suggestion that Maria Harris had communicated to him her intention of addressing the colonel . Whereupon she ...
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... manners - who first presented her to me , Seraphine ? -wasn't it the Duc de Falderall ? " " No , Ma ' , " said Seraphine ; " we first met her in a shoemaker's shop in the Rue Richelieu- " " Stuff ! my dear child , " said her mamma , " I ...
... manners - who first presented her to me , Seraphine ? -wasn't it the Duc de Falderall ? " " No , Ma ' , " said Seraphine ; " we first met her in a shoemaker's shop in the Rue Richelieu- " " Stuff ! my dear child , " said her mamma , " I ...
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... manner , regretting his absence , described his daily pursuits ( with the exception of the all - engrossing pursuit of Gabrielli ) , but did not fix on any definite period for his return to Ireland . To Mr. Donovan he applied for more ...
... manner , regretting his absence , described his daily pursuits ( with the exception of the all - engrossing pursuit of Gabrielli ) , but did not fix on any definite period for his return to Ireland . To Mr. Donovan he applied for more ...
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... manner of fighting , and rashly endeavouring to break down the guard of his adversary , and at once end the affair , he received from his quick - eyed enemy , a pass through the lungs - a se- cond - and a third dreadful wound ! The ...
... manner of fighting , and rashly endeavouring to break down the guard of his adversary , and at once end the affair , he received from his quick - eyed enemy , a pass through the lungs - a se- cond - and a third dreadful wound ! The ...
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... manner of ways , and much in want of darning ; a wall - eye , which he had doubtless got by staring at the bricks where the manger and rack ought to have been ; buzzes were fixed to his apology for a mane and fetlocks ; and he had a ...
... manner of ways , and much in want of darning ; a wall - eye , which he had doubtless got by staring at the bricks where the manger and rack ought to have been ; buzzes were fixed to his apology for a mane and fetlocks ; and he had a ...
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Página 477 - Tis the merry Nightingale That crowds, and hurries, and precipitates With fast thick warble his delicious notes, As he were fearful that an April night Would be too short for him to utter forth His love-chant, and disburthen his full soul Of all its music...
Página 86 - In this work, when it shall be found that much is omitted, let it not be forgotten that much likewise is performed...
Página 201 - Each species of hirundo drinks as it flies along, sipping the surface of the water ; but the swallow alone, in general, washes on the wing, by dropping into a pool for many times together : in very hot weather house-martins and bank-martins dip and wash a little. The swallow is a delicate songster, and in soft sunny weather sings both perching and flying, on trees in a kind of concert, and on chimney-tops...
Página 201 - He is the joyous prophet of the year — the harbinger of the best season: he lives a life of enjoyment amongst the loveliest forms of nature : winter is unknown to him; and he leaves the green meadows of England in autumn, for the myrtle and orange groves of Italy, and for the palms of Africa: — he has always objects of pursuit, and his success is secure.
Página 86 - Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.
Página 427 - A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art : Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of every Branch of Human Knowledge ; with the Derivation and Definition of all the Terms in General Use. Edited by WT BRANDE, FRSL and E.
Página 86 - When I am animated by this wish, I look with pleasure on my book, however defective, and deliver it to the world with the spirit of a man that has endeavoured well.
Página 547 - Full many a glorious morning have I seen Flatter the mountain-tops with sovereign eye, Kissing with golden face the meadows green, Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy; Anon permit the basest clouds to ride With ugly rack on his celestial face, And from the forlorn world his visage hide, Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace. Even so my sun one early morn did shine With all-triumphant splendour on my brow; But out, alack!
Página 483 - The cuckoo's a fine bird, he sings as he flies; he brings us good tidings, he tells us no lies. He sucks little birds' eggs to make his voice clear; and when he sings „cuckoo!
Página 85 - ... perspicacity. To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original combinations, and at once exerted the powers of the scholar, the reasoner, and the wit.