The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 17J. Limbird, 1831 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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... feet by three may be called rooms ; yet one of these is believed to have been his study ; and in his study , and at his literary enjoyments , he died . Every thing is preserved with a reverential care that does honour to the people ...
... feet by three may be called rooms ; yet one of these is believed to have been his study ; and in his study , and at his literary enjoyments , he died . Every thing is preserved with a reverential care that does honour to the people ...
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... feet a rose leaf , he picked it up and laid it delicately on the surface of the single drop escaped . water , and that so gently , that not a At this ingenious answer they were all full of admiration , and in spite of rules , Doctor Zeb ...
... feet a rose leaf , he picked it up and laid it delicately on the surface of the single drop escaped . water , and that so gently , that not a At this ingenious answer they were all full of admiration , and in spite of rules , Doctor Zeb ...
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... feet : it is flanked near the copper - works by many millions of tons of copper slag ; and there are no less than thirty - six locks on the line . It is a fact , that in spite of the infernal atmosphere , a great many of the people ...
... feet : it is flanked near the copper - works by many millions of tons of copper slag ; and there are no less than thirty - six locks on the line . It is a fact , that in spite of the infernal atmosphere , a great many of the people ...
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... feet thick , which was worth 201. a ton . There are only six other copper - works in the king dom besides those of Swansea , five of which are within fifteen miles of that town ; the other is at Amlwch ( in the isle of Anglesea ) ...
... feet thick , which was worth 201. a ton . There are only six other copper - works in the king dom besides those of Swansea , five of which are within fifteen miles of that town ; the other is at Amlwch ( in the isle of Anglesea ) ...
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... feet were soon heard , and in came two beautiful Shetland ponies , with long manes and uncut tails , and so small that they might have been sent to Elfland , to the Queen of the Fairies herself . One poor Scotsman , to show his ...
... feet were soon heard , and in came two beautiful Shetland ponies , with long manes and uncut tails , and so small that they might have been sent to Elfland , to the Queen of the Fairies herself . One poor Scotsman , to show his ...
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Página 167 - The Lord giveth, and the Lord ' taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Página 415 - 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.
Página 305 - Book may be used ; only instead of these words [We therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, <fe.] say, \\7~E therefore commit his body to the deep, to be turned into corruption, looking for the resurrection of the body, (when the sea shall give up her dead,) and the life of the world to come...
Página 96 - An' getting fou and unco happy, We think na on the lang Scots miles, The mosses, waters, slaps, and styles, That lie between us and our hame, Whare sits our sulky, sullen dame, Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. This truth fand honest Tam o...
Página 77 - ... neither the music of the Shepherd, the crashing of the Avalanche, nor the torrent, the mountain, the Glacier, the Forest, nor the Cloud, have for one moment lightened the weight upon my heart, nor enabled me to lose my own wretched identity in the majesty, and the power, and the Glory, around, above, and beneath me.
Página iii - If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.
Página 384 - Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surge foam around.
Página 229 - Sometimes, misguided by the tuneful throng, I look for streams immortalized in song, That lost in silence and oblivion lie, (Dumb are their fountains, and their channels dry,) Yet run for ever by the Muse's skill, And in the smooth description murmur still.
Página 26 - The music of the cows' bells (for their wealth, like the patriarchs', ig cattle,) in the pastures, which reach to a height far above any mountains in Britain, and the shepherds shouting to us from crag to crag, and playing on their reeds where the steeps appeared almost inaccessible, with the surrounding scenery, realized all that I have ever heard or imagined of a pastoral existence ; — much more so than Greece or Asia Minor, for there we are a...
Página 89 - To-morrow is my birth-day — that is to say, at twelve o' the clock, midnight, ie in twelve minutes, I shall have completed thirty and three years of age ! ! ! — and I go to my bed with a heaviness of heart at having lived so long, and to so little purpose. " It is three minutes past twelve. — - ' 'Tis the VOL. v. G NOTICES OF THE 1821. middle of night by the castle clock...