The St. Peterburg English Review, Volume 3S. Warrand 1842 |
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... eyes of Mr. Tittlebat Titmouse in « Ten Thousand a - year , " or something else as plebeian , and as certain to lead into courts of justice , or in some manner or another to help the family of the law . These , I repeat , which ...
... eyes of Mr. Tittlebat Titmouse in « Ten Thousand a - year , " or something else as plebeian , and as certain to lead into courts of justice , or in some manner or another to help the family of the law . These , I repeat , which ...
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... eyes figures and appearances that were anything but agreeable . I got up , and walked about the room , and opened a window . This , except that it let in a draught of fresh air , which in some measure revived me , did me no service ...
... eyes figures and appearances that were anything but agreeable . I got up , and walked about the room , and opened a window . This , except that it let in a draught of fresh air , which in some measure revived me , did me no service ...
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... eyes , —and looked with the most pierc- ing scrutiny of gaze . It moved again . There was perfect silence all around . I sunk back in my chair ; but my eyes could not remove themselves from the handle of the lock . It moved once more ...
... eyes , —and looked with the most pierc- ing scrutiny of gaze . It moved again . There was perfect silence all around . I sunk back in my chair ; but my eyes could not remove themselves from the handle of the lock . It moved once more ...
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... eyes of the robbers . They would have turned from the finest work of Benvenuto Cellini with all the disdain of igno- rance ; but here they had some sympathies with what they saw before them . Like all other gentlemen of their profes ...
... eyes of the robbers . They would have turned from the finest work of Benvenuto Cellini with all the disdain of igno- rance ; but here they had some sympathies with what they saw before them . Like all other gentlemen of their profes ...
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... eyes . I looked about , and I found it was broad daylight . Their Com- monships had sate late , and I had fallen asleep , like the great majority of the members during the debate . In a moment I collected my faculties , and told my ...
... eyes . I looked about , and I found it was broad daylight . Their Com- monships had sate late , and I had fallen asleep , like the great majority of the members during the debate . In a moment I collected my faculties , and told my ...
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Página 83 - twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;} " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.
Página 231 - He is a middle-sized, spare man, about forty years old, of a brown complexion and darkbrown coloured hair, but wears a wig ; a hooked nose, a sharp chin, grey eyes, and a large mole near his mouth...
Página 92 - The man that lays his hand upon a woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch Whom 'twere gross flattery to name a coward.— I'll talk to you, lady, but not beat you.
Página 118 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Página 174 - Fear ye not me? Saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Página 30 - But, gracious God, how well dost Thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ! Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O teach me to believe Thee thus concealed, And search no farther than Thyself revealed ; But her alone for my director take, Whom Thou hast promised never to forsake...
Página 37 - For mine is the lay that lightly floats, And mine are the murmuring, dying notes, That fall as soft as snow on the sea, And melt in the heart as instantly...
Página 27 - Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart ; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord.
Página 373 - Would gambol from. Mother, for love of grace, Lay not that flattering unction to your soul...
Página 27 - So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks, Or at the ear of Eve, familiar...