The St. Peterburg English Review, Volume 3S. Warrand 1842 |
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... soon ascertained to be , that though they had succeeded in sweeping the rooms of all that was va- luable in their portable ornaments , and obtaining possession of so much of our plate as was in ordinary use , by breaking open the ...
... soon ascertained to be , that though they had succeeded in sweeping the rooms of all that was va- luable in their portable ornaments , and obtaining possession of so much of our plate as was in ordinary use , by breaking open the ...
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... soon as possible , gold was too tempt- ing to be resisted . I was put under a hasty , but most rigor- ous cross - examination , to elicit from me where my husband's hidden wealth was to be found . The great bulk of our plate was safe at ...
... soon as possible , gold was too tempt- ing to be resisted . I was put under a hasty , but most rigor- ous cross - examination , to elicit from me where my husband's hidden wealth was to be found . The great bulk of our plate was safe at ...
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... soon found what he had demanded . He made a hasty sweep , and was about to retreat , when the sound of carriages was heard in the street . " Here they are , he cried , with a desperate oath . « I must chance it through the mews ; but ...
... soon found what he had demanded . He made a hasty sweep , and was about to retreat , when the sound of carriages was heard in the street . " Here they are , he cried , with a desperate oath . « I must chance it through the mews ; but ...
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... soon perceptible . Not so with poets of quick wit , sensibility , and graceful thought - the class in which Mr. Moore holds so very distinguished a position . With them there are generally two very distinct epochs of perfection : they ...
... soon perceptible . Not so with poets of quick wit , sensibility , and graceful thought - the class in which Mr. Moore holds so very distinguished a position . With them there are generally two very distinct epochs of perfection : they ...
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... soon as they have touched the reader's heart by a tone or two of simple beauty , they kindly alleviate his excited sensi- bility , by giving him a riddle or an epigram to think about . The following instance of what we mean , occurs in ...
... soon as they have touched the reader's heart by a tone or two of simple beauty , they kindly alleviate his excited sensi- bility , by giving him a riddle or an epigram to think about . The following instance of what we mean , occurs in ...
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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...