The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 1J. Limbird, 1823 |
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... turned home and told this circumstance to his family . - Asiatic Journal . ELECTION EXPENSES . The following remarkable account of the economy with which members of Parliament were formerly elected , is taken from a MS . of J ...
... turned home and told this circumstance to his family . - Asiatic Journal . ELECTION EXPENSES . The following remarkable account of the economy with which members of Parliament were formerly elected , is taken from a MS . of J ...
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... turned his needle into a sword , and his thimble into a shield . He was the son of a tanner , was bound apprentice to a tailor in London , pressed for a sol- dier , and then , by his spirit , rose to the highest command in foreign parts ...
... turned his needle into a sword , and his thimble into a shield . He was the son of a tanner , was bound apprentice to a tailor in London , pressed for a sol- dier , and then , by his spirit , rose to the highest command in foreign parts ...
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... turned by Francis for the amusement of the ladies in general , but which Miss may read in the original ) , what was the wretchedness there described as endured by you , compared ( you say ) with that I am about to undergo ! Sure to make ...
... turned by Francis for the amusement of the ladies in general , but which Miss may read in the original ) , what was the wretchedness there described as endured by you , compared ( you say ) with that I am about to undergo ! Sure to make ...
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... turned to a decent looking native who stood nigh , and inquired for whom that figure was intended ? Thot ther , Zur ? ' was the reply , iss shuer I know't - ' tuz Marquis O'Rileys . ' " " The thieves about town , who make a jest of ...
... turned to a decent looking native who stood nigh , and inquired for whom that figure was intended ? Thot ther , Zur ? ' was the reply , iss shuer I know't - ' tuz Marquis O'Rileys . ' " " The thieves about town , who make a jest of ...
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... turned on a singular animal which had been re- peatedly seen in Berbice river , and some smaller rivers . This animal is the famous Mermaid , hitherto consi- dered as a mere creature of the imagi- nation . It is called by the Indians ...
... turned on a singular animal which had been re- peatedly seen in Berbice river , and some smaller rivers . This animal is the famous Mermaid , hitherto consi- dered as a mere creature of the imagi- nation . It is called by the Indians ...
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Alderman AMUSEMENT animal appear arms aurists beautiful body brahmun Bridgenorth called Castricum church custom daugh daughter dead death died door earth Emperor England English engraving EPIGRAM Eyam eyes father favour feet fire fish Fonthill Abbey French gave gentleman give Guanche guineas hand head heard heart honour horse hour husband Joe Miller jug of gin-twist King lady Laplanders late length LIMBIRD lived London London Bridge look Lord Lord Byron marriage ment Mermaid Mirror morning neral ness never night observed passed person poor present prison racter reign Richard Whittington Rob Roy round says seen sent side sion soon soul Spain spirit stone Strand thee ther thing thou thought tion told took walk whole wife young
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Página 87 - She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat, like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Página 191 - Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast : for it is the number of a man ; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Página 289 - But yesterday, the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Página 303 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Página 261 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Página 357 - Ye* ! where is he, the champion and the child Of all that's great or little, wise or wild ; Whose game was empires, and whose stakes were thrones ; Whose table earth— whose dice were human bones?
Página 153 - And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process: And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
Página 418 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and...
Página 220 - Jeffery, with the first fire, shot his antagonist dead. This happened in France, whither he had attended his mistress in the troubles. He was again taken prisoner by a Turkish rover, and sold into Barbary.
Página 152 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...