The New Monthly Magazine and HumoristHenry Colburn, 1839 |
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... body could entertain sufficient ill - will towards him as to attempt his life . Such , however , was the case ; two slaves who had marooned some days before , had been seen by Louis lurking about the plantation ; he thought , as was not ...
... body could entertain sufficient ill - will towards him as to attempt his life . Such , however , was the case ; two slaves who had marooned some days before , had been seen by Louis lurking about the plantation ; he thought , as was not ...
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... body of a white infant which they had recently empaled upon a stake . M. Odeluc had ad- vanced too far to retreat undiscovered , and he and a friend who accompanied him , together with most of the soldiers , were killed without mercy ...
... body of a white infant which they had recently empaled upon a stake . M. Odeluc had ad- vanced too far to retreat undiscovered , and he and a friend who accompanied him , together with most of the soldiers , were killed without mercy ...
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... body else - unques- tionable , was so obvious , even to himself , that he could not but suspect his humble rival of harbouring in his breast the feelings of a just vengeance so likely to result from jealousy . Dupres did his faithful ...
... body else - unques- tionable , was so obvious , even to himself , that he could not but suspect his humble rival of harbouring in his breast the feelings of a just vengeance so likely to result from jealousy . Dupres did his faithful ...
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... body knew , he had so recently given so striking a proof , did not venture to argue the point , but contented himself with the delivery of a fact . " Louis , sir , " said he , " is gone . " " Gone whither ? " asked Dupres . " That , sir ...
... body knew , he had so recently given so striking a proof , did not venture to argue the point , but contented himself with the delivery of a fact . " Louis , sir , " said he , " is gone . " " Gone whither ? " asked Dupres . " That , sir ...
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the drivers of them never think of making way for any body or any thing , the meeting was to us a source always of inconvenience , some- times wellnigh of danger : for the road , though wide , is not interminable ; and ditches , for the ...
the drivers of them never think of making way for any body or any thing , the meeting was to us a source always of inconvenience , some- times wellnigh of danger : for the road , though wide , is not interminable ; and ditches , for the ...
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Página 187 - Noi leggevamo un giorno per diletto di Lancilotto, come amor lo strinse; soli eravamo e senza alcun sospetto. Per più fiate gli occhi ci sospinse quella lettura, e scolorocci il viso: ma solo un punto fu quel che ci vinse. Quando leggemmo il disiato riso esser baciato da cotanto amante, questi, che mai da me non fia diviso, la bocca mi baciò tutto tremante.
Página 516 - Rab-shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
Página 155 - Familiar as his garter: that, when he speaks, The air, a charter'd libertine, is still, And the mute wonder lurketh in men's ears, To steal his sweet and honey'd sentences...
Página 272 - For the coronation, if a puppet-show could be worth a million, that is. The multitudes, balconies, guards, and processions, made Palace-yard the liveliest spectacle in the world: the hall was the most glorious. The blaze of lights, the richness and variety of habits, the ceremonial, the benches of peers and peeresses, frequent and full, was as awful as a pageant can be; and yet for the king's sake and my own, I never wish to see another ; nor am impatient to have my lord Effingham's promise fulfilled.
Página 373 - ... spread the breach that words begin ; And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship's smiling day ; And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness round all they said ; Till fast declining, one by one, The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds — or like the stream That smiling left the mountain's brow, As though its waters ne'er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods that part for ever.
Página 373 - A breath, a touch like this hath shaken ; And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship's smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness round all they said ; Till fast declining, one by one, The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling left the mountain's brow.
Página 373 - A something, light as air — a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken — Oh! love, that tempests never shook, A breath, a touch like this hath shaken.
Página 454 - They served up salmon, venison, and wild boars By hundreds, and by dozens, and by scores. Hogsheads of honey, kilderkins of mustard, Muttons, and fatted beeves, and bacon swine ; Herons and bitterns...
Página 120 - TO MY NOSE KNOWS he that never took a pinch, Nosey, the pleasure thence which flows, Knows he the titillating joys Which my nose knows? 0 Nose, I am as proud of thee As any mountain of its snows, 1 gaze on thee, and feel that pride A Roman knows ! Albert A.
Página vi - ... engagement which I am about to contract, I have not come to this decision without mature consideration, nor without feeling a strong assurance that, with the blessing of Almighty God, it will at once secure my domestic felicity, and serve the interests of my country. " I have thought fit to make this resolution known to you at the earliest period, in order that you may be fully apprised of a matter so highly important to me and to my kingdom, and which I persuade myself will be most acceptable...