The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage ..., Volume 21proprietors, 1806 |
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... heart can bear . The de- rangement of my circumstances , from illness , is a little disagreeable , therefore hope your kindness will excuse the— ” · When he came to this part , his strength failed him - the pen dropt from his hand , and ...
... heart can bear . The de- rangement of my circumstances , from illness , is a little disagreeable , therefore hope your kindness will excuse the— ” · When he came to this part , his strength failed him - the pen dropt from his hand , and ...
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... icy death had smote this child of glee ; And Care resum'd his empire o'er the heart , When Heaven issued - Edwin shall not be . ANTHONY PAsquim THE SCOTCH MUSIC . SEVERAL of the Scotch songs take 12 THE MONTHLY MIRROR ,
... icy death had smote this child of glee ; And Care resum'd his empire o'er the heart , When Heaven issued - Edwin shall not be . ANTHONY PAsquim THE SCOTCH MUSIC . SEVERAL of the Scotch songs take 12 THE MONTHLY MIRROR ,
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... heart ? THE LANGUAGE OF PASSION . -for Q. Z. AMONG the particulars that compose the social part of our nature , a propensity to communicate our opinions , our emotions , and every thing that affect us , is remarkable . Bad fortune and ...
... heart ? THE LANGUAGE OF PASSION . -for Q. Z. AMONG the particulars that compose the social part of our nature , a propensity to communicate our opinions , our emotions , and every thing that affect us , is remarkable . Bad fortune and ...
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... heart : fear succeeded to astonishment , the panic was universal , and they all turned their backs without almost drawing a sword . THE LONGEVITY OF MUSICIANS . IN consequence of a wish expressed by Mr. Lofft , in a letter which ...
... heart : fear succeeded to astonishment , the panic was universal , and they all turned their backs without almost drawing a sword . THE LONGEVITY OF MUSICIANS . IN consequence of a wish expressed by Mr. Lofft , in a letter which ...
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... heart , and who bestows ineffable grace and or- nament upon every subject he handles . Rosalind . I pray you , what is't a clock ? Orlando . You should ask me what time o'day ; there's no clock in the forest . Ros . Then there is no ...
... heart , and who bestows ineffable grace and or- nament upon every subject he handles . Rosalind . I pray you , what is't a clock ? Orlando . You should ask me what time o'day ; there's no clock in the forest . Ros . Then there is no ...
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Page 24 - Time travels in divers paces with divers persons : I'll tell you who time ambles withal, who time trots withal, who time gallops withal, and who he stands still withal.
Page 45 - ... is only thinking, and thinking such matter as were inexcusable folly in him to speak. But because we are concealed spectators of the plot in agitation, and the poet finds it necessary to let us know the whole mystery of his contrivance, he is willing to inform us of this person's thoughts; and to that end is forced to make use of the expedient of speech, no other better way being yet invented for the communication of thought.
Page 245 - Unquicken'd midst the world's rude strife, Shall sweet retirement render strong, And morning silence bring to life. Then tell me not that I shall grow Forlorn, that fields and woods will cloy ; From Nature and her changes flow An everlasting tide of joy.
Page 80 - WOMEN in their nature are much more gay and joyous than men ; whether it be that their blood is more refined, their fibres more delicate, and their animal spirits more light and volatile ; or whether, as some have imagined, there may not be a kind of sex in the very soul, I shall not pretend to determine.
Page 158 - Be gay and good humour'd, complying and kind, Turn the chief of your care from your face to your mind ; 'Tis thus that a wife may her conquests improve, And Hymen shall rivet the fetters of Love.
Page 170 - When in a few minutes after, his supporting ship having led through the French line in a gallant style, turning with a smile of joy to Sir Charles Douglas, he cried out. " Now, my dear friend, I am at the service of your Greeks and Trojans, and the whole of Homer's Iliad, or as much of it as you please, for the enemy is in confusion, and our victory is secure.
Page 327 - The nurse of great ^Eneas' infancy. Here rest thy bones in rich Hesperia's plains : Thy name ('tis all a ghost can have) remains. Now, when the prince her fun'ral rites had paid, He plough'd the Tyrrhene seas with sails display 'd.
Page 112 - I am satisfied," said the emperor, and the governor withdrew. Before Paul retired to rest, he unexpectedly expressed the most tender solicitude for the Empress and his children, kissed them with all the warmth of farewell fondness, and remained with them longer than usual ; and after he had visited the...
Page 90 - Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal...
Page 113 - ... his consent instantly to relinquish the sceptre, and to accept of any terms which they would dictate. In his raving, he offered to make them princes, and to give them estates, and titles, and orders, without end. They now began to press upon him, when he made a convulsive effort to reach the window : in the attempt he failed, and indeed so high was it from the ground, that had he succeeded, the expedient would only have put a more instantaneous period to his misery. In the effort he very severely...