Court Magazine, and Monthly Critic: Containing Original Papers, by Distinguished Writers, and Finely Engraved Portraits and Landscapes, from Paintings by Eminent Masters, Volume 10E. Bull, 1837 |
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... eldest son , ANDREW MACFARLANE of that Ilk , married Lady Margaret Cunningham , daughter of William Earl of Glencairn , Lord High Treasurer of Scotland , and dying in the commencement of the reign of MARY , was succeeded by his son ...
... eldest son , ANDREW MACFARLANE of that Ilk , married Lady Margaret Cunningham , daughter of William Earl of Glencairn , Lord High Treasurer of Scotland , and dying in the commencement of the reign of MARY , was succeeded by his son ...
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... eldest unmar- ried sister of Sir Matthew White Ridley , Bart . , will shortly be led to the altar by John Cookson , Esq . , eldest son of Isaac Cookson , Esq . of Meldon Park . On Saturday the 10th , the christening of the infant son of ...
... eldest unmar- ried sister of Sir Matthew White Ridley , Bart . , will shortly be led to the altar by John Cookson , Esq . , eldest son of Isaac Cookson , Esq . of Meldon Park . On Saturday the 10th , the christening of the infant son of ...
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... eldest son of the late Charles Evered , Esq . of Langhorne House , Shepton Mallet , to Adelaide Jane , the youngest surviving daughter of the late D. Ximenes , Esq . of Rose Mount , Sidmouth . On the 10th instant , at St. George's ...
... eldest son of the late Charles Evered , Esq . of Langhorne House , Shepton Mallet , to Adelaide Jane , the youngest surviving daughter of the late D. Ximenes , Esq . of Rose Mount , Sidmouth . On the 10th instant , at St. George's ...
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... eldest son of a Baronet . " 66 My daughter is a proper wife for any eldest son in the kingdom , " exclaimed the Alderman : " and let me tell you , I design wife of the eldest son of a paltry Baronet . " " Paltry , Mr. Walbrook ? paltry ...
... eldest son of a Baronet . " 66 My daughter is a proper wife for any eldest son in the kingdom , " exclaimed the Alderman : " and let me tell you , I design wife of the eldest son of a paltry Baronet . " " Paltry , Mr. Walbrook ? paltry ...
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... eldest son of a Baronet . " " Vulgar ! " said Heyday decisively . " You are right , Mr. Heyday . Let me ask , could he expect or desire a more honourable match for his daughter ? " " No , " said the junior Willoughby . 66 No , " echoed ...
... eldest son of a Baronet . " " Vulgar ! " said Heyday decisively . " You are right , Mr. Heyday . Let me ask , could he expect or desire a more honourable match for his daughter ? " " No , " said the junior Willoughby . 66 No , " echoed ...
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Page 235 - 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 wish thee long.
Page 211 - And let those, that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question}: of the play be then to be considered : that's villainous ; and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
Page 257 - As nothing is essential to the fable but unity of action, and as the unities of time and place arise evidently from false assumptions, and, by circumscribing the extent of the drama, lessen its variety, I cannot think it much to be lamented that they were not known by him, or not observed...
Page 62 - s drunken, fiery face no less) Drinks up the sea, and when he's done, The moon and stars drink up the sun. They drink and dance by their own light, They drink and revel all the night. Nothing in Nature's sober found, But an eternal health goes round.
Page 213 - By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave.
Page 256 - By supposition, as place is introduced, time may be extended; the time required by the fable elapses for the most part between the acts; for, of so much of the action as is represented, the real and poetical duration is the same.
Page 234 - May never was the month of love For May is full of flowers, But rather April, wet by kind, For love is full of showers.
Page 256 - Corneille, they have very generally received, by discovering that they have given more trouble to the poet than pleasure to the auditor. The necessity of observing the unities of time and place arises from the supposed necessity of making the drama credible.
Page 185 - Lives and Exploits of Banditti and Robbers in all Parts of the World. By MACFARLANE.
Page 257 - The delight of tragedy proceeds from our consciousness of fiction; if we thought murders and treasons real they would please no more. 11 Imitations produce pain or pleasure not because they are mistaken for realities, but because they bring realities to mind.