Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 39James Fraser, 1849 |
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... hope that one day he would prove a useful , that is , an expert and unscrupulous , partisan . The hard - working men of party are with us almost always men of comparatively humble fortunes , whose mental powers have raised them to ...
... hope that one day he would prove a useful , that is , an expert and unscrupulous , partisan . The hard - working men of party are with us almost always men of comparatively humble fortunes , whose mental powers have raised them to ...
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... hope , however , too brilliant to be fulfilled . ' Oh , how blessed an existence , ' he thought , ' to sing , to act , to feel that idealised brief life of the stage , true to one's own heart ! ' He went to the impresario . Pisani was a ...
... hope , however , too brilliant to be fulfilled . ' Oh , how blessed an existence , ' he thought , ' to sing , to act , to feel that idealised brief life of the stage , true to one's own heart ! ' He went to the impresario . Pisani was a ...
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... hope , and all the ambitious aspir- ations of genius . There is no such thing as genius without ambition ; there is no such object in creation as genius without a pole - star for its thoughts , hopes , and aims . That aim may be fame ...
... hope , and all the ambitious aspir- ations of genius . There is no such thing as genius without ambition ; there is no such object in creation as genius without a pole - star for its thoughts , hopes , and aims . That aim may be fame ...
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... hope , that fluttered above a worn and weary head , to anoint it with the dews of fresh enjoyment , and strengthen it to bear the wrongs and cruelty of man . But Spiro sickened - the hand grew faint , and the voice low ; the days grew ...
... hope , that fluttered above a worn and weary head , to anoint it with the dews of fresh enjoyment , and strengthen it to bear the wrongs and cruelty of man . But Spiro sickened - the hand grew faint , and the voice low ; the days grew ...
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... hope in a short time to be again at the helm . Look at your successor ! he is on the point of entering the king's cabinet . ' A man with a bold , confident air , on whose brow was indelibly written the habit of command , passed at this ...
... hope in a short time to be again at the helm . Look at your successor ! he is on the point of entering the king's cabinet . ' A man with a bold , confident air , on whose brow was indelibly written the habit of command , passed at this ...
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Page 127 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii: Look, in this place ran Cassius...
Page 569 - In the world they say; Come!" I said; and we rose through the surf in the bay. We went up the beach, by the sandy down Where the sea-stocks bloom, to the...
Page 568 - When did music come this way? Children dear, was it yesterday? Children dear, was it yesterday (Call yet once) that she went away? Once she sate with you and me, On a red gold throne in the heart of the sea, And the youngest sate on her knee. She combed its bright hair, and she tended it well, When down swung the sound of a far-off bell.
Page 351 - Mother of this unfathomable world! Favour my solemn song, for I have loved Thee ever, and thee only; I have watched Thy shadow, and the darkness of thy steps, And my heart ever gazes on the depth Of thy deep mysteries. I have made my bed In charnels and on coffins, where black death Keeps record of the trophies won from thee, Hoping to still these obstinate questionings Of thee and thine, by forcing some lone ghost Thy messenger, to render up the tale Of what we are.
Page 4 - I PURPOSE to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time which is within the memory of men still living.
Page 136 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand : for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 321 - The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, .
Page 568 - OTHERS abide our question. Thou art free. We ask and ask — Thou smilest and art still, Out-topping knowledge. For the loftiest hill, Who to the stars uncrowns his majesty, Planting his steadfast footsteps in the sea, Making the heaven of heavens his dwelling-place, Spares but the cloudy border of his base To the foil'd searching of mortality; And thou, who didst the stars and sunbeams know, Self-school'd, self-scann'd, self-honour'd, self-secure, Didst tread on earth unguess'd at.
Page 4 - The discipline and evolutions of a modern battalion gave me a clearer notion of the phalanx and the legion; and the captain of the Hampshire grenadiers (the reader may smile) has not been useless to the historian of the Roman empire.
Page 247 - ... from time to time, to administer oaths or affirmations, for the better discovery of truth in any matter in controversy or depending before them. iv. And further, full power and authority are hereby given and granted to the said General Court, from time to time, to make, ordain, and establish, all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes, and ordinances, directions and instructions...