The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror, Volume 11821 |
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... passed within decks were constantly under water ; to think a few yards of us , which drove the water of going into the cabin was ridiculous , it in clouds in a circular manner , higher than being very small , having births but for four ...
... passed within decks were constantly under water ; to think a few yards of us , which drove the water of going into the cabin was ridiculous , it in clouds in a circular manner , higher than being very small , having births but for four ...
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... passed us , they might fire for a whole day joying either the one or the other , I would without doing us any harm . We were , at one moment think the gun , close by however , alarmed by seeing a considerable which I was stretched , had ...
... passed us , they might fire for a whole day joying either the one or the other , I would without doing us any harm . We were , at one moment think the gun , close by however , alarmed by seeing a considerable which I was stretched , had ...
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... passing joys and present woes Chase through my troubled mind ; Repose still seeking , -but repose Not for a moment find ... passed a law on the 1st instant , which prohibits hereafter any dog from going at large in the city of New York ...
... passing joys and present woes Chase through my troubled mind ; Repose still seeking , -but repose Not for a moment find ... passed a law on the 1st instant , which prohibits hereafter any dog from going at large in the city of New York ...
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... passed near the remains of a spoiled hay - rack , per- took courage to remove some part , and , led on by traces of blood , examined till they found a body yet warm with life , but wounded in a ghastly manner . They conveyed it to the ...
... passed near the remains of a spoiled hay - rack , per- took courage to remove some part , and , led on by traces of blood , examined till they found a body yet warm with life , but wounded in a ghastly manner . They conveyed it to the ...
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... passed , they were thrown once more into a state of somnolency , The self - accused murderer made a desperate effort to throw it from his breast , and fell with his whole weight and a laugh of madness at the foot of the bier . The crowd ...
... passed , they were thrown once more into a state of somnolency , The self - accused murderer made a desperate effort to throw it from his breast , and fell with his whole weight and a laugh of madness at the foot of the bier . The crowd ...
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Page 60 - Of the invisible ; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee ; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Page 60 - And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war: These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.
Page 60 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy...
Page 60 - Dark-heaving : boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of Eternity — the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee ; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless...
Page 159 - I'll leave you till night: you are welcome to Elsinore. Ros. Good my lord ! [Exeunt Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Ham. Ay, so, God be wi' you : — Now I am alone. O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I ! Is it not monstrous, that this player here, But in a fiction, in a dream of passion, Could force his soul so to his own conceit, That, from her working, all his visage wann'd ; Tears in his eyes, distraction in's aspect, A broken voice, and his whole function suiting With forms to his conceit ?...
Page 60 - Roll on thou deep, and dark blue Ocean, roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain, Man marks the earth with ruin— his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed...
Page 166 - And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die.
Page 225 - What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her/ What would he do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have...
Page 114 - I am always of easy faith in such matters, and am ever willing to be deceived, where the deceit is pleasant and costs nothing. I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends, and local anecdotes of goblins and great men ; and would advise all travellers who travel for their gratification to be the same. What is it to us, whether these stories be true or false, so long as we can persuade ourselves into the belief of them, and enjoy all the charm of the reality ? There is nothing like resolute...
Page 138 - I have always observed that the visitors to the abbey remained longest about them. A kinder and fonder feeling takes place of that cold curiosity or vague admiration with which they gaze on the splendid monuments of the great and the heroic. They linger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions ; for indeed there is something of companionship between the author and the reader.