The Literary magnet of the belles lettres, science, and the fine arts, ed. by Tobias Merton. Vol.1 - new ser., vol.[2. Vol.2 of the new ser. wants all after p.192]., Volume 1Tobias Merton (pseud) 1824 |
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Pagina 8
... hand . - Rome was seven hundred and fifty years growing from infancy to maturity ; she stood through half that period more in splendid infamy ; her last day came , and then she sunk under such a weight of years and trophies , that her ...
... hand . - Rome was seven hundred and fifty years growing from infancy to maturity ; she stood through half that period more in splendid infamy ; her last day came , and then she sunk under such a weight of years and trophies , that her ...
Pagina 18
... hand , and hastens to the place of destination , calling on another family by the way , among whom he performs the same part . In the evening he calcu- lates , arranges , and directs ; retires to bed early , and rises at four o'clock in ...
... hand , and hastens to the place of destination , calling on another family by the way , among whom he performs the same part . In the evening he calcu- lates , arranges , and directs ; retires to bed early , and rises at four o'clock in ...
Pagina 21
... hands trembled and roved about , he knew not wither , until , for- tunately for his client , and for the purposes of ... hand only , he began to lash the desk before him as the furor of his eloquence approached ; by which exercise he ...
... hands trembled and roved about , he knew not wither , until , for- tunately for his client , and for the purposes of ... hand only , he began to lash the desk before him as the furor of his eloquence approached ; by which exercise he ...
Pagina 24
... hand had discomposed some loose stones , and a fragment of consider- able size plunged into the dark stream below . Ellen thinking the whole was giving way , pulled him quickly backwards from the brink . He lost his balance , and ...
... hand had discomposed some loose stones , and a fragment of consider- able size plunged into the dark stream below . Ellen thinking the whole was giving way , pulled him quickly backwards from the brink . He lost his balance , and ...
Pagina 25
... hand , and she sunk upon the grass - he knelt over her , and her tears rained upon his hands . O God ! ' he cried , " why have I lived for this hour ? Speak , Ellen - speak , and speak forgiveness . ' Forgiveness ! ' she said- O mock me ...
... hand , and she sunk upon the grass - he knelt over her , and her tears rained upon his hands . O God ! ' he cried , " why have I lived for this hour ? Speak , Ellen - speak , and speak forgiveness . ' Forgiveness ! ' she said- O mock me ...
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Pagina 73 - Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart Of those who sail the seas, on the first day When they from their sweet friends are torn apart; Or fills with love the pilgrim on his way As the far bell of vesper makes him start, Seeming to weep the dying day's decay...
Pagina 358 - twould boldly trip, And print those roses on my lip. But all its chief delight was still On roses thus itself to fill, And its pure virgin limbs to fold In whitest sheets of lilies cold: Had it lived long, it would have been Lilies without, roses within.
Pagina 358 - Twas, on those little silver feet! With what a pretty, skipping grace It oft would challenge me the race ! And when 't had left me far away, 'Twould stay, and run again, and stay; For it was nimbler, much, than hinds, And trod as if on the four winds.
Pagina 32 - Her pranks the favourite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day, the hour; Now, frowning, smiling, for the hundredth...
Pagina 414 - I will delate you for a warlock to the privy council!' said Sir John. 'I will send you to your master, the devil, with the help of a tar-barrel and a torch ! ' 'I intend to delate mysell to the presbytery,' said Steenie, ' and tell them all I have seen last night, whilk are things fitter for them to judge of than a borrel man like me.
Pagina 225 - Oh! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away.
Pagina 28 - Thou sittest at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father. We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge. We therefore pray thee help thy servants whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.
Pagina 100 - There scattered oft, the earliest of the year, By hands unseen, are showers of violets found; The redbreast loves to build and warble there, And little footsteps lightly print the ground...
Pagina 405 - Court, wi' the king's ain sword ; and being a red-hot prelatist, he came down here, rampauging like a lion, with commissions of lieutenancy (and of lunacy, for what I ken), to put down a' the Whigs and Covenanters in the country. Wild wark they made of it ; for the Whigs were as dour as the Cavaliers were fierce, and it was which should first tire the other. Redgauntlet was aye for the strong hand ; and his name is kend as wide in the country as Claverhouse's or Tarn Dalyell's.
Pagina 416 - Sir John made up his story about the jackanape as he liked himsell; and some believe till this day there was no more in the matter than the filching nature of the brute. Indeed, ye'll no hinder some to threap, that it was nane o...