The Mirror of literature, amusement, and instruction [ed. by T. Byerley]. [Continued as] The MirrorThomas Byerley 1823 |
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... England with hosts of lawyers , and consequently , by their exertions in the way of trade , with hosts of plaintiffs and defendants . Some have thought that laws may be whimsically compared to nut - crackers , whilst they crush to atoms ...
... England with hosts of lawyers , and consequently , by their exertions in the way of trade , with hosts of plaintiffs and defendants . Some have thought that laws may be whimsically compared to nut - crackers , whilst they crush to atoms ...
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... England . He lived to the age of 80 , and died in poverty . Benjamin Robins was the son of a tailor , of Bath ; he compiled Lord An- son's Voyage , and had great know- ledge in naval tactics . The first man who suggested the idea of ...
... England . He lived to the age of 80 , and died in poverty . Benjamin Robins was the son of a tailor , of Bath ; he compiled Lord An- son's Voyage , and had great know- ledge in naval tactics . The first man who suggested the idea of ...
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... England , to present their chief magistrate . It may be entertain- ing to give in this place an instance of one of the exactions of this charter- giving sovereign . A convict confined in Newgate for the murder of a prior , a relation of ...
... England , to present their chief magistrate . It may be entertain- ing to give in this place an instance of one of the exactions of this charter- giving sovereign . A convict confined in Newgate for the murder of a prior , a relation of ...
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... England's chi- valry- The rich - plumed canopy - the gorgeous pall- The sacred march - and sable - vested wall- These were not rites of inexpressive show , But hallow'd as the types of real woe . Daughter of England ! for a nation's ...
... England's chi- valry- The rich - plumed canopy - the gorgeous pall- The sacred march - and sable - vested wall- These were not rites of inexpressive show , But hallow'd as the types of real woe . Daughter of England ! for a nation's ...
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... England ; leaving her clear of the world , with a fortune - of seven pounds and a few shillings . " The poor girl , then a mother , ap- plied to her relations : they were at first kind , then civil , then cold , then rude , and finally ...
... England ; leaving her clear of the world , with a fortune - of seven pounds and a few shillings . " The poor girl , then a mother , ap- plied to her relations : they were at first kind , then civil , then cold , then rude , and finally ...
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Стр. 83 - She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat, like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Стр. 253 - But yesterday, the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Стр. 267 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Стр. 321 - Yes ! where is he, the champion and the child Of all that's great or little, wise or wild ? Whose game was empires, and whose stakes were thrones ? Whose table earth — whose dice were human bones ? Behold the grand result in yon lone isle, And, as thy nature urges, weep or smile.
Стр. 369 - And count the silent moments as they pass : The winged moments, whose unstaying speed No art can stop, or in their course arrest; Whose flight shall shortly count me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them that rest.
Стр. 144 - This night as ye use, Who shall for the present delight here ; Be a king by the lot, And who shall not Be Twelfe-day queene for the night here.
Стр. 170 - Far, far aloof th' affrighted ravens sail ; The famish'd eagle screams, and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep. They do not sleep. On yonder cliffs, a...
Стр. 326 - I feel Him in the gentle showers, The soft south wind, the breath of flowers, The sunshine and the shade. And yet (ungrateful that I am !) I've turned in sullen mood From all these things, whereof He said, When the great whole was finished, That they were
Стр. 369 - Farewell, ye blooming fields ! ye cheerful plains ! Enough for me the churchyard's lonely mound, Where Melancholy with still Silence reigns, And the rank grass waves o'er the cheerless ground.
Стр. 369 - Now Spring returns ; but not to me returns The vernal joy my better years have known ; Dim in my breast life's dying taper burns, And all the joys of life with health are flown.