Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 24Richard Bentley, 1848 |
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... far to prove that he must be in the immediate neighbourhood of those who were so deeply interested in his apprehension . Irish hospitality was not what it has become , the 15 Robert Emmett and Arthur Aylmer; Dublin in 1803,
... far to prove that he must be in the immediate neighbourhood of those who were so deeply interested in his apprehension . Irish hospitality was not what it has become , the 15 Robert Emmett and Arthur Aylmer; Dublin in 1803,
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Irish hospitality was not what it has become , the name of a thing non - existent , and that fact half a dozen horsemen were evidencing right pleasantly , as , seated on the sward , a liveried attendant sup- plied them with abundance of ...
Irish hospitality was not what it has become , the name of a thing non - existent , and that fact half a dozen horsemen were evidencing right pleasantly , as , seated on the sward , a liveried attendant sup- plied them with abundance of ...
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... become great proficients in this really great style . Linnell is at- tempting the same method , and evidently paying earnest attention , as the two Danbys have done , to Martin's " Joshua commanding the Sun to stand still , " a picture ...
... become great proficients in this really great style . Linnell is at- tempting the same method , and evidently paying earnest attention , as the two Danbys have done , to Martin's " Joshua commanding the Sun to stand still , " a picture ...
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... the story and completing the balance of the picture . I really hope that you have not been so long in Italy that you have become entirely wedded to the great mas- ters of the Italian school . That you can still PICTURES AND PAINTERS . 57.
... the story and completing the balance of the picture . I really hope that you have not been so long in Italy that you have become entirely wedded to the great mas- ters of the Italian school . That you can still PICTURES AND PAINTERS . 57.
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... become the winners , — some taking one side and some the other . Sunday papers are appealed to , and it is even said that Webster himself has been troubled with ap- plications on the subject . The picture has nearly all the merits ...
... become the winners , — some taking one side and some the other . Sunday papers are appealed to , and it is even said that Webster himself has been troubled with ap- plications on the subject . The picture has nearly all the merits ...
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Page 60 - Here she was wont to go ! and here ! and here ! Just where those daisies, pinks, and violets grow . The world may find the spring by following her, For other print her airy steps ne'er left. Her treading would not bend a blade of grass, Or shake the downy blow-ball from his stalk ! But like the soft west wind she shot along, And where she went, the flowers took thickest root, As she had sowed them with her odorous foot.
Page 469 - He resolved to celebrate his own obsequies before his death. He ordered his tomb to be erected in the chapel of the monastery. His domestics marched thither in funeral procession, with black tapers in their hands. He himself followed in his shroud. He was laid in his coffin with much solemnity.
Page 468 - His voyage was prosperous, and agreeable ; and he arrived at Laredo in Biscay, on the eleventh day after he left Zealand. As soon as he landed, he fell prostrate on the ground ; and considering himself now as dead to the world, he kissed the earth, and said, " Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked I now return to thee, thou common mother of mankind.
Page 575 - HOLLAND. A COUNTRY that draws fifty foot of water, In which men live, as in the hold of Nature ; And when the sea does in upon them break, And drown a province, does but spring a leak...
Page 460 - Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
Page 601 - C'est à vous, mon esprit, à qui je veux parler. Vous avez des défauts que je ne puis celer : Assez et trop long-temps ma lâche complaisance De vos jeux criminels a nourri l'insolence; Mais, puisque vous poussez ma patience à bout, Une fois en ma vie il faut vous dire tout.
Page 58 - For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.
Page 117 - Have these realms in thy special keeping. Confound and level in the dust those who would rob the people of their liberty and lawful prerogative. Let the King see his error, and turn the hearts of his wicked counsellors from the malice and wickedness of their designs. Lord Jesu receive my soul !" He then mournfully uttered, " O Lord, save my country — O Lord be merciful to . . ." And here his speech failed him.
Page 481 - These words, from the experience of his sagacity, never failed to inspire me with hope of success. It was then sketched. Sometimes, when I was fond of a particular part, I used to dilate on it in the sketch ; but to this he always objected — " I don't want any of your painting...
Page 381 - And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain, Were footed "in Queen Mary's days On many a grassy plain ; But, since of late Elizabeth, And later James, came in, They never danced on any heath As when the time hath been.