The New Monthly Magazine and HumoristHenry Colburn, 1839 |
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... Hope , an Autobiography . - The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy . Edited by his brother , John Davy , M.D. , F.R.S.- The British Angler's Manual . By T. C. Hofland , Esq . - The High- land Inn . - The Spaniard , a Tragedy ; and The ...
... Hope , an Autobiography . - The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy . Edited by his brother , John Davy , M.D. , F.R.S.- The British Angler's Manual . By T. C. Hofland , Esq . - The High- land Inn . - The Spaniard , a Tragedy ; and The ...
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... hope for the welfare and happiness of HER , who , let what party may prevail , or what politics predominate , is MONARCH of us all . Those who were present , describe the manner in which HER MAJESTY made the important communication , we ...
... hope for the welfare and happiness of HER , who , let what party may prevail , or what politics predominate , is MONARCH of us all . Those who were present , describe the manner in which HER MAJESTY made the important communication , we ...
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... hope and trust . It is said that the marriage will take place earlier than is generally supposed , or has been publicly stated . Let it happen when it may , our QUEEN will be fol- lowed to the altar by the prayers and best wishes of her ...
... hope and trust . It is said that the marriage will take place earlier than is generally supposed , or has been publicly stated . Let it happen when it may , our QUEEN will be fol- lowed to the altar by the prayers and best wishes of her ...
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... rage which the intrusion of Louis had excited , he felt some compunctious visitations , caused by the violence of his manner , and the severity of his language . There might - we hope there was something The Planter's Birthday .
... rage which the intrusion of Louis had excited , he felt some compunctious visitations , caused by the violence of his manner , and the severity of his language . There might - we hope there was something The Planter's Birthday .
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language . There might - we hope there was something like remorse mingling with his other feelings , for having so spoken , and so conducted himself to the particular individual who had just quitted him ; but let the sentiment have ...
language . There might - we hope there was something like remorse mingling with his other feelings , for having so spoken , and so conducted himself to the particular individual who had just quitted him ; but let the sentiment have ...
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Page 187 - Noi leggevamo un giorno per diletto di Lancilotto, come amor lo strinse; soli eravamo e senza alcun sospetto. Per più fiate gli occhi ci sospinse quella lettura, e scolorocci il viso: ma solo un punto fu quel che ci vinse. Quando leggemmo il disiato riso esser baciato da cotanto amante, questi, che mai da me non fia diviso, la bocca mi baciò tutto tremante.
Page 516 - Rab-shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
Page 155 - Familiar as his garter: that, when he speaks, The air, a charter'd libertine, is still, And the mute wonder lurketh in men's ears, To steal his sweet and honey'd sentences...
Page 272 - For the coronation, if a puppet-show could be worth a million, that is. The multitudes, balconies, guards, and processions, made Palace-yard the liveliest spectacle in the world: the hall was the most glorious. The blaze of lights, the richness and variety of habits, the ceremonial, the benches of peers and peeresses, frequent and full, was as awful as a pageant can be; and yet for the king's sake and my own, I never wish to see another ; nor am impatient to have my lord Effingham's promise fulfilled.
Page 373 - ... spread the breach that words begin ; And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship's smiling day ; And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness round all they said ; Till fast declining, one by one, The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds — or like the stream That smiling left the mountain's brow, As though its waters ne'er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods that part for ever.
Page 373 - A breath, a touch like this hath shaken ; And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin, And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship's smiling day, And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness round all they said ; Till fast declining, one by one, The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds, or like the stream That smiling left the mountain's brow.
Page 373 - A something, light as air — a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken — Oh! love, that tempests never shook, A breath, a touch like this hath shaken.
Page 454 - They served up salmon, venison, and wild boars By hundreds, and by dozens, and by scores. Hogsheads of honey, kilderkins of mustard, Muttons, and fatted beeves, and bacon swine ; Herons and bitterns...
Page 120 - TO MY NOSE KNOWS he that never took a pinch, Nosey, the pleasure thence which flows, Knows he the titillating joys Which my nose knows? 0 Nose, I am as proud of thee As any mountain of its snows, 1 gaze on thee, and feel that pride A Roman knows ! Albert A.
Page vi - ... engagement which I am about to contract, I have not come to this decision without mature consideration, nor without feeling a strong assurance that, with the blessing of Almighty God, it will at once secure my domestic felicity, and serve the interests of my country. " I have thought fit to make this resolution known to you at the earliest period, in order that you may be fully apprised of a matter so highly important to me and to my kingdom, and which I persuade myself will be most acceptable...