The Lady's Weekly Miscellany, Volume 8John Clough, 1808 |
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Pagina 3
... never without a thick black veil which reached to her feet and entirely concealed her whole per- son . To this lady the officious hostess posted away , to enquire whether she would accommodate the sick stranger . Another motive beside ...
... never without a thick black veil which reached to her feet and entirely concealed her whole per- son . To this lady the officious hostess posted away , to enquire whether she would accommodate the sick stranger . Another motive beside ...
Pagina 5
... Never was I so convin- ced of any thing in all my life as of this resemblance . And as to my memory ! O that I were a painter , on every wall would I delineate the dear image - the large piercing eyes , the single wrinkle on the high ...
... Never was I so convin- ced of any thing in all my life as of this resemblance . And as to my memory ! O that I were a painter , on every wall would I delineate the dear image - the large piercing eyes , the single wrinkle on the high ...
Pagina 7
... never be seen in a place to which every body may go . It is the pinnacle of Ton therefore for a lady of fashion to open her own house for the benefit of some dear delightful Italian , who will bring all the world together , and yet keep ...
... never be seen in a place to which every body may go . It is the pinnacle of Ton therefore for a lady of fashion to open her own house for the benefit of some dear delightful Italian , who will bring all the world together , and yet keep ...
Pagina 13
... never can move , Arcadia displays but a region of dreams : What are visions like these to the first kiss of love ? Oh ! cease to affirm , that man , since his brith , From Adam , till now , has with wretchedness strove ; Some portion of ...
... never can move , Arcadia displays but a region of dreams : What are visions like these to the first kiss of love ? Oh ! cease to affirm , that man , since his brith , From Adam , till now , has with wretchedness strove ; Some portion of ...
Pagina 15
... never knew what he was going to say , but he always knew what he was saying . Correspondence . Mr. " Pill Garlick " shall have tribute of us . We will attend to him next week . His favours will always be acceptable . " Thespis " must be ...
... never knew what he was going to say , but he always knew what he was saying . Correspondence . Mr. " Pill Garlick " shall have tribute of us . We will attend to him next week . His favours will always be acceptable . " Thespis " must be ...
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Pagina 30 - This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.
Pagina 30 - I did not understand him, till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man that never missed any occasion of giving instruction, and upon this he said to me, " You are young, and have the world before you; STOOP as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps...
Pagina 359 - In this was every art, and every charm, To win the wisest, and the coldest warm: Fond love, the gentle vow, the gay desire, The kind deceit, the still-reviving fire, Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke, and eloquence of eyes.
Pagina 108 - ... first she told me that I rode too fast, and she could not keep up with me ; and, when I rode a little slower, she passed me, and complained that I lagged behind. I was not to be made the slave of caprice ; and I resolved to begin as I meant to end. I therefore pushed on briskly, till I was fairly out of her sight. The road lay between two hedges, so I was sure she could not miss it ; and I contrived that she should soon come up with me. When she did, I observed her to be in tears.
Pagina 128 - O, when shall I dance on the daisy-white mead, In the shade of an elm, to the sound of the reed ? When shall I return to that lowly retreat, Where all my fond objects of tenderness meet, — The lambs and the heifers that follow my call, My father, my mother, My sister, my brother, And dear Isabella, the joy of them all ? O, when shall I visit the land of my birth ? — 'Tis the loveliest land on the face of the earth.
Pagina 204 - This feeling produced a mental anxiety which was indescribable; she tried to cry, but her soul was without power, and could not act on her body. She had the contradictory feeling as if she were in her body, and yet not in it, at one and the same time.
Pagina 29 - The whole stock of a poor Arabian of the Desert consisted of a most beautiful mare. The French Consul at Said offered to purchase her, with an intention to send her to his master Louis XIV".
Pagina 89 - It may be answered, by drowning. And who drowned him ? Sir James Hales. And when did he drown him ? In his lifetime. So that Sir James Hales, being alive, caused Sir James Hales to die ; and the act of the living man was the death of the dead man. And then for this offence it is reasonable to punish the living man who committed the offence, and not the dead man.
Pagina 64 - And while my lone step prints the dew, Dear are the dreams that bless my view, To Memory's eye the maid appears, For whom have sprung my sweetest tears, So oft, so tenderly : . I see her, as with graceful care She binds her braids of sunny hair ; I feel her harp's melodious thrill Strike to my heart — and thence be still...
Pagina 349 - One of the gentlemen who employed himself with his pen in making these calculations told him he was wrong, and that the sum was not so great as he had said — upon which the old man hastily replied : 'top, massa, you forget de leap year.