The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 46J. Limbird, 1845 Containing original essays; historical narratives, biographical memoirs, sketches of society, topographical descriptions, novels and tales, anecdotes, select extracts from new and expensive works, the spirit of the public journals, discoveries in the arts and sciences, useful domestic hints, etc. etc. etc. |
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Pagina vii
... voice has no power to touch the culprit's soul . ' And how , ' says he , ' should it be otherwise ? The priest is the pensioned pastor of the prison , whose livelihood depends upon the exhortations and consoling sentences which he has ...
... voice has no power to touch the culprit's soul . ' And how , ' says he , ' should it be otherwise ? The priest is the pensioned pastor of the prison , whose livelihood depends upon the exhortations and consoling sentences which he has ...
Pagina viii
... on the point of yielding ; when the sound of the alarm bell of Saragossa , the cry of approaching voices , and the glare of torches , announce to the lovers that the part- ing threat of Charles was not an idle one . viii.
... on the point of yielding ; when the sound of the alarm bell of Saragossa , the cry of approaching voices , and the glare of torches , announce to the lovers that the part- ing threat of Charles was not an idle one . viii.
Pagina ix
... voice answers , not a step moves . He is the guest of Don Ruy Gomez de Sylva ; he has been promised protection , and the old noble reiterates that promise , even in the event of his being claimed by the king He goes out to give orders ...
... voice answers , not a step moves . He is the guest of Don Ruy Gomez de Sylva ; he has been promised protection , and the old noble reiterates that promise , even in the event of his being claimed by the king He goes out to give orders ...
Pagina x
... standing motionless upon the threshold , exclaims , — ' Move further off , my friends , the emperor hears ye ! ' " The conspirators , half - thinking that the voice of Charlemagne himself had addressed them , quench their lights ; but.
... standing motionless upon the threshold , exclaims , — ' Move further off , my friends , the emperor hears ye ! ' " The conspirators , half - thinking that the voice of Charlemagne himself had addressed them , quench their lights ; but.
Pagina xi
... voice , Gomez repeats to him the words of his vow , and claims its fulfilment , offering to him the choice of poison or the dag- ger . A calmness , more frightful than violence , pervades his move- In ments , and announces his fixed ...
... voice , Gomez repeats to him the words of his vow , and claims its fulfilment , offering to him the choice of poison or the dag- ger . A calmness , more frightful than violence , pervades his move- In ments , and announces his fixed ...
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Pagina 265 - A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And through the crevice and the cleft Of the thick wall is fallen and left ; Creeping o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor lamp...
Pagina 48 - The residence of people of fortune and refinement in the country has diffused a degree of taste and elegance in rural economy, that descends to the lowest class. The very labourer, with his thatched cottage and narrow slip of ground, attends to their embellishment.
Pagina 89 - Let him that desires to see others happy make haste to give while his gift can be enjoyed, and remember that every moment of delay takes away something from the value of his benefaction. And let him, who purposes his own happiness, reflect, that while he forms his purpose the day rolls on, and the night cometh when no man can work.
Pagina 313 - Take that ! she will call me a fool and scold me, if I carry a chip to her.' ' No,' I replied, ' she will not, take it, and go immediately; I am in haste.
Pagina 159 - ... what it really costs the person who brings it to market; for though in common language what is called the prime cost of any commodity does not comprehend the profit of the person who is to sell it again, yet if he sells it at a price which does not allow him the ordinary rate of profit in his neighbourhood, he is evidently a loser by the trade ; since by employing his stock in some other way he might have made that profit.