The New Monthly Magazine, Volume 6E. Littell, 1823 |
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... taste of blood , I instantly became ravenous for larger riches ; and already repenting the paltry limitation of the day before , determined on proceeding until I had doubled its amount . Another day's luck , and even this would have ...
... taste of blood , I instantly became ravenous for larger riches ; and already repenting the paltry limitation of the day before , determined on proceeding until I had doubled its amount . Another day's luck , and even this would have ...
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... taste for it must have been acquired by education . It appears to me that our stage performances are of a much higher order , and the performers also , because they are more universally interesting , and the scene is kept nearer to ...
... taste for it must have been acquired by education . It appears to me that our stage performances are of a much higher order , and the performers also , because they are more universally interesting , and the scene is kept nearer to ...
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... taste , which , it now clearly appears , is not so vicious as some blundering managers have been interested in representing it , to cover their own deficiencies . I confess I love the theatre , for I have received impressions there ...
... taste , which , it now clearly appears , is not so vicious as some blundering managers have been interested in representing it , to cover their own deficiencies . I confess I love the theatre , for I have received impressions there ...
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... taste on Mr. Elliston's part . This play was written to satirize Whitfield , who , with his contemporary and friend Wesley , were virtuous , well - meaning , but enthusiastic men , of blame- less conduct and irreproachable lives ...
... taste on Mr. Elliston's part . This play was written to satirize Whitfield , who , with his contemporary and friend Wesley , were virtuous , well - meaning , but enthusiastic men , of blame- less conduct and irreproachable lives ...
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... taste , and leave behind him a name as the perfecter of our theatrical exhibitions , in propriety , costume , style , judgment , and morals . There is one difficulty , however , for him to overcome , which , it must be confessed , is ...
... taste , and leave behind him a name as the perfecter of our theatrical exhibitions , in propriety , costume , style , judgment , and morals . There is one difficulty , however , for him to overcome , which , it must be confessed , is ...
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Page 104 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
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Page 104 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Page 38 - Ring out, ye crystal Spheres! Once bless our human ears (If ye have power to touch our senses so), And let your silver chime Move in melodious time; And let the base of Heaven's deep organ blow, And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.
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Page 258 - Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made hell grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold...
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Page 218 - Sheriff, at his return, told him, that since he was so ill prepared he should yet have two hours' respite ; so led him from the scaffold, without giving him any more comfort, and locked him into the great hall to walk with Prince Arthur. The Lord Grey, whose turn was next, was led to the scaffold by a troop of the young courtiers, and was supported on both sides by two of his best friends...
Page 507 - Solomon observes, to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting.
Page 516 - Crime came not near him— she is not the child Of solitude; Health shrank not from him— for Her home is in the rarely trodden wild, Where if men seek her not, and death be more Their choice than life, forgive them, as beguiled By habit to what their own hearts abhor— In cities caged. The present case in point I Cite is, that Boon lived hunting up to ninety...