The New Monthly Belle Assemblée, Volumes 38-39Joseph Rogerson - Fashion |
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... means of be- stowing happiness on many . " " No , sir ; no , " exclaimed his companion im- patiently ; " I will confer no puny benefits ; I will not gild over a score of struggling medio- crities , only to teach them to yearn after ...
... means of be- stowing happiness on many . " " No , sir ; no , " exclaimed his companion im- patiently ; " I will confer no puny benefits ; I will not gild over a score of struggling medio- crities , only to teach them to yearn after ...
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... means . But Myra is a girl , I ima- gine , who would marry only for love ; and , alas ! she has no heart to bestow ... mean that , because Myra found her idol of clay , it is no reason why the sentiment of devotion , which is one of the ...
... means . But Myra is a girl , I ima- gine , who would marry only for love ; and , alas ! she has no heart to bestow ... mean that , because Myra found her idol of clay , it is no reason why the sentiment of devotion , which is one of the ...
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... means jealous , but only sought to dissuade her from motives of prudence in regard to her own reputation . " Go along , Cousin Charles , and flirt with every pretty face in the county , if you please ; but let me alone to punish this ...
... means jealous , but only sought to dissuade her from motives of prudence in regard to her own reputation . " Go along , Cousin Charles , and flirt with every pretty face in the county , if you please ; but let me alone to punish this ...
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... means of rising above this little planet , and of cleaving a pathway to the stars . Perhaps some dreamy shepherd - poet in antediluvian ages , watching the flight of the birds , first longed for wings , to rise from earth's surface ...
... means of rising above this little planet , and of cleaving a pathway to the stars . Perhaps some dreamy shepherd - poet in antediluvian ages , watching the flight of the birds , first longed for wings , to rise from earth's surface ...
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... means of a fire in the gallery was soon felt to be a nuisance ; in fact , M. de Rosier and the Marquis d'Arlandes on one occasion narrowly escaped having their balloon entirely consumed ; and to remedy the defect it was proposed to fill ...
... means of a fire in the gallery was soon felt to be a nuisance ; in fact , M. de Rosier and the Marquis d'Arlandes on one occasion narrowly escaped having their balloon entirely consumed ; and to remedy the defect it was proposed to fill ...
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Page 334 - And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays : Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir of might. An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers...
Page 161 - And down the coast, all taking up the burden, Replied the distant forts, As if to summon from his sleep the Warden And Lord of the Cinque Ports. Him shall no sunshine from the fields of azure, No drum-beat from the wall, No morning gun from the black fort's embrasure, Awaken with its call...
Page 54 - Tamed by the cruel season, crowd around The winnowing store, and claim the little boon Which Providence assigns them. One alone, The redbreast, sacred to the household gods. Wisely regardful of th...
Page 29 - The Discovery of a New World ; or, a Discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another habitable World in the Moon ; with a Discourse concerning the possibility of a passage thither.
Page 124 - Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not, and yet I say unto you, that Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 161 - A MIST was driving down the British Channel, The day was just begun, And through the window-panes, on floor and panel, Streamed the red autumn sun. It glanced on flowing flag and rippling pennon, And the white sails of ships ; And, from the frowning rampart, the black cannon Hailed it with feverish lips. Sandwich and Romney, Hastings, Hithe, and Dover, Were all alert that day, To see the French war-steamers speeding over, When the fog cleared away.
Page 53 - Dr. Chandler tells us, in his Travels in Greece, that it is related, where Druidism prevailed the houses were decked with evergreens in December, that the sylvan spirits might repair to them, and remain unnipped with frost and cold winds, until a milder season had renewed the foliage of their darling abodes.
Page 44 - We appeal to you, then, as sisters, as wives, and as mothers, to raise your voices to your fellowcitizens and your prayers to God for the removal of this affliction and disgrace from the Christian world.
Page 44 - A common origin, a common faith, and, we sincerely believe, a common cause, urge us at the present moment to address you on the subject of that system of negro slavery which still prevails so extensively; and even under kindlydisposed masters, with such frightful results, in many of the vast regions of the western world.
Page 192 - O how soft thy darts, How tender and how sweet ! Thy song enchained a thousand hearts And drew them to thy feet ; And, as thy bright lips sang, they caught So beautiful a ray, That, as I gazed, I almost thought The spirit of thy lay Had left, while melting on the air, Its sweet expression painted there.