The Downside magazine and monthly miscellany1844 |
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... land the instruction refused them at home , and could not pursue their course of studies , without experiencing " how bitter the stranger's bread , how difficult to mount and descend another's stair . " And will they look with an eye of ...
... land the instruction refused them at home , and could not pursue their course of studies , without experiencing " how bitter the stranger's bread , how difficult to mount and descend another's stair . " And will they look with an eye of ...
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... land ! And thither we , our course will bend To meet our father , guide and friend . M. AN ESSAY - ON WIT AND HUMOUR ( Continued from No. 2. ) [ " The writer of this article wishes us to draw the attention of our readers , to an error ...
... land ! And thither we , our course will bend To meet our father , guide and friend . M. AN ESSAY - ON WIT AND HUMOUR ( Continued from No. 2. ) [ " The writer of this article wishes us to draw the attention of our readers , to an error ...
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... land , Old age in its councils presides , And holding the helm with a prosperous hand , To honor , its destinies guides ? - No ! sweet ' tis to die for the land of our sires , And sweeter its freedom to gain ; ' Tis pleasing to know as ...
... land , Old age in its councils presides , And holding the helm with a prosperous hand , To honor , its destinies guides ? - No ! sweet ' tis to die for the land of our sires , And sweeter its freedom to gain ; ' Tis pleasing to know as ...
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... land of Béarn . A narrow strip of land separates it on the west from the waves of the Atlantic , and on the south it is bounded by the lofty Pyrenees . These mountains send out branches into the land of Béarn , between which are form ...
... land of Béarn . A narrow strip of land separates it on the west from the waves of the Atlantic , and on the south it is bounded by the lofty Pyrenees . These mountains send out branches into the land of Béarn , between which are form ...
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... land of Britain is cursed . In Béarn the most igno- rant know that there is a God , and pray to him ; and if spirits haunt their vales and houses , they believe that it is by His permission ; whilst in this Isle witchcraft and fortune ...
... land of Britain is cursed . In Béarn the most igno- rant know that there is a God , and pray to him ; and if spirits haunt their vales and houses , they believe that it is by His permission ; whilst in this Isle witchcraft and fortune ...
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Page 140 - The' awaken'd throb for virtue, and for fame ; The sympathies of love, and friendship dear : With all the social offspring of the heart.
Page 117 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Page 139 - He comes ! he comes ! in every breeze the power Of philosophic melancholy comes ! His near approach the sudden-starting tear. The glowing cheek, the mild dejected air, The soften'd feature, and the beating heart, Pierc'd deep with many a virtuous pang, declare.
Page 4 - LITTLE Jack Horner sat in the corner Eating a Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, and pulled out a plum, And said, "What a good boy am I!
Page 63 - ... tale, — * When he saw the morning mists depart From the summits grey and pale : — For he knew that the fan-palm cast the shade Of its ever-glorious green Where the love of his blasted youth was laid, And the light of her steps had been. Ah ! thus, for ever, the heart looks back To its young hope's funeral urn : — To the tender green of that early track, To its light, let us return ! The lines of our life may be smooth and strong, — And our pleasant path may lie Where the stream of affection...
Page 65 - Qui fit, Maecenas, ut nemo, quam sibi sortem seu ratio dederit seu fors obiecerit, illa contentus vivat, laudet diversa sequentes...
Page 113 - A greater magnitude is said to be a multiple of a less, when the greater is measured by the less, that is, 'when the greater contains the less a certain number of times exactly.' III. Ratio is a mutual relation of two magnitudes of the same kind to one another, in respect of quantity.
Page 154 - From wealthy abbots' chests, and churls' abundant store, What oftentimes he took he shared amongst the poor: No lordly bishop came in lusty Robin's way, To him before he went, but for his pass must pay.
Page 38 - Happy the man, who, studying nature's laws, Through known effects can trace the secret cause — His mind possessing in a quiet state, Fearless of Fortune, and resigned to Fate!
Page 139 - O'er all the soul his sacred influence breathes ! Inflames imagination ; through the breast Infuses every tenderness ; and far Beyond dim earth exalts the swelling thought. Ten thousand thousand fleet ideas, such As never mingled with the vulgar dream, Crowd fast into the mind's creative eye. As fast the correspondent passions rise, As varied and as high : Devotion...