University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review, Volume 38W. Curry, jun., and Company, 1851 |
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... become possessed , among other properties , of Burgham Castle , in Northumberland ; and been eventually created Earl of Northamp- ton . Pleased with the honours thus unex- pectedly thrust upon him , the pewterer gave the Blue - coat ...
... become possessed , among other properties , of Burgham Castle , in Northumberland ; and been eventually created Earl of Northamp- ton . Pleased with the honours thus unex- pectedly thrust upon him , the pewterer gave the Blue - coat ...
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... become possessed , as he said himself , of valuable materials respect- ing the history of Bristol . Accordingly he became , in some sense , a local cele- brity . Among the persons that took him by the hand were one or two of some name ...
... become possessed , as he said himself , of valuable materials respect- ing the history of Bristol . Accordingly he became , in some sense , a local cele- brity . Among the persons that took him by the hand were one or two of some name ...
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... become a poet and a man of name , like the John- sons , the Goldsmiths , the Churchills , and others whom you think yourself born to equal or surpass , at least study patience , have faith in honourable courses , and realise , above all ...
... become a poet and a man of name , like the John- sons , the Goldsmiths , the Churchills , and others whom you think yourself born to equal or surpass , at least study patience , have faith in honourable courses , and realise , above all ...
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... become extinct and im- mortal ? Partly so , we may suppose ! But Chatterton's disposition towards the antique did ... become involved in the Wars of the Roses , and how , on the acces- sion of Edward IV . , he had made the peace of the ...
... become extinct and im- mortal ? Partly so , we may suppose ! But Chatterton's disposition towards the antique did ... become involved in the Wars of the Roses , and how , on the acces- sion of Edward IV . , he had made the peace of the ...
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... become exaggerated , till at last it would amount to an un- governable disposition to riot in the obsolete . Even so ... becoming ; throughout the modern ones we are offended by irreverence , ma- levolence , and a kind of vicious ...
... become exaggerated , till at last it would amount to an un- governable disposition to riot in the obsolete . Even so ... becoming ; throughout the modern ones we are offended by irreverence , ma- levolence , and a kind of vicious ...
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Page 176 - What good man would prefer a country covered with forests and ranged by a, few thousand savages to our extensive Republic, studded with cities, towns, and prosperous farms, embellished with all the improvements which art can devise or industry execute, occupied by more than 12,000,000 happy people, and filled with all the blessings of liberty, civilization, and religion?
Page 10 - I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
Page 271 - I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Page 23 - PANSIES, lilies, kingcups, daisies, Let them live upon their praises ; Long as there's a sun that sets, Primroses will have their glory ; Long as there are violets, They will have a place in story : There's a flower that shall be mine, 'Tis the little Celandine.
Page 406 - The thing that hath been is that which shall be ; and that which is done is that which shall be done ; and there is no new thing under the sun.
Page 590 - Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span long : and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee ; and verily every man living is altogether vanity.
Page 36 - In a drear-nighted December Too happy, happy Tree Thy branches ne'er remember Their green felicity: The north cannot undo them With a sleety whistle through, them, Nor frozen thawings glue them From budding at the prime. In a drear-nighted December...
Page 243 - Whose midnight revels, by a forest side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear ; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Page 91 - The sandy fields, leaping through flowery groves Of yellow ragwort ; or when rock and hill, The woods, and distant Skiddaw's lofty height, Were bronzed with deepest radiance, stood alone Beneath the sky, as if I had been born On Indian plains, and from my mother's hut Had run abroad in wantonness, to sport, A naked savage, in the thunder shower.
Page 271 - I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them.