University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review, Volume 38W. Curry, jun., and Company, 1851 |
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Page 48
... Officers , who have less to do , lounge and gossip a little , ask if there's any admission behind the scenes , or in the front to listen to a rehearsal ; if that is Grisi who is singing now ; and generally end by taking private boxes ...
... Officers , who have less to do , lounge and gossip a little , ask if there's any admission behind the scenes , or in the front to listen to a rehearsal ; if that is Grisi who is singing now ; and generally end by taking private boxes ...
Page 49
... officer of the said troop of Dragoons , contem- plated the probability of remaining for an indefinite period at C. He had already been knocked about from one stupid quarter to another , throughout the southern districts of Ireland ...
... officer of the said troop of Dragoons , contem- plated the probability of remaining for an indefinite period at C. He had already been knocked about from one stupid quarter to another , throughout the southern districts of Ireland ...
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... officers . " Arnold's spirits rose two degrees at the intelligence Miss Rooney gave him ; he tapped his boot with his cane ... officer of his troop , and could not well absent himself , even if he wished to 50 [ July , Five Months in an ...
... officers . " Arnold's spirits rose two degrees at the intelligence Miss Rooney gave him ; he tapped his boot with his cane ... officer of his troop , and could not well absent himself , even if he wished to 50 [ July , Five Months in an ...
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... officers at C commanded a view of the vestibule , Mr. Hall was fortunate enough to perceive the pre- parations each individual made before entering the body of the church , and he was a good deal amused by them . First came the ...
... officers at C commanded a view of the vestibule , Mr. Hall was fortunate enough to perceive the pre- parations each individual made before entering the body of the church , and he was a good deal amused by them . First came the ...
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... officer . He was face to face with Caroline Sydenham and her younger sister , Agnes , in a moment . The girls returned his stare without apparent em- barrassment , though the elder one had her head uncovered , and a pretty pink sun ...
... officer . He was face to face with Caroline Sydenham and her younger sister , Agnes , in a moment . The girls returned his stare without apparent em- barrassment , though the elder one had her head uncovered , and a pretty pink sun ...
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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.