University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review, Volume 38W. Curry, jun., and Company, 1851 |
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... soon returned with " A Conti- nuation of the Account of the Family of the De Bergham , from the Norman Con- quest to this Time . ' In the original pedigree , the young genealogist had judiciously stopped short at the six- teenth century ...
... soon returned with " A Conti- nuation of the Account of the Family of the De Bergham , from the Norman Con- quest to this Time . ' In the original pedigree , the young genealogist had judiciously stopped short at the six- teenth century ...
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... soon set down , in his own private opinion , as a narrow - minded parson , with no force or philosophy , conceited with his reputation at tea- parties , and a dreadful bore with his fossils and his theory of the deluge . His brother ...
... soon set down , in his own private opinion , as a narrow - minded parson , with no force or philosophy , conceited with his reputation at tea- parties , and a dreadful bore with his fossils and his theory of the deluge . His brother ...
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... soon again . 66 AN AUTUMN SONG . " Lime - golden lime ! Bright burst thy greenness forth to April's tearful wooing , Thronged of the booming bee in verdurous summer's prime ; Ah , sere and shrivelling now the miry way ' tis strewing ...
... soon again . 66 AN AUTUMN SONG . " Lime - golden lime ! Bright burst thy greenness forth to April's tearful wooing , Thronged of the booming bee in verdurous summer's prime ; Ah , sere and shrivelling now the miry way ' tis strewing ...
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... soon con- vinced , by the blandishments of Barry , that they should have come sooner to have had a better choice , that he is really most anxious to make them comforta- ble , and that fourth and fifth rows are far preferable to front ...
... soon con- vinced , by the blandishments of Barry , that they should have come sooner to have had a better choice , that he is really most anxious to make them comforta- ble , and that fourth and fifth rows are far preferable to front ...
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... soon occur - that we are alone listening there , because death claims us all . Arnold had but a very vague idea , in his mind , of what he ought chiefly to have gone to church for , though a strong conviction forced itself on him , that ...
... soon occur - that we are alone listening there , because death claims us all . Arnold had but a very vague idea , in his mind , of what he ought chiefly to have gone to church for , though a strong conviction forced itself on him , that ...
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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.
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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.