The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volume 4Joseph Shackell, 1830 |
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... remained at the inn all night , at the earnest persuasion of her companion , who promised to call upon her the next day , for he had but commenced his work of mischief , and feared to make his infamous proposals too soon , lest he ...
... remained at the inn all night , at the earnest persuasion of her companion , who promised to call upon her the next day , for he had but commenced his work of mischief , and feared to make his infamous proposals too soon , lest he ...
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... remained with this amiable family for several months , and was treated in the kindest manner . It was during my residence here that I met with an adven- ture which I cannot help relating . had got out one dark night on the roof of the ...
... remained with this amiable family for several months , and was treated in the kindest manner . It was during my residence here that I met with an adven- ture which I cannot help relating . had got out one dark night on the roof of the ...
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... remained for himself , he attempted to set fire to the magazine , containing 250 barrels of gun- powder , which would not only have de- stroyed every living creature about the premises , but probably half the city of Paris . From the ...
... remained for himself , he attempted to set fire to the magazine , containing 250 barrels of gun- powder , which would not only have de- stroyed every living creature about the premises , but probably half the city of Paris . From the ...
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... remained some time in prayer ; after which , seating themselves upon their heels , they listened to a long discourse from the Sheik , occa- sionally making a kind of response , in which they were accompanied by some most barbarous but ...
... remained some time in prayer ; after which , seating themselves upon their heels , they listened to a long discourse from the Sheik , occa- sionally making a kind of response , in which they were accompanied by some most barbarous but ...
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... remained for some time in the warehouse of a paper vender.— Unsullied by vice , white as the moun- tain snow , I might there have remained , and led a life of innocence and peace , had it not been that , by a contract with some Bank ...
... remained for some time in the warehouse of a paper vender.— Unsullied by vice , white as the moun- tain snow , I might there have remained , and led a life of innocence and peace , had it not been that , by a contract with some Bank ...
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Page 237 - He was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul. All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily : when he describes anything, you more than see it, you feel it too.
Page 213 - I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation ; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
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Page 237 - All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them, not laboriously, but luckily; when he describes anything, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning give him the greater commendation: he was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature; he looked inwards and found her there.
Page 392 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
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Page 391 - Peaceful, beneath primeval trees, that cast Their ample shade o'er Niger's yellow stream, And where the Ganges rolls his sacred wave; Or mid the central depth of blackening woods, High rais'd in solemn theatre around, Leans the huge elephant...
Page 140 - I made up my mind that sho was the very girl for me. That I thought her beautiful is certain, for that I had always said should be an indispensable qualification ; but I saw in her what I deemed marks of that sobriety...