The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volumul 16J. Limbird, 1830 |
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Pagina 8
... scene which en- sued , is described as very afflicting . Many of these persons had lived with the King for more than a quarter of a century , and had been attached to him by the warmest ties of affectionate duty ; and some were observed ...
... scene which en- sued , is described as very afflicting . Many of these persons had lived with the King for more than a quarter of a century , and had been attached to him by the warmest ties of affectionate duty ; and some were observed ...
Pagina 14
... scene on earth so full of lightness That withering care Sleeps not beneath the flowers , and turns their brightness ... scenes of life I thought If I have mourn'd for thee when far , and wor- shipp'd thee when near . Then wake thee up ...
... scene on earth so full of lightness That withering care Sleeps not beneath the flowers , and turns their brightness ... scenes of life I thought If I have mourn'd for thee when far , and wor- shipp'd thee when near . Then wake thee up ...
Pagina 35
... scene as the above would find its moral point . Besides , the fortunes of these thrice servants , " these " men of great place " " are so identified with their royal master , that it is impossible to sever them . The ceremonial of the ...
... scene as the above would find its moral point . Besides , the fortunes of these thrice servants , " these " men of great place " " are so identified with their royal master , that it is impossible to sever them . The ceremonial of the ...
Pagina 36
... scene of enchantment . Many of our readers must recollect the lavish expenditure on this occasion , and the puerile taste of a stream with gold and silver fish , flowing down the centre table . Permission to view the superb fittings and ...
... scene of enchantment . Many of our readers must recollect the lavish expenditure on this occasion , and the puerile taste of a stream with gold and silver fish , flowing down the centre table . Permission to view the superb fittings and ...
Pagina 40
... scene took place , in which the juvenile militant would have triumphed over the Field Marshal of England , had not Mr. Brougham told her , that the latter had the law on his side , and that the lady must obey the laws . The gallant Duke ...
... scene took place , in which the juvenile militant would have triumphed over the Field Marshal of England , had not Mr. Brougham told her , that the latter had the law on his side , and that the lady must obey the laws . The gallant Duke ...
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Pagina 237 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Pagina 251 - The castled crag of Drachenfels Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine...
Pagina 423 - Ah! from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element!
Pagina 138 - Year. When I considered the Fragrancy of the Walks and Bowers, with the Choirs of Birds that sung upon the Trees, and the loose Tribe of People that walked under their Shades, I could not but look upon the Place as a kind of Mahometan Paradise.
Pagina 412 - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
Pagina 417 - ... and each was ambitious of surmounting the arduous task. But, when they arrived at the swelling, it jutted out so in their way, and was so far beyond their grasp, that the most daring lads were awed, and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous. So the ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the month of February) when those birds usually sit.
Pagina 111 - There is no antidote against the opium of time, which temporally considereth all things : our fathers find their graves in our short memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors.
Pagina 236 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Pagina 112 - Who knows whether the best of men be known, or whether there be not more remarkable persons forgot, than any that stand remembered in the known account of time...
Pagina 89 - Mrs Hicks and her daughter, aged nine, were hanged at Huntingdon for selling their souls to the devil, and raising a storm by pulling off their stockings, and making a lather of soap ! With this crowning atrocity, the catalogue of murders in England closes.