The Literary magnet of the belles lettres, science, and the fine arts, ed. by Tobias Merton. Vol.1 - new ser., vol.[2. Vol.2 of the new ser. wants all after p.192]., Հատոր 1Tobias Merton (pseud) 1824 |
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Արդյունքներ 75–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... kind not to be aware , how much this placid state contributes to the general good , and how greatly it tends to prolong the existence of man . But Platonic love if ever such an affection there were - knows nothing of this . It commences ...
... kind not to be aware , how much this placid state contributes to the general good , and how greatly it tends to prolong the existence of man . But Platonic love if ever such an affection there were - knows nothing of this . It commences ...
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... kind - hearted persons . " At last , " says poor Peter , " I came to myself , and hastened from a place , where apparently I had nothing more to do . I first filled my pockets with gold , then firmly secured the strings of the purse ...
... kind - hearted persons . " At last , " says poor Peter , " I came to myself , and hastened from a place , where apparently I had nothing more to do . I first filled my pockets with gold , then firmly secured the strings of the purse ...
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... kind , but not in degree ; and man , if he knows his best interests , and attends to the solid duties of life , will be able to derive much pleasure from that variety which is continually diversifying the con- stant uniformity of nature ...
... kind , but not in degree ; and man , if he knows his best interests , and attends to the solid duties of life , will be able to derive much pleasure from that variety which is continually diversifying the con- stant uniformity of nature ...
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... kind , with which the world has of late been so wonderfully edified . Those con- fessions must be my apology as they shall be my precedents , excepting only that I shall adhere to the facts of my case , and state them as briefly as ...
... kind , with which the world has of late been so wonderfully edified . Those con- fessions must be my apology as they shall be my precedents , excepting only that I shall adhere to the facts of my case , and state them as briefly as ...
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... kind is the strongest motive of affection that can be : for when he dies , we cannot be persuaded that any man can perform his charac- ters like him . But to conclude , I value a worthy actor by the corruption of some few of that ...
... kind is the strongest motive of affection that can be : for when he dies , we cannot be persuaded that any man can perform his charac- ters like him . But to conclude , I value a worthy actor by the corruption of some few of that ...
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The Literary magnet of the belles lettres, science, and the ..., Հատորներ 1-2 Tobias Merton (pseud) Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1826 |
The Literary magnet of the belles lettres, science, and the fine ..., Հատոր 3 Tobias Merton (pseud) Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1825 |
The Literary magnet of the belles lettres, science, and the fine ..., Հատոր 2 Tobias Merton (pseud) Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1824 |
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Էջ 73 - Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart Of those who sail the seas, on the first day When they from their sweet friends are torn apart; Or fills with love the pilgrim on his way As the far bell of vesper makes him start, Seeming to weep the dying day's decay...
Էջ 358 - twould boldly trip, And print those roses on my lip. But all its chief delight was still On roses thus itself to fill, And its pure virgin limbs to fold In whitest sheets of lilies cold: Had it lived long, it would have been Lilies without, roses within.
Էջ 358 - Twas, on those little silver feet! With what a pretty, skipping grace It oft would challenge me the race ! And when 't had left me far away, 'Twould stay, and run again, and stay; For it was nimbler, much, than hinds, And trod as if on the four winds.
Էջ 32 - Her pranks the favourite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day, the hour; Now, frowning, smiling, for the hundredth...
Էջ 414 - I will delate you for a warlock to the privy council!' said Sir John. 'I will send you to your master, the devil, with the help of a tar-barrel and a torch ! ' 'I intend to delate mysell to the presbytery,' said Steenie, ' and tell them all I have seen last night, whilk are things fitter for them to judge of than a borrel man like me.
Էջ 225 - Oh! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away.
Էջ 28 - Thou sittest at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father. We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge. We therefore pray thee help thy servants whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.
Էջ 100 - There scattered oft, the earliest of the year, By hands unseen, are showers of violets found; The redbreast loves to build and warble there, And little footsteps lightly print the ground...
Էջ 405 - Court, wi' the king's ain sword ; and being a red-hot prelatist, he came down here, rampauging like a lion, with commissions of lieutenancy (and of lunacy, for what I ken), to put down a' the Whigs and Covenanters in the country. Wild wark they made of it ; for the Whigs were as dour as the Cavaliers were fierce, and it was which should first tire the other. Redgauntlet was aye for the strong hand ; and his name is kend as wide in the country as Claverhouse's or Tarn Dalyell's.
Էջ 416 - Sir John made up his story about the jackanape as he liked himsell; and some believe till this day there was no more in the matter than the filching nature of the brute. Indeed, ye'll no hinder some to threap, that it was nane o...