The Mirror: A Periodical Paper Published in Edinburgh in the Years 1779 and 1780, Հատոր 1J. Richardson, 1822 |
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... looks , the spirit , and promising appearance of my sons ; he paid me many compli- ments on the occasion , and I listened to him with all the pleasure a fond parent feels in hearing the praises of his children . After he had been some ...
... looks , the spirit , and promising appearance of my sons ; he paid me many compli- ments on the occasion , and I listened to him with all the pleasure a fond parent feels in hearing the praises of his children . After he had been some ...
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... look - out , ran to tell me she saw a post - chaise driving to the gate . We hurried down to receive the boys . But judge of my astonishment when I saw two pale emaciated figures get out of the carriage , in their dress and looks ...
... look - out , ran to tell me she saw a post - chaise driving to the gate . We hurried down to receive the boys . But judge of my astonishment when I saw two pale emaciated figures get out of the carriage , in their dress and looks ...
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... uneasy to see his brother look so very ill ; to which he replied , with an air of the most easy indifference , that poor Charles had been 18 4 . THE MIRROR . Of national character-Comparison that of France and England • Abercromby.
... uneasy to see his brother look so very ill ; to which he replied , with an air of the most easy indifference , that poor Charles had been 18 4 . THE MIRROR . Of national character-Comparison that of France and England • Abercromby.
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... look with indifference , or even with disgust , on the less brilliant , though , perhaps , not less useful occupations of the physician , the lawyer , or the trader . My friend Mr. Umphraville is a remarkable in- stance of great talents ...
... look with indifference , or even with disgust , on the less brilliant , though , perhaps , not less useful occupations of the physician , the lawyer , or the trader . My friend Mr. Umphraville is a remarkable in- stance of great talents ...
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... look no longer . I have often carried my Mirror to church , and , sitting in a snug corner , have catched the flaming orator of the pulpit in many a rare grimace , and ex- pressive gesture ; expressive not of humility , but of pride ...
... look no longer . I have often carried my Mirror to church , and , sitting in a snug corner , have catched the flaming orator of the pulpit in many a rare grimace , and ex- pressive gesture ; expressive not of humility , but of pride ...
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Էջ 251 - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Էջ 276 - And, he gave it for his opinion, that, whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Էջ 123 - Through the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Էջ 193 - I descend to the grave, May I a small house and large garden have, And a few friends, and many books, both true, Both wise, and both delightful too ! And since love ne'er will from me flee, A mistress moderately fair, And good as...
Էջ 122 - And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the...
Էջ 68 - The oaks of the mountains fall; the mountains themselves decay with years; the ocean shrinks and grows again; the moon herself is lost in heaven, but thou art for ever the same, rejoicing in the brightness of thy course.
Էջ 150 - Who, having been praised for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness ; and constrains the garb Quite from his nature : ,he cannot flatter, he ! — An honest mind and plain, — he must speak truth ! An they will take it, so ; if not, he's plain.
Էջ 122 - Through the high wood echoing shrill. Sometime walking, not unseen, By hedgerow elms, on hillocks green, Right against the eastern gate, Where the great sun begins his state...
Էջ 68 - When the world is dark with tempests, when thunder rolls, and lightning flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughest at the storm.
Էջ 229 - Father of mercies," said he, " forgive these tears; assist thy servant to lift up his soul to thee; to lift to thee the souls of thy people. My friends, it is good so to do, at all seasons it is good ; but in the days of our distress, what a privilege it is ! Well saith the sacred book, ' Trust in the Lord ; at all times trust in the Lord.