La Belle Assemblée, Հատոր 18J. Bell, 1818 |
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... ladies ; and there never which he certainly had not ; the women , was a christening , marriage , or funeral , who ... lady glected by him , tore him to pieces without played on the piano , it was Mr. Fitzherbert mercy . One called him ...
... ladies ; and there never which he certainly had not ; the women , was a christening , marriage , or funeral , who ... lady glected by him , tore him to pieces without played on the piano , it was Mr. Fitzherbert mercy . One called him ...
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... ladies ( these were the aunts ) , a Canoness , a Maid of Honour , and an Abbess of the Couvent of Montmartre ; of these two gentlemen ( these were his uncles ) , a Cardinal and a Field- Marshal ; of this lady ( this was his mother ) , a ...
... ladies ( these were the aunts ) , a Canoness , a Maid of Honour , and an Abbess of the Couvent of Montmartre ; of these two gentlemen ( these were his uncles ) , a Cardinal and a Field- Marshal ; of this lady ( this was his mother ) , a ...
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... lady , a very fine lady ; but an usurper of altitude in so- ciety is no more to be tolerated than the usurper of a throne ; since , in both cases , we may discern the absence of a pure and high moral rectitude . I condemn all that sport ...
... lady , a very fine lady ; but an usurper of altitude in so- ciety is no more to be tolerated than the usurper of a throne ; since , in both cases , we may discern the absence of a pure and high moral rectitude . I condemn all that sport ...
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... ladies add a small plume of white feathers as an orna- ment ; we cannot forbear saying a very outré one . Many matronly ladies , however , in the country , wear at evening parties small equestrian hats of Chinese gauze or satin , with ...
... ladies add a small plume of white feathers as an orna- ment ; we cannot forbear saying a very outré one . Many matronly ladies , however , in the country , wear at evening parties small equestrian hats of Chinese gauze or satin , with ...
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... ladies wore enormous bouquets placed on one side , and being chiefly green , mingled with vari- ous kinds of heath , they appeared like brooms . A celebrated lady of quality con- quered this fashion , by having the nosegays of her ...
... ladies wore enormous bouquets placed on one side , and being chiefly green , mingled with vari- ous kinds of heath , they appeared like brooms . A celebrated lady of quality con- quered this fashion , by having the nosegays of her ...
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Էջ 58 - The growth of coral appears to cease when the worm is no longer exposed to the washing of the sea. Thus a reef rises in the form of a cauliflower, till its top has gained the level of the highest tides, above which the worm has no power to advance, and the reef of course no longer extends itself upwards. The...
Էջ 112 - Now nature is not at variance with art, nor art with nature ; they being both servants of his providence. Art is the perfection of nature. Were the world now as it was the sixth day, there were yet a chaos. Nature hath made one world, and art another. In brief, all things are artificial ; for nature is the art of God...
Էջ 233 - Mecklenburg with desolation. I know, Sire, that it seems unbecoming my sex, in this age of vicious refinement, to feel for one's country, to lament the horrors of war, or wish for the return of peace. I know you may think it more properly my province to study the...
Էջ 178 - There is a mystic thread of life So dearly wreathed with mine alone, That destiny's relentless knife At once must sever both or none. There is a form on which these eyes Have often gazed with fond delight ; By day that form their joy supplies, And dreams restore it through the night. There is...
Էջ 56 - Come, my friends, we will drink together. It is now forty years since I worked like you, at this Press, as a journeyman Printer.
Էջ 58 - The examination of a coral reef, during the different stages of one tide, is particularly interesting. When the tide has left it for some time, it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and...
Էջ 319 - I returned home almost in desperation. When I opened the door of my study, where Lavater alone could have found a library, the first object which presented itself was an immense folio of a brief, twenty golden guineas wrapped up beside it, and the name of Old Bob Lyons marked upon the back of it. I paid my landlady — bought a good dinner — gave Bob Lyons a share of it — and that dinner was the date of my prosperity.
Էջ 58 - ... invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time, the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common...