The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 46J. Limbird, 1845 Containing original essays; historical narratives, biographical memoirs, sketches of society, topographical descriptions, novels and tales, anecdotes, select extracts from new and expensive works, the spirit of the public journals, discoveries in the arts and sciences, useful domestic hints, etc. etc. etc. |
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... thing - but in vain ; he reproaches her with her attachment to a proscribed bandit ; he threatens at last to have her carried off by his guard . Suddenly , Hernani appears behind him ; Donna Sol rushes into his arms : and the bandit ...
... thing - but in vain ; he reproaches her with her attachment to a proscribed bandit ; he threatens at last to have her carried off by his guard . Suddenly , Hernani appears behind him ; Donna Sol rushes into his arms : and the bandit ...
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... thing else , locked in each others ' arms , they stand motionless , till surprised by the return of Ruy Gomez . His rage and consternation are unbounded ; he pours out his feelings in a bitter strain of irony ; he is on the point of ...
... thing else , locked in each others ' arms , they stand motionless , till surprised by the return of Ruy Gomez . His rage and consternation are unbounded ; he pours out his feelings in a bitter strain of irony ; he is on the point of ...
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... things with the most potent genius . Armin sent the head of Varus to Marobod . It was a token by which Marobod might learn that if his formidable position had enabled him with inactive might to pre- serve the German name untainted in ...
... things with the most potent genius . Armin sent the head of Varus to Marobod . It was a token by which Marobod might learn that if his formidable position had enabled him with inactive might to pre- serve the German name untainted in ...
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... thing for the work . men in the dockyard to be required to labour on the Sunday . In 1819 the ne- cessity of the case not being very obvious , carpenters were employed on Sunday in erecting the scaffold on which Thistlewood and his ...
... thing for the work . men in the dockyard to be required to labour on the Sunday . In 1819 the ne- cessity of the case not being very obvious , carpenters were employed on Sunday in erecting the scaffold on which Thistlewood and his ...
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... thing . It is a dark lake enclosed by lofty mountains , and its general aspect may well inspire the beholder with awe . But as if the sternness of nature were not enough to produce that effect , care has been taken to connect with this ...
... thing . It is a dark lake enclosed by lofty mountains , and its general aspect may well inspire the beholder with awe . But as if the sternness of nature were not enough to produce that effect , care has been taken to connect with this ...
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Page 14 - ... no tradesman, artificer, workman, labourer, or other person whatsoever shall do or exercise any worldly labour, business or work of their ordinary callings, upon the Lord's Day, or any part thereof (works of necessity and charity only excepted...
Page 402 - It appeared as if there were a sort of match, or trial of skill, you must understand, between the kettle and the Cricket. And this is what led to it, and how it came about.
Page 14 - ... no Person or Persons shall use, employ or travel upon the Lord's day with any Boat, wherry, lighter or barge, except it be upon extraordinary occasion, to be allowed by some Justice of the Peace of the County...
Page 159 - Or if the one species of labour requires an uncommon degree of dexterity and ingenuity, the esteem which men have for such talents, will naturally give a value to their produce, superior to what would be due to the time employed about it. Such talents can seldom be acquired but in consequence of long application, and the superior value of their produce may frequently be no more than a reasonable compensation for the time and labour which must be spent in acquiring them.
Page 403 - ... murky air; and I don't know that it is one, for it's nothing but a glare; of deep and angry crimson, where the sun and wind together; set a brand upon the clouds for being guilty of such weather; and the widest open country is a long dull streak of black; and there's hoarfrost on the finger-post, and thaw upon the track; and the ice it isn't water, and the water isn't free; and you couldn't say that anything is what it ought to be; but he's coming, coming, coming! And here, if you like...
Page 265 - A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And through the crevice and the cleft Of the thick wall is fallen and left ; Creeping o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor lamp...
Page 48 - The residence of people of fortune and refinement in the country has diffused a degree of taste and elegance in rural economy, that descends to the lowest class. The very labourer, with his thatched cottage and narrow slip of ground, attends to their embellishment.
Page 89 - Let him that desires to see others happy make haste to give while his gift can be enjoyed, and remember that every moment of delay takes away something from the value of his benefaction. And let him, who purposes his own happiness, reflect, that while he forms his purpose the day rolls on, and the night cometh when no man can work.
Page 313 - Take that ! she will call me a fool and scold me, if I carry a chip to her.' ' No,' I replied, ' she will not, take it, and go immediately; I am in haste.
Page 159 - ... what it really costs the person who brings it to market; for though in common language what is called the prime cost of any commodity does not comprehend the profit of the person who is to sell it again, yet if he sells it at a price which does not allow him the ordinary rate of profit in his neighbourhood, he is evidently a loser by the trade ; since by employing his stock in some other way he might have made that profit.