Sharpe's London magazine, a journal of entertainment and instruction. [entitled] Sharpe's London journal. [entitled] Sharpe's London magazine, conducted by mrs. S.C. Hall, Volumes 1-2Anna Maria Hall 1845 |
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... leave behind , or , refusing that , simply give him her oath never to divulge what she knew , she readily promised to do all he had asked , and , kneeling down , took an oath to this effect on the little pocket Bible the Laird had ...
... leave behind , or , refusing that , simply give him her oath never to divulge what she knew , she readily promised to do all he had asked , and , kneeling down , took an oath to this effect on the little pocket Bible the Laird had ...
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... leave a line on the chest , informing Miss Mackay of what he had done , for he did not deem it prudent to venture into the house , or see his sister . He walked calmly through the desolate apartments , observed the damage done by the ...
... leave a line on the chest , informing Miss Mackay of what he had done , for he did not deem it prudent to venture into the house , or see his sister . He walked calmly through the desolate apartments , observed the damage done by the ...
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... leaves , and that the flowers which yet linger in our gardens must die . Yet to cheer even this season of ... leave plenty of gloves them off repeatedly ; and when the monkeys are sup- upon the ground , having first lined them ...
... leaves , and that the flowers which yet linger in our gardens must die . Yet to cheer even this season of ... leave plenty of gloves them off repeatedly ; and when the monkeys are sup- upon the ground , having first lined them ...
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... leave behind a por- tion of my being , and that I have fulfilled the mission entrusted to me , a weak instrument , to usher in the dawn which , from the unprofaned temple of thy genius , now sheds its mild radiance over Italy ? " " But ...
... leave behind a por- tion of my being , and that I have fulfilled the mission entrusted to me , a weak instrument , to usher in the dawn which , from the unprofaned temple of thy genius , now sheds its mild radiance over Italy ? " " But ...
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... LEAVES . Select Oriental Tales . I. THE PAIR OF SLIPPERS . THERE once lived in Bagdad a merchant , named Abu - Casem ... leave off his slippers , which had made him quite a bye- word in the city , and buy a new pair . " I have been ...
... LEAVES . Select Oriental Tales . I. THE PAIR OF SLIPPERS . THERE once lived in Bagdad a merchant , named Abu - Casem ... leave off his slippers , which had made him quite a bye- word in the city , and buy a new pair . " I have been ...
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Page 39 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ...
Page 112 - A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants flying from their flaming villages in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function ; fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity in an unknown and hostile land. Those...
Page 239 - WHEN cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, And the far-off stream is dumb, And the whirring sail goes round, And the whirring sail goes round ; Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. When merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely smells the new-mown hay, And the cock hath sung beneath the thatch Twice or thrice his roundelay, Twice or thrice his roundelay : Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits.
Page 6 - That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so as in due time we may enjoy them.
Page 119 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 15 - It sounds to him like her mother's voice Singing in Paradise! He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes. Toiling, — rejoicing, — sorrowing, Onward through life he goes; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose.
Page 112 - ... and predestinated criminals a memorable example to mankind. He resolved, in . the gloomy recesses of a mind 'capacious of such things, to leave the whole Carnatic an everlasting monument of vengeance, and to put perpetual desolation as a barrier between him and those, against whom the faith which holds the moral elements of the world together, was no protection.
Page 32 - Our political system is placed in a just correspondence and symmetry with the order of the world, and with the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory parts ; wherein, by the disposition of a stupendous wisdom, moulding together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race...
Page 15 - Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ) Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought ; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
Page 39 - Oh, the grave! the grave! It buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment ! From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.