The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, Volum 62Henry Colburn, 1841 |
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Pàgina 15
... English thing with nice French manners - who first presented her to me , Seraphine ? -wasn't it the Duc de Falderall ? " " No , Ma ' , " said Seraphine ; " we first met her in a shoemaker's shop in the Rue Richelieu- " " Stuff ! my dear ...
... English thing with nice French manners - who first presented her to me , Seraphine ? -wasn't it the Duc de Falderall ? " " No , Ma ' , " said Seraphine ; " we first met her in a shoemaker's shop in the Rue Richelieu- " " Stuff ! my dear ...
Pàgina 26
... English Roscius knew accurately the nature of the human heart , and though he has been repeatedly accused of an absence of the best feel- ings of it , much must be placed to the score of calumny , and this was considerably aided by the ...
... English Roscius knew accurately the nature of the human heart , and though he has been repeatedly accused of an absence of the best feel- ings of it , much must be placed to the score of calumny , and this was considerably aided by the ...
Pàgina 29
... English currency , shall be forfeited from my estates , and paid to Virginia Honoria Gabrielli , & c . & c . " And now the rash , infatuated Fitzgerald seized a pen , and anxiously was hastening to affix his signature to the will , when ...
... English currency , shall be forfeited from my estates , and paid to Virginia Honoria Gabrielli , & c . & c . " And now the rash , infatuated Fitzgerald seized a pen , and anxiously was hastening to affix his signature to the will , when ...
Pàgina 34
... English , but not fluently , and with a foreign accent . landlord of the inn , a sagacious Patlander , remarked that he required " soup " daily , and that he wanted " fried liver , " was surprised that there were neither " vermicelli ...
... English , but not fluently , and with a foreign accent . landlord of the inn , a sagacious Patlander , remarked that he required " soup " daily , and that he wanted " fried liver , " was surprised that there were neither " vermicelli ...
Pàgina 36
... English , to reconnoitre , and try to get a chance in- terview with O'Shea . This the lad soon effected , and Michael warmly shook his former fellow - servant by the hand , with " A welcome to ould Ireland , Jack O'Mally of Uscamiento ...
... English , to reconnoitre , and try to get a chance in- terview with O'Shea . This the lad soon effected , and Michael warmly shook his former fellow - servant by the hand , with " A welcome to ould Ireland , Jack O'Mally of Uscamiento ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 477 - Tis the merry Nightingale That crowds, and hurries, and precipitates With fast thick warble his delicious notes, As he were fearful that an April night Would be too short for him to utter forth His love-chant, and disburthen his full soul Of all its music...
Pàgina 86 - In this work, when it shall be found that much is omitted, let it not be forgotten that much likewise is performed...
Pàgina 201 - Each species of hirundo drinks as it flies along, sipping the surface of the water ; but the swallow alone, in general, washes on the wing, by dropping into a pool for many times together : in very hot weather house-martins and bank-martins dip and wash a little. The swallow is a delicate songster, and in soft sunny weather sings both perching and flying, on trees in a kind of concert, and on chimney-tops...
Pàgina 201 - He is the joyous prophet of the year — the harbinger of the best season: he lives a life of enjoyment amongst the loveliest forms of nature : winter is unknown to him; and he leaves the green meadows of England in autumn, for the myrtle and orange groves of Italy, and for the palms of Africa: — he has always objects of pursuit, and his success is secure.
Pàgina 86 - Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.
Pàgina 427 - A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art : Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of every Branch of Human Knowledge ; with the Derivation and Definition of all the Terms in General Use. Edited by WT BRANDE, FRSL and E.
Pàgina 86 - When I am animated by this wish, I look with pleasure on my book, however defective, and deliver it to the world with the spirit of a man that has endeavoured well.
Pàgina 547 - Full many a glorious morning have I seen Flatter the mountain-tops with sovereign eye, Kissing with golden face the meadows green, Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy; Anon permit the basest clouds to ride With ugly rack on his celestial face, And from the forlorn world his visage hide, Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace. Even so my sun one early morn did shine With all-triumphant splendour on my brow; But out, alack!
Pàgina 483 - The cuckoo's a fine bird, he sings as he flies; he brings us good tidings, he tells us no lies. He sucks little birds' eggs to make his voice clear; and when he sings „cuckoo!
Pàgina 85 - ... perspicacity. To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original combinations, and at once exerted the powers of the scholar, the reasoner, and the wit.