The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, Volum 62Henry Colburn, 1841 |
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Pàgina 4
if she did not hear from Mrs. Smylar in the morning , to take upon her- self the task of enlightening the colonel upon that most interesting subject . She did not hear from Mrs. Smylar , nor was she likely ever to hear from her upon any ...
if she did not hear from Mrs. Smylar in the morning , to take upon her- self the task of enlightening the colonel upon that most interesting subject . She did not hear from Mrs. Smylar , nor was she likely ever to hear from her upon any ...
Pàgina 6
... morning . Smylar was agitated . The least additional touch of rouge was considered necessary to enable her to meet the gaze of the colonel , and an extra bite of the lips to give them the ruddiness which the gal- lant and disagreeable ...
... morning . Smylar was agitated . The least additional touch of rouge was considered necessary to enable her to meet the gaze of the colonel , and an extra bite of the lips to give them the ruddiness which the gal- lant and disagreeable ...
Pàgina 11
... morning visit for years , felt almost frightened at his approach . " My dear father ! " said Jane , running to meet him as he entered the room , " what has happened ? " " Nothing , " said the colonel , " nothing has nappened ; only as I ...
... morning visit for years , felt almost frightened at his approach . " My dear father ! " said Jane , running to meet him as he entered the room , " what has happened ? " " Nothing , " said the colonel , " nothing has nappened ; only as I ...
Pàgina 13
... morning , for he is alone with his homme d'affaires , settling his late uncle's estates , and all that ; and he thought he might perhaps be useful to him , if not in business , at least in diverting his mind while he was an invalid ...
... morning , for he is alone with his homme d'affaires , settling his late uncle's estates , and all that ; and he thought he might perhaps be useful to him , if not in business , at least in diverting his mind while he was an invalid ...
Pàgina 31
... morning , on the height at the back of the castle of St. Elmo : and unsheathing their swords , commenced the attack . It was soon evident to the seconds , that the French officer was the most practised fencer ; and although Fitzgerald ...
... morning , on the height at the back of the castle of St. Elmo : and unsheathing their swords , commenced the attack . It was soon evident to the seconds , that the French officer was the most practised fencer ; and although Fitzgerald ...
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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.