The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Volum 1Nathan Drake Suttaby, Evance, and Company, 1811 |
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Pàgina iii
... proving more numerous than I had , at first , reason to expect , it occurred to me , that , by throwing them together , under the advantages of a proper arrangement , their merits , now lost and buried in the surrounding crude mass of ...
... proving more numerous than I had , at first , reason to expect , it occurred to me , that , by throwing them together , under the advantages of a proper arrangement , their merits , now lost and buried in the surrounding crude mass of ...
Pàgina 27
... assumed the likeness of one of Invidessa's attendants . She desired the company to retire a while , and then spoke thus to Florella in secret : " Are symme- you willing to renounce that beauty which has proved 2 No. 4 . 27 THE GLEANER.
... assumed the likeness of one of Invidessa's attendants . She desired the company to retire a while , and then spoke thus to Florella in secret : " Are symme- you willing to renounce that beauty which has proved 2 No. 4 . 27 THE GLEANER.
Pàgina 28
... proved so fatal to you ? are you willing to quit the title of queen , to put on your former habit , and to return to your village ? " Florella was transported at the offer . Thereupon the fairy applied an enchanted vizard to her face ...
... proved so fatal to you ? are you willing to quit the title of queen , to put on your former habit , and to return to your village ? " Florella was transported at the offer . Thereupon the fairy applied an enchanted vizard to her face ...
Pàgina 60
... proved his misery . He returned the ring , and desired his wings might be taken from him . The remaining days of his life he passed in bitterness and grief , knowing no other consolation but to weep per- petually over Clarinda's tomb ...
... proved his misery . He returned the ring , and desired his wings might be taken from him . The remaining days of his life he passed in bitterness and grief , knowing no other consolation but to weep per- petually over Clarinda's tomb ...
Pàgina 114
... proving and convincing by argu- ments , as well as of refuting adversaries ; in which no man was ever so great a proficient . She attained to a more perfect knowledge of astronomy , of geometry , and of the propor- tions of numbers ...
... proving and convincing by argu- ments , as well as of refuting adversaries ; in which no man was ever so great a proficient . She attained to a more perfect knowledge of astronomy , of geometry , and of the propor- tions of numbers ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 260 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Pàgina 182 - Where — taming thought to human pride !The mighty chiefs sleep side by side. Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, 'Twill trickle to his rival's bier ; O'er PITT'S the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound. The solemn echo seems to cry, ' Here let their discord with them die. Speak not for those a separate doom, Whom Fate made Brothers in the tomb ; But search the land of living men, Where wilt thou find their like agen...
Pàgina 328 - The quality of mercy is not strain'd, — It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd, — It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown...
Pàgina 122 - To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began.
Pàgina 53 - With quicken'd step, Brown night retires. Young day pours in apace, And opens all the lawny prospect wide. The dripping rock, the mountain's misty top, Swell on the sight, and brighten with the dawn.
Pàgina 4 - ... the Scriptures, and turning his thoughts upon the study of navigation, after the space of eighteen months he grew thoroughly reconciled to his condition.
Pàgina 182 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Pàgina 182 - Here, where the end of earthly things Lays heroes, patriots, bards, and kings ; Where stiff the hand, and still the tongue, Of those who fought, .and spoke, and sung ; Here, where the fretted aisles prolong The distant notes of holy song, As if some angel spoke agen, All peace on earth, good-will to men...
Pàgina 194 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.