The London Quarterly Review, Volum 18Theodore Foster, 1818 |
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Pàgina 9
... brought him back from these aberrations . His wife obtained the love which she deserved ; and it is worthy of notice that when he tells us this , he alludes again to Leah and Jacob . Who could have thought that I should find a wife When ...
... brought him back from these aberrations . His wife obtained the love which she deserved ; and it is worthy of notice that when he tells us this , he alludes again to Leah and Jacob . Who could have thought that I should find a wife When ...
Pàgina 28
... brought back , no person knows how . Another tradition says , that he supplied Plymouth with water by art magic ; he rode thither from Dartmoor , and a stream of water followed his horse's heels . In this manner the skill in hydraulics ...
... brought back , no person knows how . Another tradition says , that he supplied Plymouth with water by art magic ; he rode thither from Dartmoor , and a stream of water followed his horse's heels . In this manner the skill in hydraulics ...
Pàgina 31
... brought them out of Egypt , and gave ears to the stone walls of Jericho , ' down to their present captivity under Sala- dine . The effect which this appeal ' produced in heaven is de- scribed by the poet in a manner which he supposed to ...
... brought them out of Egypt , and gave ears to the stone walls of Jericho , ' down to their present captivity under Sala- dine . The effect which this appeal ' produced in heaven is de- scribed by the poet in a manner which he supposed to ...
Pàgina 33
... brought , Kneaded with salt and butter was the paste , And more to please his palate as I thought , Sweetened with honey to the Poet's taste : Presenting this , I ventured to require A letter to Apollo for his favour , And , if he deign ...
... brought , Kneaded with salt and butter was the paste , And more to please his palate as I thought , Sweetened with honey to the Poet's taste : Presenting this , I ventured to require A letter to Apollo for his favour , And , if he deign ...
Pàgina 40
... brought forward . It was afterwards frequently used on similar occasions , and , in 1634 , Lopez published a volume under the title of Rimas Humanas y Divinas del Licenciado Tome de Burguillos . From the manner in which this character ...
... brought forward . It was afterwards frequently used on similar occasions , and , in 1634 , Lopez published a volume under the title of Rimas Humanas y Divinas del Licenciado Tome de Burguillos . From the manner in which this character ...
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Pàgina 383 - I thought I saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt Delighted and surprised, I embraced her; but as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they became livid with the hue of death ; her features appeared to change, and I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms ; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the grave-worms crawling in the folds of the flannel.
Pàgina 459 - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Pàgina 383 - He held up the curtain of the bed ; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks. He might have spoken, but I did not hear ; one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped, and rushed downstairs.
Pàgina 59 - The defeat of many Baillies and Braithwaites will not destroy them. I can ruin their resources by land, but I cannot dry up the sea ; and I must be first weary of a war in which I can gain nothing by fighting.
Pàgina 330 - Sleep breathes at last from out thee, My little patient boy ; And balmy rest about thee Smooths off the day's annoy. I sit me down, and think Of all thy winning ways : Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink, That I had less to praise.
Pàgina 382 - How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form? His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful.
Pàgina 458 - ... that indestructible love of flowers and odours, and dews and clear waters, and soft airs and sounds, and bright skies, and woodland solitudes, and moonlight bowers, which are the Material elements of Poetry, and that fine sense of their undefinable relation to mental emotion, which is its essence and vivifying Soul, and which...
Pàgina 234 - I knew nothing at all of Chemistry, had never read a syllable on the subject; nor seen a single experiment in it...
Pàgina 314 - The examination of a coral reef, during the different stages of one tide, is particularly interesting. When the tide has left it for some time, it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and...
Pàgina 382 - Beautiful! -Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips.