A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volumen3John Walker Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 |
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... perhaps , they may find the king's glory is their shame : his plenty , the people's misery ; and that the gaining an office , or a lit- tle money , is a poor reward for destroying a nation , which , if it were preserved in liberty and ...
... perhaps , they may find the king's glory is their shame : his plenty , the people's misery ; and that the gaining an office , or a lit- tle money , is a poor reward for destroying a nation , which , if it were preserved in liberty and ...
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... perhaps , the finest Titian you could desire to see ; and , of Guercino , I have no less than his famous picture of the Death of Dido , a composi- tion of twelve or fifteen figures . I propose , this ensuing autumn , making an excursion ...
... perhaps , the finest Titian you could desire to see ; and , of Guercino , I have no less than his famous picture of the Death of Dido , a composi- tion of twelve or fifteen figures . I propose , this ensuing autumn , making an excursion ...
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... perhaps it was too much so once but alas ! it now only serves to shew the uncertainty and frailty ' of all human dependance . This justly beloved child was snatched from us before we could hear of his illness . That fatal disease , the ...
... perhaps it was too much so once but alas ! it now only serves to shew the uncertainty and frailty ' of all human dependance . This justly beloved child was snatched from us before we could hear of his illness . That fatal disease , the ...
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... perhaps too much so , of the gloomy situation of my mind . I own the deplorable situation of the worthy man described in it was enough to add double severity to the hideous mansion .. At present , however , I have the happiness of ...
... perhaps too much so , of the gloomy situation of my mind . I own the deplorable situation of the worthy man described in it was enough to add double severity to the hideous mansion .. At present , however , I have the happiness of ...
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... perhaps no dis- honour upon themselves . But as I believe from the first , and have long experienced , that a trust of such a nature , and so understood , is no light undertaking , I have for some time perceived my health par- ticularly ...
... perhaps no dis- honour upon themselves . But as I believe from the first , and have long experienced , that a trust of such a nature , and so understood , is no light undertaking , I have for some time perceived my health par- ticularly ...
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Página 514 - ... the room he was in, he said, he knew to be but part of the house, yet he could not conceive that the whole house could look bigger.
Página 129 - I beg pardon that my paper is not finer, but I am forced to write from a coffee-house, where I am attending about business. There is a dirty crowd of busy faces all around me, talking of money ; while all my ambition, all my wealth, is love!
Página 513 - ... observe, that he might know them again; but having too many objects to learn at once, he forgot many of them; and (as he said) at first learned to know, and again forgot a thousand things in a day.
Página 402 - This was presently reported to the Duke of Buckingham, and a little after, to the king, who were both very curious to know the circumstance of...
Página 128 - How art thou, oh my soul, stolen from thyself ! how is all thy attention broken ! my books are blank paper, and my friends intruders. I have no hope of quiet but from your pity. To grant it, would make more for your triumph. To give pain is the tyranny, to make happy the true empire of beauty. If you would consider aright...
Página 192 - These are the great occasions which force the mind to take refuge in religion : when we have no help in ourselves, what can remain but that we look up to a higher and a greater Power ? and to what hope may we not raise our eyes and hearts, when we consider that the greatest POWER is the BEST?' Surely there is no man who, thus afflicted, does not seek succour in the gospel, which has brought life and immortality to light.
Página 114 - And now, sir, believe me, when I assure you, I never did nor ever will, on any pretence whatsoever, take more than the stated and customary fees of my office. I might keep the contrary practice concealed from the world, were I capable of it, but I could not from myself. And I hope I shall always fear the reproaches of my own heart more than those of all mankind.
Página 330 - This figure that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut, Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to out-do the life. O, could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass as he hath hit His face — the print would then surpass All that was ever writ in brass. But since he cannot, Reader, look Not on his picture, but his book.
Página 175 - Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least, you will, by such conduct, stand the best chance for such consequences.
Página 374 - You shall be taken from the place where you are, and be carried to the place from whence you came, and from thence to the place of execution, and there be severally hanged by your necks until you be dead. And the Lord have mercy on your souls.