The Siamese Twins: A Satirical Tale of the Times. With Other PoemsJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 308 páginas |
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... Has not a new impetus been given to the age ? Do not new feelings require to be expressed ? and are there not new readers to be propitiated , who , sharing but in a feeble ! degree the former enthusiasm , will turn , nor PREFACE . vü.
... Has not a new impetus been given to the age ? Do not new feelings require to be expressed ? and are there not new readers to be propitiated , who , sharing but in a feeble ! degree the former enthusiasm , will turn , nor PREFACE . vü.
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... Reader ; To him ev'n Satire's self must learn To sink the accuser in the Pleader . Forgive a Muse who long hath dwelt From ladies of her tribe too distant , Nor learn'd how like thoughts never felt , To things that never were existent ...
... Reader ; To him ev'n Satire's self must learn To sink the accuser in the Pleader . Forgive a Muse who long hath dwelt From ladies of her tribe too distant , Nor learn'd how like thoughts never felt , To things that never were existent ...
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... reader - not like us ! the way At Bancok ' s always to look down on Whatever Nature may betray The smallest preresolve to frown on . I leave you to conceive the scene ! The Siam parson's face serene : * Sunday . Mr. Sadler , on whom his ...
... reader - not like us ! the way At Bancok ' s always to look down on Whatever Nature may betray The smallest preresolve to frown on . I leave you to conceive the scene ! The Siam parson's face serene : * Sunday . Mr. Sadler , on whom his ...
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... readers , you May note at times the charming writer Improves his tone , and at some new Chàpter , grows suddenly politer ; Makes female excellence his care , And dashes off , “ Ye British Fair ! " This plan resolved to follow him in ...
... readers , you May note at times the charming writer Improves his tone , and at some new Chàpter , grows suddenly politer ; Makes female excellence his care , And dashes off , “ Ye British Fair ! " This plan resolved to follow him in ...
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... reader will bear in mind , that both in the Boudhic and Hindoo superstitions , the time of the new moon is one of peculiar and mystic power . “ On each side of the river ( Menam ) there was a row of floating habitations resting on rafts ...
... reader will bear in mind , that both in the Boudhic and Hindoo superstitions , the time of the new moon is one of peculiar and mystic power . “ On each side of the river ( Menam ) there was a row of floating habitations resting on rafts ...
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Página 277 - CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Página 306 - The utmost care will be taken, not only to exclude whatever can have an injurious influence on the mind, but to embrace every thing calculated to strengthen the best and most salutary impressions.
Página 281 - Tunes her nocturnal note: thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Página 306 - Every distinct subject will in general be comprehended in one volume, or at most in three volumes, which may form either a portion of the series or a complete work by itself; and each volume will be embellished with appropriate engravings. The entire series will be the production of authors of eminence, who have acquired celebrity by their literary labours, and whose names...
Página 251 - The design of this poem," says Sir EB Lytton, in a prefatory note, " is that of a picture. It is intended to portray the great patriot poet in the three cardinal divisions of life — youth, manhood, and age. The first part is founded upon the well-known though ill-authenticated tradition of the Italian lady or ladies seeing Milton asleep under a tree in the gardens of his college, and leaving some tributary verses beside the sleeper. Taking full advantage of this legend, and presuming to infer from...