The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage ..., 6. kötetproprietors, 1809 |
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11. oldal
... occasion ; he , alluding to his daughter's dishonour , and her reward , said " Why ! His ma jesty has created my daughter a countess , I cannot , therefore , do less than assist in making his a queen . " As the regal power was jointly ...
... occasion ; he , alluding to his daughter's dishonour , and her reward , said " Why ! His ma jesty has created my daughter a countess , I cannot , therefore , do less than assist in making his a queen . " As the regal power was jointly ...
18. oldal
... occasions to admire the propriety of her domestic conduct , and to know and appreciate the warmth with which all the social affections glow in her breast . She was a repentant child , seeking shelter under a paternal roof , and ...
... occasions to admire the propriety of her domestic conduct , and to know and appreciate the warmth with which all the social affections glow in her breast . She was a repentant child , seeking shelter under a paternal roof , and ...
30. oldal
... occasion to employ Seymour the painter , at Petworth , his grace was violently of- fended at the artist , for ... occasions , the spectators cannot help sharing in the bitterness of the virgin's sorrow . One day , the preacher , having ...
... occasion to employ Seymour the painter , at Petworth , his grace was violently of- fended at the artist , for ... occasions , the spectators cannot help sharing in the bitterness of the virgin's sorrow . One day , the preacher , having ...
45. oldal
... occasion the parts of Sir Charles and Lady Racket , Drugget , and Dimity , were filled , for the first time , by Mr. Jones , Mrs. Glover , Mr. Mathews , and Mrs. Gibbs . It would be gross flattery to say that we never saw Sir Charles ...
... occasion the parts of Sir Charles and Lady Racket , Drugget , and Dimity , were filled , for the first time , by Mr. Jones , Mrs. Glover , Mr. Mathews , and Mrs. Gibbs . It would be gross flattery to say that we never saw Sir Charles ...
52. oldal
... occasion we shall borrow two of many similar sentences from an ingenious contemporary critic . Of the contents of the letter he says , they " convince us of nothing but the writer's consummate vanity . " ( By the word writer he is ...
... occasion we shall borrow two of many similar sentences from an ingenious contemporary critic . Of the contents of the letter he says , they " convince us of nothing but the writer's consummate vanity . " ( By the word writer he is ...
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99. oldal - To select a singular event, and swell it to a giant's bulk by fabulous appendages of spectres and predictions, has little difficulty; for he that forsakes the probable may always find the marvellous. And it has little use: we are affected only as we believe; we are improved only as we find something to be imitated or declined. I do not see that The Bard promotes any truth, moral or political.
24. oldal - ... fell asleep. Before he awoke, two ladies, who were foreigners, passed by in a carriage. Agreeably astonished at the loveliness of his appearance, they alighted, and having admired him (as they thought) unperceived, for some time, the youngest, who was very handsome, drew a pencil from her pocket, and having written some lines upon a piece of paper, put it with her trembling hand into his own.
102. oldal - ... interlude, tragedy, comedy, opera, play, farce or other entertainment of the stage...
170. oldal - And level pavement: from the arched roof, Pendent by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky.
39. oldal - A WIFE, domestic, good, and pure, Like snail should keep within her door— But not like snail in silver'd track, Place all her wealth upon her back.
76. oldal - Is sillier than a sottish chouse, Who, when a thief has robb'd his house, Applies himself to cunning men, To help him to his goods again...
287. oldal - Oh thou ! with whom my heart was wont to share From Reason's dawn each pleasure and each care ; With whom, alas! I fondly hoped to know The humble walks of happiness below; If thy blest nature now unites above An angel's pity with a brother's love, Still o'er my life preserve thy mild...
27. oldal - ... laid against a king's life. He regularly joined the royal hounds, put himself foremost, and took the most desperate leaps, in the hope that William might break his neck in following him. One day, however, he accomplished one so imminently hazardous, that the king when he came to the spot shook his head and drew back.
227. oldal - Your trifle's no trifle, I ween, To customers prudent as I am ; Your peas in December are green, But I'm not so green as to buy 'em. • With ven'son I seldom am fed — Go bring me the sirloin, you ninny ; Who dines at a guinea a head Will ne'er by his head get a guinea...
171. oldal - A shout that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night.