The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage ..., 6. kötetproprietors, 1809 |
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5. oldal
... will be easy , as the life of this gentleman has frequently been written , and we have only to make such selec- tions as suit our space , while we correct and improve what has preceded the present date , by the documents with which △ 2 ...
... will be easy , as the life of this gentleman has frequently been written , and we have only to make such selec- tions as suit our space , while we correct and improve what has preceded the present date , by the documents with which △ 2 ...
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With Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage ... preceded the present date , by the documents with which we have been favoured . ROBERT JOHN THORNTON , M. D. may , like him in Homer , glory in the father that begot him . He is the son of ...
With Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage ... preceded the present date , by the documents with which we have been favoured . ROBERT JOHN THORNTON , M. D. may , like him in Homer , glory in the father that begot him . He is the son of ...
7. oldal
... present State in England ; in which their National Import- ance , and several Pursuits , are briefly stated and considered . " At that period the Shakspeare , Historic , and Poet's Gallery did not exist . His next work was a compilation ...
... present State in England ; in which their National Import- ance , and several Pursuits , are briefly stated and considered . " At that period the Shakspeare , Historic , and Poet's Gallery did not exist . His next work was a compilation ...
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... . Mr. Valentine Green has been unfortunate from the present state of Europe so detrimental to artists , and he has been a great sufferer by the baseness of a partner . " ON THE REGALIA OF ENGLAND . ' BY THE REV THE MONTHLY MIRROR .
... . Mr. Valentine Green has been unfortunate from the present state of Europe so detrimental to artists , and he has been a great sufferer by the baseness of a partner . " ON THE REGALIA OF ENGLAND . ' BY THE REV THE MONTHLY MIRROR .
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... present ; but I distinguish , and I confess it with sorrow , that a youth with less merit , and more frivolity , has in my opinion ne- ver disgraced any generation of civilized and enlightened people . Even that gallantry towards the ...
... present ; but I distinguish , and I confess it with sorrow , that a youth with less merit , and more frivolity , has in my opinion ne- ver disgraced any generation of civilized and enlightened people . Even that gallantry towards the ...
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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.