The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage ..., 6. kötetproprietors, 1809 |
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16. oldal
... tion to the ladies , but rather the most marked neglect . Mr. BURKE has said that the age of chivalry is gone — it is true - every vestige of it , even to the meanest species of gallantry . What are their sports ? In a time of war , the ...
... tion to the ladies , but rather the most marked neglect . Mr. BURKE has said that the age of chivalry is gone — it is true - every vestige of it , even to the meanest species of gallantry . What are their sports ? In a time of war , the ...
19. oldal
... tion to throw herself upon the mercy of her father , wavered ; she remembered his stern and unforgiving temper . She lost much of that conviction , which had before supported her , that he would receive her . We lingered on the road ...
... tion to throw herself upon the mercy of her father , wavered ; she remembered his stern and unforgiving temper . She lost much of that conviction , which had before supported her , that he would receive her . We lingered on the road ...
20. oldal
... tion of the fair partner of our way . My companion , more lo- cally acquainted with the place , and with the depredations and outrages for which the spot was noted , partook in some measure of her alarm , and suddenly turned down a ...
... tion of the fair partner of our way . My companion , more lo- cally acquainted with the place , and with the depredations and outrages for which the spot was noted , partook in some measure of her alarm , and suddenly turned down a ...
25. oldal
... tion , the man did as he was ordered . This was no sooner performed , than a second called out , Here you , take out my eye . ' Lord sir , ' said the waiter , ' your eye ! ' ' Yes , my eye . Come here you stupid D - VOL . VI ...
... tion , the man did as he was ordered . This was no sooner performed , than a second called out , Here you , take out my eye . ' Lord sir , ' said the waiter , ' your eye ! ' ' Yes , my eye . Come here you stupid D - VOL . VI ...
31. oldal
... tion to be written above his door : Let nothing bad enter this door . " ' And where , ' said Diogenes , shall the master of the house enter ? " P. 192 . " A West - Indian , who had a remarkably fiery nose , having fallen asleep in his ...
... tion to be written above his door : Let nothing bad enter this door . " ' And where , ' said Diogenes , shall the master of the house enter ? " P. 192 . " A West - Indian , who had a remarkably fiery nose , having fallen asleep in his ...
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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.