Walker's Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge

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R. Gibson, 1807

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360. oldal - ... history of every wound, and grow themselves soldiers before they find strength for the field. But this were nothing, did we not feel the alternate insolence of...
201. oldal - He used to wear the common Corsican habit, but on the arrival of the French he thought a little external elegance might be of use to make the government appear in a more respectable light.
360. oldal - Sire, that it seems unbecoming my sex, in this age of vicious refinement, to feel for one's country, to lament the horrors of war, or wish for the return of peace.
627. oldal - Long may this loved bower remain — Here may we three meet again. When the dreams of life are fled; When its wasted lamps are dead ; When in cold oblivion's shade Beauty, wealth, and fame are laid, — Where immortal spirits reign, There may we three meet again.
360. oldal - It was but a very few years ago, that this territory wore the most pleasing appearance. The country was cultivated, the peasant looked cheerful, and the towns abounded with riches and festivity!
375. oldal - Brutus shed, His hatred warr'd not with the dead — And Pitt was once thy friend. Does Envy bid thee not to mourn ? Hold, then, his Mantle up to scorn, His well-earn'd fame assail : Of funeral honours strip his corse, And at his virtues, till thou'rt hoarse Like curst Thersites rail...
218. oldal - ... far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world but in that which is to come.
34. oldal - The Duke, by this time perfectly awake, was staggered at the impossibility of receiving intelligence from Madrid in so short a space of time and perplexed at the absurdity of a king's messenger applying for his son-in-law to succeed the king of Spain: "Is the man drunk, or...
201. oldal - I allowed myself to indulge a momentary pride in this parade, as I was curious to experience what could really be the pleasure of state and distinction with which mankind are so strangely intoxicated.
33. oldal - Bless him, for a worthy and honest gentleman," cried our applicant for the vacant post, smiling and nodding with approbation, at the Prime Minister's kindness, "how punctual his Grace is; I knew he would not deceive me; let me hear no more of lords and dukes not keeping their words; I verily believe they are as honest and mean as well as any other folks.

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