The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Svazek 1Nathan Drake Suttaby, Evance, and Company, 1811 |
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... death . The old woman , imagining her to be one of the ladies of the court , suffered her to deliver the message ; but it was the fairy who had foretold the misfortunes of Florella at her birth , and now assumed the likeness of one of ...
... death . The old woman , imagining her to be one of the ladies of the court , suffered her to deliver the message ; but it was the fairy who had foretold the misfortunes of Florella at her birth , and now assumed the likeness of one of ...
Strana 39
... Death , as animated beings , are ad- mirably drawn by Spenser , and afterwards by Milton , to move detestation and terror . The heroic pen and pencil equally conspire to preserve to men the memory of their illus- trious progenitors , to ...
... Death , as animated beings , are ad- mirably drawn by Spenser , and afterwards by Milton , to move detestation and terror . The heroic pen and pencil equally conspire to preserve to men the memory of their illus- trious progenitors , to ...
Strana 43
... martyr in the agonies of death , and next to it a lascivious Jupiter ; in one place a penitent Magdalene dis- solved in tears , and not far off a naked Venus : \ which is just as if one should see in NO . 6 . 43 THE GLEANER .
... martyr in the agonies of death , and next to it a lascivious Jupiter ; in one place a penitent Magdalene dis- solved in tears , and not far off a naked Venus : \ which is just as if one should see in NO . 6 . 43 THE GLEANER .
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... death should be a comfort . And yet , the long - protracted gazings , the paleness , the tremblings , and the ghastly distorted faces , of the poor departing strugglers ( who die with strong reluctance , and linger and lengthen out ...
... death should be a comfort . And yet , the long - protracted gazings , the paleness , the tremblings , and the ghastly distorted faces , of the poor departing strugglers ( who die with strong reluctance , and linger and lengthen out ...
Strana 69
... death , might not easily be appropriated to a number of petty crimes , which ever were , and ever must be , unavoidably frequent in all peopled places ; being the necessary consequences , either of the wants , or the depravity , of the ...
... death , might not easily be appropriated to a number of petty crimes , which ever were , and ever must be , unavoidably frequent in all peopled places ; being the necessary consequences , either of the wants , or the depravity , of the ...
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Strana 260 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Strana 182 - Where — taming thought to human pride !The mighty chiefs sleep side by side. Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, 'Twill trickle to his rival's bier ; O'er PITT'S the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound. The solemn echo seems to cry, ' Here let their discord with them die. Speak not for those a separate doom, Whom Fate made Brothers in the tomb ; But search the land of living men, Where wilt thou find their like agen...
Strana 328 - The quality of mercy is not strain'd, — It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd, — It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown...
Strana 122 - To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began.
Strana 53 - With quicken'd step, Brown night retires. Young day pours in apace, And opens all the lawny prospect wide. The dripping rock, the mountain's misty top, Swell on the sight, and brighten with the dawn.
Strana 4 - ... the Scriptures, and turning his thoughts upon the study of navigation, after the space of eighteen months he grew thoroughly reconciled to his condition.
Strana 182 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Strana 182 - Here, where the end of earthly things Lays heroes, patriots, bards, and kings ; Where stiff the hand, and still the tongue, Of those who fought, .and spoke, and sung ; Here, where the fretted aisles prolong The distant notes of holy song, As if some angel spoke agen, All peace on earth, good-will to men...
Strana 194 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.