The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Svazek 1Nathan Drake Suttaby, Evance, and Company, 1811 |
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... whole should subserve the best interests of virtue . To conclude : it is my wish , that the Gleaner should form a valuable accompaniment to the Classical Essayists ; INTRODUCTION . vii Descriptions in poetry, the reason they please.
... whole should subserve the best interests of virtue . To conclude : it is my wish , that the Gleaner should form a valuable accompaniment to the Classical Essayists ; INTRODUCTION . vii Descriptions in poetry, the reason they please.
Strana 17
... substitutes in Windsor Park . The marks were so visible , and the truth so undisputed , that I had like to have affronted the whole family , VOL . I. с only by saying that I thought the impression a little .3 .סא 17 THE GLEANER.
... substitutes in Windsor Park . The marks were so visible , and the truth so undisputed , that I had like to have affronted the whole family , VOL . I. с only by saying that I thought the impression a little .3 .סא 17 THE GLEANER.
Strana 23
... after the sheep ; her whole amusement was to gather flowers , to dress her hair with them , to sing and to dance in the shade . The king of the country was a very powerful 1 king , and he had but one son , NO . 4 .. 23 THE GLEANER ,
... after the sheep ; her whole amusement was to gather flowers , to dress her hair with them , to sing and to dance in the shade . The king of the country was a very powerful 1 king , and he had but one son , NO . 4 .. 23 THE GLEANER ,
Strana 35
... whole soul is collected and exerted in the eyes , which sometimes flash with fury , and sometimes are transported with joy , or up - lifted with admiration : in one piece they are filled with horror and consternation , and in another ...
... whole soul is collected and exerted in the eyes , which sometimes flash with fury , and sometimes are transported with joy , or up - lifted with admiration : in one piece they are filled with horror and consternation , and in another ...
Strana 57
... whole day , with strict orders not to be disturbed ; then making him- self invisible with his ring , he would enlarge his wings with a touch , and traverse vast countries . By this power , he entered into very extraordi- nary wars , and ...
... whole day , with strict orders not to be disturbed ; then making him- self invisible with his ring , he would enlarge his wings with a touch , and traverse vast countries . By this power , he entered into very extraordi- nary wars , and ...
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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.