Old England and New England: In a Series of Views Taken on the Spot, Band 2R. Bentley, 1853 |
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... chance to learn , we should take the first fitting opportunity to impart ; and accordingly , having obtained some information , we take the liberty of communicating the amount of it . The American Stage can boast of few chroniclers ...
... chance to learn , we should take the first fitting opportunity to impart ; and accordingly , having obtained some information , we take the liberty of communicating the amount of it . The American Stage can boast of few chroniclers ...
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... chance of success , through the moderate expectation of its pro- fessors . The establishment of Drury Lane , being at present exclusively devoted to opera and ballet , would require considerable reinforcement to admit of your ...
... chance of success , through the moderate expectation of its pro- fessors . The establishment of Drury Lane , being at present exclusively devoted to opera and ballet , would require considerable reinforcement to admit of your ...
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... chance of thriving if he were to begin business after confinement in the Penitentiary . This unhappy species of irritability is carried to such a degree here , that if you express an unfavourable opinion of anything , the people are ...
... chance of thriving if he were to begin business after confinement in the Penitentiary . This unhappy species of irritability is carried to such a degree here , that if you express an unfavourable opinion of anything , the people are ...
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... chance Braham had of being believed , was through an application to his attorney ! Henry Phillips , in 1844 , introduced that pure style of singing of which he is so eminent a professor ; and whether as an artiste ( both with voice and ...
... chance Braham had of being believed , was through an application to his attorney ! Henry Phillips , in 1844 , introduced that pure style of singing of which he is so eminent a professor ; and whether as an artiste ( both with voice and ...
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... chance of turning a penny , “ quocunque modo rem ; " and that , like a shrewd man of busi- ness , he set to work betimes . He engaged what in the United States are denominated agents , whose duty it was to prepare the way of the lady ...
... chance of turning a penny , “ quocunque modo rem ; " and that , like a shrewd man of busi- ness , he set to work betimes . He engaged what in the United States are denominated agents , whose duty it was to prepare the way of the lady ...
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Seite 177 - And from Shakespeare she gained a great store of information amongst the rest, that -'Trifles light as air, Are, to the jealous, confirmation strong, As proofs of Holy Writ.
Seite 160 - Hues which have words, and speak to ye of heaven, Floats o'er this vast and wondrous monument, And shadows forth its glory. There is given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, A spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower.
Seite 3 - By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection...
Seite 137 - I candidly confess that I have ever looked on Cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our system of States. The control which, with Florida Point, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico, and the countries and isthmus bordering on it, as well as all those whose waters flow into it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being.
Seite 317 - ... of your family depending on an adherence to the principles that enthroned it ; for the safety and welfare of your kingdoms and dominions, threatened with almost unavoidable dangers and distresses ; that your majesty, as the loving father of your whole people, connected by the same bonds of law', loyalty, faith, and blood, though dwelling in various countries, will not suffer the transcendent relation formed by these ties, to be further violated, in uncertain expectation of effects, which, if...
Seite 32 - Government, the other half to him or them that shall inform or sue for the same...
Seite 120 - O you ! whom vanity's light bark conveys On fame's mad voyage by the wind of praise, With what a shifting gale your course you ply, For ever sunk too low, or born too high ! Who pants for glory finds but short repose, A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.
Seite 317 - Permit us, then, most gracious Sovereign, in the name of all your faithful people in America, with the utmost humility, to implore you, for the honor of Almighty God, whose pure religion our enemies are undermining...
Seite 154 - HILL.] (3) [The plan of going to bed early, and rising betimes, has been called the golden rule for the attainment of health and long life.
Seite 317 - We, therefore, most earnestly beseech your majesty that your royal authority and interposition may be used for our relief, and that a gracious answer may be given to this petition.