Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Bände 11-12W. Orr, 1849 |
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... look at him . As the sonorous words fell on his ear , he was grasping ner- vously with shaking hands at the front of the dock . He appeared stunned , bewildered , as a man but half awakened from a hideous dream might be supposed to look ...
... look at him . As the sonorous words fell on his ear , he was grasping ner- vously with shaking hands at the front of the dock . He appeared stunned , bewildered , as a man but half awakened from a hideous dream might be supposed to look ...
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... look upon it as a freak . The Ptilonorhynchus holosericus , from THERE is a secret in this subject of work practically its singular habits , has received the name of Satin Bower - known to multitudes , which it yet so happens is seldom ...
... look upon it as a freak . The Ptilonorhynchus holosericus , from THERE is a secret in this subject of work practically its singular habits , has received the name of Satin Bower - known to multitudes , which it yet so happens is seldom ...
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... look with a sort of exclusiveness on their younger brother , of whom M. de Theminay was not in the least proud . His mother had got her own way for once , in calling him by the old peasant name of Justin ; and he had grown up neither ...
... look with a sort of exclusiveness on their younger brother , of whom M. de Theminay was not in the least proud . His mother had got her own way for once , in calling him by the old peasant name of Justin ; and he had grown up neither ...
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... looks now , being of a deep nankeen colour , from the effects of the singeing , put into his hands to bleach , would have driven a Dutchman almost to despair half a century ago ; and it does in fact look as if we had made a step farther ...
... looks now , being of a deep nankeen colour , from the effects of the singeing , put into his hands to bleach , would have driven a Dutchman almost to despair half a century ago ; and it does in fact look as if we had made a step farther ...
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... look to two kinds of colouring matter in the cloth : one soluble , and removable by solution in alkaline liquors ; the other insoluble , and only to be removed by making up its chemical composition under the influence , it has been ...
... look to two kinds of colouring matter in the cloth : one soluble , and removable by solution in alkaline liquors ; the other insoluble , and only to be removed by making up its chemical composition under the influence , it has been ...
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Seite 328 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Seite 112 - Age, that bough with snows encumbered. Gather, then, each flower that grows, When the young heart overflows, To embalm that tent of snows. Bear a lily in thy hand; Gates of brass cannot withstand One touch of that magic wand. Bear through sorrow, wrong, and ruth, In thy heart the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth.
Seite 35 - James's Park where fops congregated, their heads and shoulders covered with black or flaxen wigs, not less ample than those which are now worn by the Chancellor and by the Speaker of the House of Commons. The wig came from Paris; and so did the rest of the fine gentleman's ornaments, his embroidered coat, his fringed gloves, and the tassel which upheld his pantaloons.
Seite 189 - Also, for that it is undecent to crowd up myself with my gentleman usher in my coach, I will have him to have a convenient horse, to attend me, either in city or country. And I must have two footmen. And my desire is that you defray all the charges for me. And for myself, besides my yearly allowance, I would have twenty gowns of apparel, six of them excellent good ones, eight of them for the country, and six other of them very excellent good ones.
Seite 112 - Thou whose locks outshine the sun, Golden tresses, wreathed in one, As the braided streamlets run ! Standing, with reluctant feet, Where the brook and river meet, Womanhood and childhood fleet...
Seite 328 - Methought I heard a voice cry " Sleep no more ! Macbeth does murder sleep" — the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast, — Lady M.
Seite 62 - ... worth of gold; and Mr. Lyman, a gentleman of education and worthy of every credit, said he had been engaged, with four others, with a machine, on the American Fork, just below Sutter's saw-mill, that they worked eight days, and that his share was at the rate of fifty dollars a day...
Seite 189 - Also I would, besides that allowance, have L.600 quarterly to be paid, for the performance of charitable works : and those things I would not, neither will be accountable for. Also, I will have three horses for my own saddle, that none shall dare to lend or borrow ; none lend but I, none borrow but you.
Seite 328 - Let me have men about me that are fat ; Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o' nights. Yond' Cassius has a lean and hungry look ; He thinks too much : such men are dangerous.
Seite 59 - Under each picture were engraved, in characters filled up with bright copper, inscriptions describing the scenes represented. Above the sculptures were painted other events — the king, attended by his eunuchs and warriors, receiving his prisoners, entering into alliances with other monarchs, or performing some sacred duty. These representations were enclosed in colored borders of elaborate and elegant design.