The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners : with Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage, Volume 15proprieters., 1802 |
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Pagina 8
... mean degree of execution , on the violin , and has often surprised his friends by his skill and taste in painting . In the same year the DOCTOR AND APOTHECARY introduced the ever - to - be - lamented STEPHEN STORACE ; And in 1789 , the ...
... mean degree of execution , on the violin , and has often surprised his friends by his skill and taste in painting . In the same year the DOCTOR AND APOTHECARY introduced the ever - to - be - lamented STEPHEN STORACE ; And in 1789 , the ...
Pagina 11
... mean , that he entered into the spirit of our bard with intuitive felicity . In addition to his literary abilities , Mr. Paterson was , notwith- standing his advanced age , a most cheerful companion ; a very Yorick ; " a fellow of ...
... mean , that he entered into the spirit of our bard with intuitive felicity . In addition to his literary abilities , Mr. Paterson was , notwith- standing his advanced age , a most cheerful companion ; a very Yorick ; " a fellow of ...
Pagina 14
... mean , to have pointed out more coincidences , not to say imitations , that frequently occur in these poems unnoticed . We shall take a single piece , and remark those that strike us on a cursory reading . BRISTOWE TRAGEDIE , Or the ...
... mean , to have pointed out more coincidences , not to say imitations , that frequently occur in these poems unnoticed . We shall take a single piece , and remark those that strike us on a cursory reading . BRISTOWE TRAGEDIE , Or the ...
Pagina 17
... means conclude that he had any particular influence upon his pursuits . The life of Drummond was tinctured with misfortunes in early life , which had a predominant influence on all his succeeding years : and the regret attending the ...
... means conclude that he had any particular influence upon his pursuits . The life of Drummond was tinctured with misfortunes in early life , which had a predominant influence on all his succeeding years : and the regret attending the ...
Pagina 26
... means , which would at least retard , if not prevent such unusual and summary procedure ,, it was ne- cessary to be secret and expeditious . Accordingly , matters were concerted with address , and executed with promptitude . It happened ...
... means , which would at least retard , if not prevent such unusual and summary procedure ,, it was ne- cessary to be secret and expeditious . Accordingly , matters were concerted with address , and executed with promptitude . It happened ...
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Pagina 43 - O Hamlet, speak no more : Thou turn'st mine eyes into my very soul ; And there I see such black and grained spots As will not leave their tinct.
Pagina 380 - Ye woodlands all, awake : a boundless song Burst from the groves ! and when the restless day, Expiring, lays the warbling world asleep, Sweetest of birds, sweet Philomela, charm The listening shades, and teach the night His praise.
Pagina 20 - While from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind; But more advanc'd, behold with strange surprise New distant scenes of endless science rise!
Pagina 15 - Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life at a pin's fee; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself?
Pagina 386 - Though were his sight convey'd from zone to zone, He would not find one spot of ground his own, Yet, as he looks around, he cries with glee, These bounding prospects all were made for me : For me yon waving fields their...
Pagina 300 - I was occupied, or ought to have been, in the study of the law; from thirty-three to sixty I have spent my time in the country, where my reading has been only an apology for idleness, and where, when I had not either a magazine or a review, I was sometimes a carpenter, at others a birdcage maker, or a gardener, or a drawer of landscapes. At fifty years of age I commenced an author : — it is a whim that has served me longest and best, and will probably be my last.
Pagina 175 - Proofs of the Authenticity and Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures; a Summary of the History of the Jews ; an Account of the Jewish Sects ; and a brief Statement of the Contents of the several Books of the Old and New Testaments.
Pagina 407 - I answer: This extraordinary effect proceeds from that very eloquence, with which the melancholy scene is represented. The genius required to paint objects in a lively manner, the art employed in collecting all the pathetic circumstances, the judgment displayed in disposing them : the exercise, I say, of these noble talents, together with the force of expression, and beauty of oratorical numbers, diffuse the highest satisfaction on the audience, and excite the most delightful movements.
Pagina 407 - This idea, though weak and disguised, suffices to diminish the pain which we suffer from the misfortunes of those whom we love, and to reduce that affliction to such a pitch as converts it into a pleasure.
Pagina 106 - ... in the hospital, was the only measure which could be adopted. The physician, alarmed at the proposal, bold in the confidence of virtue and the cause of humanity, remonstrated vehemently, representing the cruelty as well as the atrocity of such a murder ; but finding that...