The Port Folio, Volúmenes5-6Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1808 |
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... scene in which he acted , we can profit no more in conversing with the most eminent , than with the most trifling characters . St. Augustine wished to have seen Rome in all its glory , and to have conversed with the most eminent men of ...
... scene in which he acted , we can profit no more in conversing with the most eminent , than with the most trifling characters . St. Augustine wished to have seen Rome in all its glory , and to have conversed with the most eminent men of ...
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... scene was beautifully varied , the village is pleasantly situated , a branch of the Lehigh passes along its borders ... scenes with which we were familiarised , by local at- tachment and youthful prediliction . A swift current seemed ...
... scene was beautifully varied , the village is pleasantly situated , a branch of the Lehigh passes along its borders ... scenes with which we were familiarised , by local at- tachment and youthful prediliction . A swift current seemed ...
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... scene was lightened by Friendship ; and hospitality offered its warmest welcome . Childhood's mirthful re- trospect , and the pensive shadows of maturer life now filled up the fleeting hour . The next day we came to the turnpike , and ...
... scene was lightened by Friendship ; and hospitality offered its warmest welcome . Childhood's mirthful re- trospect , and the pensive shadows of maturer life now filled up the fleeting hour . The next day we came to the turnpike , and ...
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... scene of our first meeting . On the table , where her arm had frequently rest- ed , I carved these words : When my love here her form reclines , May Zephyr waft his genial winds : And ye , rough boughs more closely grow , To shield her ...
... scene of our first meeting . On the table , where her arm had frequently rest- ed , I carved these words : When my love here her form reclines , May Zephyr waft his genial winds : And ye , rough boughs more closely grow , To shield her ...
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... . In theatres , the scene is wont to pass From gloomy tragedy to cheerful farce : Ah ! me , thy life a varied order chose— With farce to open , tragedy to close . Vol . V. MISCELLANY . For The Port Folio . 32 THE PORT FOLIO .
... . In theatres , the scene is wont to pass From gloomy tragedy to cheerful farce : Ah ! me , thy life a varied order chose— With farce to open , tragedy to close . Vol . V. MISCELLANY . For The Port Folio . 32 THE PORT FOLIO .
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Página 31 - And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more.
Página 98 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild...
Página 235 - Old Kaspar took it from the boy Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh "Tis some poor fellow's skull,' said he, 'Who fell in the great victory.
Página 132 - But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do : for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them : for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Página 217 - Celestial odours breathe through purpled air; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light...
Página 235 - It was a summer evening, Old Kaspar's work was done, And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun, And by him sported on the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine.
Página 296 - Turn to learning and gaming, religion and raking. With the love of a wench, let his writings be chaste ; Tip his tongue with strange matter, his pen with fine taste ; That the rake and the poet o'er all may prevail, Set fire to the head, and set fire to the tail. For the joy of each sex, on the world I'll bestow it. This scholar, rake, Christian, dupe, gamester, and poet ; Though a mixture so odd, he shall merit great fame, And among brother mortals — be GOLDSMITH his name : When on earth this...
Página 98 - But neither breath of morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds, nor rising sun On this delightful land, nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew, nor fragrance after showers, Nor grateful evening mild, nor silent night With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight without thee is sweet.
Página 294 - His mind resembled a fertile, but thin soil. There was a quick, but not a strong vegetation of whatever chanced to be thrown upon it. No deep root could be struck. The oak of the forest did not grow there ; but the elegant shrubbery and the fragrant parterre appeared in gay succession.
Página 152 - that if ever " there was a good Christian, without knowing himself " to be so, it was Dr. Garth," seems not able to deny what he is angry to hear, and loth to confess.