The Etonian, Volumen2H.Colburn, and C.Knight, 1824 |
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... kind offer of enlisting him as a playmate in the amusements of his equals ? it is refused as the treache- rous lure of seduction . The ideas which he has formed of the seniors make them out to be a set of bullies and repro- bates ; and ...
... kind offer of enlisting him as a playmate in the amusements of his equals ? it is refused as the treache- rous lure of seduction . The ideas which he has formed of the seniors make them out to be a set of bullies and repro- bates ; and ...
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... only manly scent . Stinking'st of the stinking kind , Filth of the mouth , and fog of the mind , Africa , that brags her foyson , Breeds no such prodigious poison Henbane , nightshade , both together , Hemlock , aconite.- 22 THE ETONIAN .
... only manly scent . Stinking'st of the stinking kind , Filth of the mouth , and fog of the mind , Africa , that brags her foyson , Breeds no such prodigious poison Henbane , nightshade , both together , Hemlock , aconite.- 22 THE ETONIAN .
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... kind as well as degree ; and hence he denies the possibility of acting these plays , without materializing the creations of Imagination , and reducing Shakspeare , as far as he was Shakspeare , differing from all mankind in intenseness ...
... kind as well as degree ; and hence he denies the possibility of acting these plays , without materializing the creations of Imagination , and reducing Shakspeare , as far as he was Shakspeare , differing from all mankind in intenseness ...
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... kind of harlequin step before his patron , and , throwing himself into the attitude of a despairing maid- en , sang , in a ludicrously plaintive voice , some stanzas of a popular air , which may be thus modernized : " Oh ! I am drest in ...
... kind of harlequin step before his patron , and , throwing himself into the attitude of a despairing maid- en , sang , in a ludicrously plaintive voice , some stanzas of a popular air , which may be thus modernized : " Oh ! I am drest in ...
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... when , upon turning round , he be- held the heroes of my story , every appearance of this kind immediately vanished ; his brow was in a moment perfectly calm , and his look wore all the pliability THE KNIGHT AND THE KNAVE 53.
... when , upon turning round , he be- held the heroes of my story , every appearance of this kind immediately vanished ; his brow was in a moment perfectly calm , and his look wore all the pliability THE KNIGHT AND THE KNAVE 53.
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admiration amusement appeared beautiful Bellamy beneath blue bosom bright Caernarvon Castle Cantab character Charles Lamb charms Courtenay dark daughter dear delight dream dress Edward Overton Effie Elfrida Eton Etonian eyes face fair fancy father favour feelings friends gaze gentle gentleman give glance Golightly Guiscard hand happy hath head hear heard heart honour hope hour Kennet-hold King of Clubs Knave Lady laugh Leofwyn light lips look Lord Lothaire Lozell maiden Menedemus mind Moscow nature never night Norman Number o'er Oakley observed pain pleasure Poem Poet poetry racter raptures readers Reginald d'Arennes replied Robin round Sacrebleu Saxon scene seemed sigh Sigismunda silent smile song Sonnet sorrow soul speak spirit sweet Swinburne syllabub talk Tancred tears tell Thane thee thine thing thou art thou hast thought tion turbed turned voice Weathercock wish words young youth
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Página 97 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Página 26 - ... from the ordinary purposes of life, but exerting its powers, as the wind blows where it listeth, at will upon the corruptions and abuses of mankind. What have looks or tones to do with that sublime identification of his age with that of the heavens themselves, when, in his reproaches to them for conniving at the injustice of his children, he reminds them that
Página 26 - ... insignificant to be thought on; even as he himself neglects it. On the stage we see nothing but corporal infirmities and weakness, the impotence of rage; while we read it, we see not Lear, but we are Lear,— we are in his mind, we are sustained by a grandeur which baffles the malice of daughters and storms; in the aberrations of his reason, we discover a mighty irregular power of reasoning, immethodized from the ordinary purposes of life, but exerting its powers, as the wind blows where it listeth,...
Página 23 - Though it be, as they, perforce, Guiltless of the sad divorce. For I must (nor let it grieve thee, Friendliest of plants, that I must) leave thee. For thy sake, Tobacco, I Would do anything but die, And but seek to extend my days Long enough to sing thy praise.
Página 26 - A happy ending ! — as if the living martyrdom that Lear had gone through — the flaying of his feelings alive, did not make a fair dismissal from the stage of life the only decorous thing for him.
Página 197 - With head up-raised, and look intent, And eye and ear attentive bent, And locks flung back, and lips apart, Like monument of Grecian art, In listening mood, she seemed to stand The guardian Naiad of the strand.
Página 35 - Some flow'rets of Eden ye still inherit, But the trail of the serpent is over them all!
Página 8 - Ishmael among commentators, — his hand was against every man and every man's hand was against him.
Página 20 - A month or more hath she been dead, Yet cannot I by force be led To think upon the wormy bed And her together. A springy motion in her gait, A rising step, did indicate Of pride and joy no common rate, That...
Página 24 - Any title of her state, Though a widow, or divorced, So I, from thy converse forced, The old name and style retain, A right Katherine of Spain ; And a seat, too, 'mongst the joys Of the blest Tobacco...