The St. Peterburg English Review, Том 3S. Warrand 1842 |
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... remained on board the frigate , that British valour had , as usual , been crowned with complete success , and that their comrades were masters of the brig . The vessel thus fairly in our possession , the tower began to blaze away at us ...
... remained on board the frigate , that British valour had , as usual , been crowned with complete success , and that their comrades were masters of the brig . The vessel thus fairly in our possession , the tower began to blaze away at us ...
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... remained for the purpose of giving the coup de grace to the fort . For this purpose we had sausage or canvas hose , about eight yards long , filled with powder , and a port - fire at the end of it , calculated to burn half a minute ...
... remained for the purpose of giving the coup de grace to the fort . For this purpose we had sausage or canvas hose , about eight yards long , filled with powder , and a port - fire at the end of it , calculated to burn half a minute ...
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... remained only the account to settle with the landlord of the Adler ; and as English families rarely stopped at that wretched inn , the amount of the bill was quite as extraordi- nary . Never was there such a realization of the large ...
... remained only the account to settle with the landlord of the Adler ; and as English families rarely stopped at that wretched inn , the amount of the bill was quite as extraordi- nary . Never was there such a realization of the large ...
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... remained , and one man man shall I call him ? one of the strangest - looking beings , with clothes fitting tight to his body , a black thing like a cauldron on his head , with a white face and smooth chin ; and there he stood , sword in ...
... remained , and one man man shall I call him ? one of the strangest - looking beings , with clothes fitting tight to his body , a black thing like a cauldron on his head , with a white face and smooth chin ; and there he stood , sword in ...
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... Procopius de- clines to record , that he may not furnish examples of inhu- manity to future ages . The Wisi - Goths remained lords of the Peninsula , and soon after the establishment of their kingdom we find the Jews 160 ENGLISH REVIEW .
... Procopius de- clines to record , that he may not furnish examples of inhu- manity to future ages . The Wisi - Goths remained lords of the Peninsula , and soon after the establishment of their kingdom we find the Jews 160 ENGLISH REVIEW .
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Страница 83 - twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;} " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.
Страница 231 - He is a middle-sized, spare man, about forty years old, of a brown complexion and darkbrown coloured hair, but wears a wig ; a hooked nose, a sharp chin, grey eyes, and a large mole near his mouth...
Страница 92 - The man that lays his hand upon a woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch Whom 'twere gross flattery to name a coward.— I'll talk to you, lady, but not beat you.
Страница 118 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Страница 174 - Fear ye not me? Saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Страница 30 - But, gracious God, how well dost Thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ! Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O teach me to believe Thee thus concealed, And search no farther than Thyself revealed ; But her alone for my director take, Whom Thou hast promised never to forsake...
Страница 37 - For mine is the lay that lightly floats, And mine are the murmuring, dying notes, That fall as soft as snow on the sea, And melt in the heart as instantly...
Страница 27 - Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart ; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord.
Страница 373 - Would gambol from. Mother, for love of grace, Lay not that flattering unction to your soul...
Страница 27 - So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks, Or at the ear of Eve, familiar...