The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Том 21J. Limbird, 1833 Containing original essays; historical narratives, biographical memoirs, sketches of society, topographical descriptions, novels and tales, anecdotes, select extracts from new and expensive works, the spirit of the public journals, discoveries in the arts and sciences, useful domestic hints, etc. etc. etc. |
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... observation like Crabbe , nor of character like that of Scott . There is about it a dreaminess , and occasional magnificence , of which a parallel were difficult to be found . He is essentially a poet of imagination . He delights in the ...
... observation like Crabbe , nor of character like that of Scott . There is about it a dreaminess , and occasional magnificence , of which a parallel were difficult to be found . He is essentially a poet of imagination . He delights in the ...
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... observed . The builder of Crosby Hall must have been possess- ed of a more refined taste than his contempo- raries ; and , feeling the inconvenience attend- ing a fire of the old description , adopted the plan of confining it to the ...
... observed . The builder of Crosby Hall must have been possess- ed of a more refined taste than his contempo- raries ; and , feeling the inconvenience attend- ing a fire of the old description , adopted the plan of confining it to the ...
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... observations , Mr. Loudon refers to the New Market as 66 structure at once perfectly fitted for its various uses ; of great architectural beauty and ele- which it is erected , that it cannot by any gance ; and so expressive of the ...
... observations , Mr. Loudon refers to the New Market as 66 structure at once perfectly fitted for its various uses ; of great architectural beauty and ele- which it is erected , that it cannot by any gance ; and so expressive of the ...
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... observed that she was afraid that he must go abroad- " Then , " said he , " he will never see me more . " The verification of this melan- choly prediction might be expected from his great age , being then in his 97th year . He died in ...
... observed that she was afraid that he must go abroad- " Then , " said he , " he will never see me more . " The verification of this melan- choly prediction might be expected from his great age , being then in his 97th year . He died in ...
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... observed - It is well said , but who will bell the cat ? -alluding to the fable of the mice , who proposed to put a bell round the cat's neck , that they might be apprized of her coming . The Earl of Angus replied , that he would bell ...
... observed - It is well said , but who will bell the cat ? -alluding to the fable of the mice , who proposed to put a bell round the cat's neck , that they might be apprized of her coming . The Earl of Angus replied , that he would bell ...
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