The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, المجلد 1Nathan Drake Suttaby, Evance, and Company, 1811 |
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الصفحة vii
... observed , that the number or page of the original work , which has been selected , is carefully noted at the close of each paper of the collection . Not only has strict attention been paid to avoid any thing which might militate , in ...
... observed , that the number or page of the original work , which has been selected , is carefully noted at the close of each paper of the collection . Not only has strict attention been paid to avoid any thing which might militate , in ...
الصفحة 4
... observe , that , during the time of his dissatisfaction , monsters of the deep , which frequently lay on the shore , added to the terrors of his solitude ; their dreadful howlings and voices seemed too terrible to be made for human ears ...
... observe , that , during the time of his dissatisfaction , monsters of the deep , which frequently lay on the shore , added to the terrors of his solitude ; their dreadful howlings and voices seemed too terrible to be made for human ears ...
الصفحة 6
... observation . This manner of life grew so exquisitely pleasant , that he never had a moment heavy upon his hands ; his nights were untroubled , and his days joyous , from the prac tice of temperance and exercise . It was his manner to ...
... observation . This manner of life grew so exquisitely pleasant , that he never had a moment heavy upon his hands ; his nights were untroubled , and his days joyous , from the prac tice of temperance and exercise . It was his manner to ...
الصفحة 17
... observation . 4 I have frequently had twenty vouchers at one time for the real cause of the fairies ' ring in a country meadow , who have actually seen those diminutive beings tripping in their cir- cular dance , and would for my ...
... observation . 4 I have frequently had twenty vouchers at one time for the real cause of the fairies ' ring in a country meadow , who have actually seen those diminutive beings tripping in their cir- cular dance , and would for my ...
الصفحة 23
... observed how different her fea- tures and her complexion seemed from the rest of the company , and admired herself . The coun- try flocking from day to day to obtain a sight of her , made her yet more sensible of her beauty . Her mother ...
... observed how different her fea- tures and her complexion seemed from the rest of the company , and admired herself . The coun- try flocking from day to day to obtain a sight of her , made her yet more sensible of her beauty . Her mother ...
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الصفحة 254 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
الصفحة 52 - It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale ; look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops; I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
الصفحة 55 - With quicken'd step, Brown night retires. Young day pours in apace, And opens all the lawny prospect wide. The dripping rock, the mountain's misty top, Swell on the sight, and brighten with the dawn.
الصفحة 139 - Enlarge my life with multitude of days ! In health, in sickness, thus the suppliant prays: Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy...
الصفحة 124 - All those things are passed away like a shadow, and as a host that hasted by; and as a ship that passeth over the waves of the water, which, when it is gone by,, the trace thereof cannot be found, neither the pathway of the keel in the waves...
الصفحة 5 - ... for the supports of his body were easily attained, but the eager longings for seeing again the face of man, during the interval of craving bodily appetites, were hardly supportable. He grew dejected, languid, and melancholy, scarce able to refrain from doing himself violence, till by degrees, by the force of reason and frequent reading of the scriptures, and turning his thoughts upon the study of navigation, after the space of eighteen months, he grew thoroughly reconciled to his Condition.
الصفحة 55 - Young day pours in apace, And opens all the lawny prospect wide. The dripping rock, the mountain's misty top, Swell on the sight, and brighten with the dawn. Blue...
الصفحة 322 - It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and...
الصفحة 177 - Twill trickle to his rival's bier ; O'er Pur's the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound. The solemn echo seems to cry, — " Here let their discord with them die...
الصفحة 38 - The tuneful page with speaking picture charm. What to the ear sublimer rapture brings, That strain alone the genuine Poet sings ; That form alone where glows peculiar grace, The genuine Painter condescends to trace : 10 No sordid theme will verse or paint admit, Unworthy colours, if unworthy wit.