Sharpe's London magazine, a journal of entertainment and instruction. [entitled] Sharpe's London journal. [entitled] Sharpe's London magazine, conducted by mrs. S.C. Hall, Volumes 3-4Anna Maria Hall 1847 |
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... length apprised of the circumstance , he effaced the whole ; whilst others maintain that he suffered it to remain as Vandyck had finished it . The picture was the celebrated Descent from the Cross , in the cathedral of Antwerp . After ...
... length apprised of the circumstance , he effaced the whole ; whilst others maintain that he suffered it to remain as Vandyck had finished it . The picture was the celebrated Descent from the Cross , in the cathedral of Antwerp . After ...
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... length , having heard how liberally the fine arts were patronized in England , he departed for London . There he painted some admirable pic- tures ; but , strange to say , he met with so little encouragement , that he returned to ...
... length , having heard how liberally the fine arts were patronized in England , he departed for London . There he painted some admirable pic- tures ; but , strange to say , he met with so little encouragement , that he returned to ...
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... length have stupified him , for he fell suddenly down , and remained rigid and seemingly lifeless . Two of the spectators then approached , with large knives in their hands , which they began to whet on each other DESCRIPTION OF A ...
... length have stupified him , for he fell suddenly down , and remained rigid and seemingly lifeless . Two of the spectators then approached , with large knives in their hands , which they began to whet on each other DESCRIPTION OF A ...
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... and hideous at first , grew less and less repulsive with every repetition , so that a murderous thought at length would lose its horrid character , and harbour in his brain as naturally as 18 SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE .
... and hideous at first , grew less and less repulsive with every repetition , so that a murderous thought at length would lose its horrid character , and harbour in his brain as naturally as 18 SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE .
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... length of the Wootton - Basset plane is one mile and 550 yards ; it is surmounted without any extraordinary assistance . The Box plane is two miles and 660 yards in length , and upon it occurs the Box tunnel , the first out of London ...
... length of the Wootton - Basset plane is one mile and 550 yards ; it is surmounted without any extraordinary assistance . The Box plane is two miles and 660 yards in length , and upon it occurs the Box tunnel , the first out of London ...
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Page 8 - They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Page 107 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Page 150 - But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
Page 150 - While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.
Page 150 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow To the full-voiced quire below In service high and anthems clear As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Page 370 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 106 - How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.
Page 18 - Why have my sisters husbands, if they say They love you all? Haply, when I shall wed, That lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry Half my love with him, half my care and duty. Sure I shall never marry like my sisters, To love my father all.
Page 208 - This shall never be, That thou shouldst take my trouble on thyself : And, now I think, he shall not have the boy, For he will teach him hardness, and to slight His mother ; therefore thou and I will go, And I will have my boy, and bring him home...
Page 175 - Nature never did betray The heart that loved her ; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The...