Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art, Volume 26William Harrison Ainsworth Chapman and Hall, 1854 |
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Page 37 - There shall no evil befall thee, Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, To keep thee in all thy ways.
Page 103 - THE BHILSA TOPES ; or, Buddhist Monuments of Central India: comprising a brief Historical Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Buddhism ; with an Account of the Opening and Examination of the various Groups of Topes around Bhilsa.
Page 7 - Which being well proportion'd, as yours is, Invites as much as perfect white and red, Though without art. How like you your new woman, The lady Downfallen ? Marg. Well, for a companion ; ' Not as a servant. Over. Is she humble, Meg, And careful too, her ladyship forgotten?
Page 123 - Peace to his soul, if God's good pleasure be ! — Lord cardinal, if thou think'st on heaven's bliss, Hold up thy hand, make signal of thy hope. — He dies, and makes no sign : — O God, forgive him ! War.
Page 8 - Overreach' states thrice centupled, his daughter , Millions of degrees much fairer than she is, Howe'er I might urge precedents to excuse me, I would not so adulterate my blood By marrying Margaret, and so leave my issue Aiade up of several pieces, one part scarlet And the other London blue.
Page 540 - She was a beautiful girl of sixteen ; with black hair, and dark, lovely eyes, and a face that had a story to tell. How different faces are in this particular ! Some of them speak not. They are books in which not a line is written, save perhaps a date. Others are great Family Bibles, with both the Old and the New Testament written in them.
Page 122 - I'll give a thousand pound to look upon him. — * He hath no eyes ; the dust hath blinded them. — Comb down his hair ; look ! look ! it stands upright, ' Like lime-twigs set to catch my winged soul ! — * Give me some drink ; and bid the apothecary 1 Bring the strong poison that I bought of him.
Page 538 - ... yet, before he has spoken ten minutes, you forget all this too, and give yourself up to what I have always considered a pleasant sensation — the feeling, I mean, that you are in the presence of a man of genius...
Page 539 - What's female beauty, but an air divine Through which the mind's all gentle graces shine? They, like the sun, irradiate all between ; The body charms, because the soul is seen.
Page 83 - He is a great time-server, but it is of time out of mind to which he conforms exactly, but is wholly retired from the present. His days were spent and gone long before he came into the world ; and since, his only business is to collect what he can out of the ruins of them. He has so strong a natural affection to anything that is old, that he may truly say to dust and worms, " You are my father," and to rottenness, "Thou art my mother.