The Monthly Magazine, Volume 1R. Phillips, 1826 |
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... person , my grey - hound Mayflower , who has a sort of beadle instinct anent drunkards and pilferers , and disorderly persons of all sorts , stood barking most furiously . This instinct is one of May's remarkable qualities . Dogs are ...
... person , my grey - hound Mayflower , who has a sort of beadle instinct anent drunkards and pilferers , and disorderly persons of all sorts , stood barking most furiously . This instinct is one of May's remarkable qualities . Dogs are ...
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... persons occur with praise or blame , it must always be kept in mind that they are mentioned chiefly with reference to Dr. Parr , and in order to illustrate some of his sentiments or opinions . Admitting this , perhaps it will be ...
... persons occur with praise or blame , it must always be kept in mind that they are mentioned chiefly with reference to Dr. Parr , and in order to illustrate some of his sentiments or opinions . Admitting this , perhaps it will be ...
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... persons ; and in the year 1824 , the number of deaths was only 760,000 , whereas it ought , all proportions kept , to have been a million . Although these advantages - the diminished mortality amongst children , and the increase of ...
... persons ; and in the year 1824 , the number of deaths was only 760,000 , whereas it ought , all proportions kept , to have been a million . Although these advantages - the diminished mortality amongst children , and the increase of ...
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... zation reduces them under the empire of manners . The condition of men , as to their moral qualities , in these early times , has been com- pared to that of their persons , and to that 1826. ] 39 On the Decline of the British Drama .
... zation reduces them under the empire of manners . The condition of men , as to their moral qualities , in these early times , has been com- pared to that of their persons , and to that 1826. ] 39 On the Decline of the British Drama .
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... persons and events of antiquity are , probably , from the prodigious diffusion of letters better known to us , than they were to those who lived in places not far distant , and at the same era . The same observation evidently applies to ...
... persons and events of antiquity are , probably , from the prodigious diffusion of letters better known to us , than they were to those who lived in places not far distant , and at the same era . The same observation evidently applies to ...
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Page 139 - And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touched by the thorns.
Page 291 - David ; as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began ; that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us ; to perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant, the oath which he sware to our father Abraham...
Page 47 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Page 171 - ... clothed in purple and fine linen, and fare sumptuously every day, while the laborer is fed with the crumbs which fall from the table of the rich.
Page 491 - His legs were so slender that he enlarged their bulk with three pair of stockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid; for he was not able to dress or undress himself, and neither went to bed nor rose without help.
Page 444 - And thy arch and wily ways, And thy store of other praise. Blithe of heart, from week to week Thou dost play at hide-and-seek ; While the patient primrose sits...
Page 71 - There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little; and, therefore, men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more, and not to keep their suspicions in smother.
Page 448 - That it shall and may be lawful to and for any number of persons, in Great Britain, to form themselves into, and to establish one or more society or societies of good fellowship, for the purpose of raising from time to time, by subscriptions of the several members...
Page 71 - But that will avail you nothing, for it is a part of a general system. Pound St Paul's church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is, to be sure, good for nothing: but, put all these atoms together, and you have St Paul's church.
Page 297 - GREEK GRAMMAR; With' Notes for the use of those, who have made some Progress in the Language.