Calcutta Magazine and Monthly Register, Volumes 7-9S. Smith & Company, 1830 |
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... thee alone my future hopes depend , " To me thou shalt be son , and wife , and friend . " " When I forget you , father , let me " - The father said- " swear not , but let us pray ! " Young William Bolton grew to twenty - one , An only ...
... thee alone my future hopes depend , " To me thou shalt be son , and wife , and friend . " " When I forget you , father , let me " - The father said- " swear not , but let us pray ! " Young William Bolton grew to twenty - one , An only ...
Page 410
... thee in the land ? " Honour thy father is his high command ; " But curses , if thou scorn my misery , " Will blast thee though I die in blessing thee ! " " Father , my wife .... " here William hung his head , " It is for peace and her ...
... thee in the land ? " Honour thy father is his high command ; " But curses , if thou scorn my misery , " Will blast thee though I die in blessing thee ! " " Father , my wife .... " here William hung his head , " It is for peace and her ...
Page 411
... thee ? " ask'd the angry son : " Father , I would , " the boy replied , " but I , " Thought that you wish'd my Grand ... thee too , my boy ! thy father's pride , " Who but for thee had been a parricide : « " O GOD ! FROM BABES AND ...
... thee ? " ask'd the angry son : " Father , I would , " the boy replied , " but I , " Thought that you wish'd my Grand ... thee too , my boy ! thy father's pride , " Who but for thee had been a parricide : « " O GOD ! FROM BABES AND ...
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... thee I call ! Thou see'st my soul is dark within ; Thou who canst mark the sparrow's fall , Avert from me the death of sin . No shrine I seek , to sects unknown , Oh point to me the path of truth ! Thy dread omnipotence I own , Spare ...
... thee I call ! Thou see'st my soul is dark within ; Thou who canst mark the sparrow's fall , Avert from me the death of sin . No shrine I seek , to sects unknown , Oh point to me the path of truth ! Thy dread omnipotence I own , Spare ...
Page 452
... thee In fervent fond sincerity . I thank my God I did not trace The cold and clammy hands of death , As they were stealing o'er that face And chilling life's departing breath . I could not bear to see that eye That ever beamed on me ...
... thee In fervent fond sincerity . I thank my God I did not trace The cold and clammy hands of death , As they were stealing o'er that face And chilling life's departing breath . I could not bear to see that eye That ever beamed on me ...
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Page 541 - To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: attention held them mute. Thrice he assayed, and thrice in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth...
Page 542 - The intricate wards, and every bolt and bar Of massy iron or solid rock with ease Unfastens : on a sudden open fly, With impetuous recoil and jarring sound The infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus.
Page 380 - Is she for tropic suns, or polar snow? What boots the inquiry? Neither friend nor foe She cares for; let her travel where she may, She finds familiar names, a beaten way Ever before her, and a wind to blow. Yet still I ask, what haven is her mark? And, almost as it was when ships were rare, (From time to time, like pilgrims, here and there Crossing the waters) doubt, and something dark, Of the old sea some reverential- fear, Is with me at thy farewell, joyous bark...
Page 541 - With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms.
Page 541 - Reserved him to more wrath; for now the thought Both of lost happiness and lasting pain Torments him : round he throws his baleful eyes That witnessed huge affliction and dismay, Mixed with obdurate pride and steadfast hate. At once, as far as Angels ken, he views The dismal situation waste and wild.
Page 436 - Critic — it is only too good for an after-piece), and the best Address (Monologue on Garrick), — and, to crown all, delivered the very best oration (the famous Begum Speech) ever conceived or heard in this country.
Page 541 - Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms. Nine times the space that measures day and night To mortal men, he, with his horrid crew, Lay vanquished, rolling in the fiery gulf, Confounded, though immortal.
Page 403 - These devils of Grub Street rogues, that write the Flying Post and Medley in one paper, will not be quiet. They are always mauling Lord Treasurer, Lord Bolingbroke, and me. We have the dog under prosecution, but Bolingbroke is not active enough ; but I hope to swinge him. He is a Scotch rogue, one Ridpath. They get out upon bail, and write on. We take them again, and get fresh bail; so it goes round.
Page 470 - The fact, then, appears to be, that we are constituted so as to condemn falsehood, unprovoked violence, injustice, and to approve of benevolence to some preferably to others, abstracted from all consideration, which conduct is likeliest to produce an overbalance of happiness or misery.
Page 543 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar: When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow: Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th...