La Belle Assemblée, Volume 1J. Bell, 1810 |
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... side white satin , elegantly embroidered iu silver vandyke , and chains of massy silver ; on right side , two points to correspond , ground- work of spangles , the draperies elegantly re- lieved with rich cords and tassels ; body and ...
... side white satin , elegantly embroidered iu silver vandyke , and chains of massy silver ; on right side , two points to correspond , ground- work of spangles , the draperies elegantly re- lieved with rich cords and tassels ; body and ...
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... side , and in the phrenzied agony of passion which it excites on the other . Shakespeare , alone of all writers , knows how to follow up hispassion through all varieties , and to give to it the shades and co- lours which those varieties ...
... side , and in the phrenzied agony of passion which it excites on the other . Shakespeare , alone of all writers , knows how to follow up hispassion through all varieties , and to give to it the shades and co- lours which those varieties ...
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... side with an air equally expressive of gentleness and intelligence . At the command of his master he bends his knees and respectfully bows his head . || Imperial Academy of Sciences at Petersburgh . Professor Tilesius VARIETIES ...
... side with an air equally expressive of gentleness and intelligence . At the command of his master he bends his knees and respectfully bows his head . || Imperial Academy of Sciences at Petersburgh . Professor Tilesius VARIETIES ...
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... side . Aye , and there seem to be some writ- ing below them , I wish I could read what it is about . " His companion replied he could spell a little , and letter by letter at last accomplished the task , exclaiming , " why it is nothing ...
... side . Aye , and there seem to be some writ- ing below them , I wish I could read what it is about . " His companion replied he could spell a little , and letter by letter at last accomplished the task , exclaiming , " why it is nothing ...
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... side ; may not some of them be of a doubtful cha- racter ? " " Yes , " replied my aunt , " certainly ; and I have no doubt that many of them are . " " Then how , " said 1 , associate with them ? " can you safely " Because they are ...
... side ; may not some of them be of a doubtful cha- racter ? " " Yes , " replied my aunt , " certainly ; and I have no doubt that many of them are . " " Then how , " said 1 , associate with them ? " can you safely " Because they are ...
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Page 4 - They heard, and were abash'd, and up they sprung Upon the wing ; as when men, wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their general's voice they soon obey'd, Innumerable.
Page 3 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Page 20 - Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Page 34 - They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long her amorous descant sung: Silence was pleased.
Page 34 - With thee conversing, I forget all time; All seasons, and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of Morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 9 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, • — which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus, and of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings Barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 65 - Rather admire; or if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Page 4 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 90 - Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man ? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me...
Page 66 - What if the sun Be centre to the world ; and other stars, By his attractive virtue and their own Incited, dance about him various rounds...