Monthly Review; Or New Literary JournalR. Griffiths., 1830 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... hours , when the mind , disengaged from portraiture , and brooding over its own imaginings , brought into visible existence the creations of fancy . ' Several of these , either copies or originals , which he executed during four years ...
... hours , when the mind , disengaged from portraiture , and brooding over its own imaginings , brought into visible existence the creations of fancy . ' Several of these , either copies or originals , which he executed during four years ...
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... hour , the other two about an hour and a half each ; and if another was required , it did not exceed three quarters of an hour . During the spring months he frequently had five sitters a day , and occasionally even six . The only time ...
... hour , the other two about an hour and a half each ; and if another was required , it did not exceed three quarters of an hour . During the spring months he frequently had five sitters a day , and occasionally even six . The only time ...
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... hour . He occasionally visited Bagnigge Wells , and other places of resort frequented by the lower orders , as excellent schools for the study of character . Thus he and Reynolds pursued different courses to attain the same end ; and ...
... hour . He occasionally visited Bagnigge Wells , and other places of resort frequented by the lower orders , as excellent schools for the study of character . Thus he and Reynolds pursued different courses to attain the same end ; and ...
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... swimmer , presenting themselves at these periods of vacancy , become in- sensibly familiar to his sight , and by many of us are not observed in after- life without recalling former hours , scenes of , perhaps 26 Insect Transformations .
... swimmer , presenting themselves at these periods of vacancy , become in- sensibly familiar to his sight , and by many of us are not observed in after- life without recalling former hours , scenes of , perhaps 26 Insect Transformations .
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... hours before sunset ; but after staying in the boat till eight o'clock without seeing any , he resolved , as a storm was ... hour , when he returned to the garden , and as soon as the cloth was removed from the tub he perceived that the ...
... hours before sunset ; but after staying in the boat till eight o'clock without seeing any , he resolved , as a storm was ... hour , when he returned to the garden , and as soon as the cloth was removed from the tub he perceived that the ...
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Seite 68 - Wherefore that here we may briefly end, of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world, all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Seite 54 - Poor child ! thought I, what sorrow art thou like to have for thy portion in this world ! Thou must be beaten ; must beg ; suffer hunger, cold, nakedness, and a thousand calamities, though I cannot now endure the wind should blow upon thee...
Seite 251 - She had the same lone thoughts and wanderings, The quest of hidden knowledge, and a mind To comprehend the universe; nor these Alone, but with them gentler powers than mine, Pity, and smiles, and tears — which I had not; And tenderness — but that I had for her ; Humility — and that I never had. Her faults were mine — her virtues were her own — I loved her, and destroy'd her ! WITCH.
Seite 302 - I looked around me, and wondered that I was not more affected, but the mind is not at all times equally ready to be put in motion...
Seite 420 - I have been writing a ballad, my dear ; I am oppressing my heroine with many misfortunes. I have already sent her Jamie to sea, and broken her father's arm, and made her mother fall sick, and given her Auld Robin Gray for her lover ; but I wish to load her with a fifth sorrow within the four lines, poor thing ! Help me to one." — "Steal the cow, sister Anne,
Seite 537 - After the tower had proceeded some way, a pilgrim announced that he was ready to offer himself a sacrifice to the idol. He laid himself down in the road before the tower as it was moving along, lying on his face, with his arms stretched forwards.
Seite 312 - Yet if, as holiest men have deem'd, there be A land of souls beyond that sable shore, To shame the doctrine of the Sadducee And sophists, madly vain of dubious lore ; How sweet it were in concert to adore With those who made our mortal labours light ! To hear each voice we fear'd to hear no more ! Behold each mighty shade reveal'd to sight, The Bactrian, Samian sage, and all who taught the right ! IX.
Seite 300 - I was conducted to my apartment in a distant part of the building. I must own, that when I heard door after door shut, after my conductor had retired, I began to consider myself as too far from the living, and somewhat too near the dead. We had passed through what is called * the King's Hoom,' a vaulted apartment, garnished with stags...
Seite 53 - I tell thee, woman, seeing it is so that they have taken what thy husband spake for a conviction, thou must either apply thyself to the king, or sue out his pardon, or get a writ of error.
Seite 54 - I saw in this condition I was as a man who was pulling down his house upon the head of his wife and children ; yet thought I, I must do it, I must do it. And now I thought on those two milch kine that were to carry the ark of God into another country, to leave their calves behind them.