The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 9J. Limbird, 1827 Containing original essays; historical narratives, biographical memoirs, sketches of society, topographical descriptions, novels and tales, anecdotes, select extracts from new and expensive works, the spirit of the public journals, discoveries in the arts and sciences, useful domestic hints, etc. etc. etc. |
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... told his love . " He never sow'd wild oats in pleasure's train , Or if he did he picked them up again . No midnight brawl for him , no rout , no rage , No watchman murder'd - yet his doom the cage . No public dance had charms to make ...
... told his love . " He never sow'd wild oats in pleasure's train , Or if he did he picked them up again . No midnight brawl for him , no rout , no rage , No watchman murder'd - yet his doom the cage . No public dance had charms to make ...
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... Told by an ideot - full of sound and fury- Signifying nothing . " Monthly Magazine . WHAT IS LIFE ? BY HENRY NEELE , ESQ . TELL me , what is Life , I pray ? ' Tis a changing April day , Now , dull as March , now blithe as May ; A little ...
... Told by an ideot - full of sound and fury- Signifying nothing . " Monthly Magazine . WHAT IS LIFE ? BY HENRY NEELE , ESQ . TELL me , what is Life , I pray ? ' Tis a changing April day , Now , dull as March , now blithe as May ; A little ...
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... told the above , said , " the pun was wherry good . " SINGULAR EPITAPH . The following Epitaph is in Wood Dit . ton Church - yard , in memory of Wil- liam Symonds , gamekeeper to the late duke of Rutland , at Cheveley , Cam bridgeshire ...
... told the above , said , " the pun was wherry good . " SINGULAR EPITAPH . The following Epitaph is in Wood Dit . ton Church - yard , in memory of Wil- liam Symonds , gamekeeper to the late duke of Rutland , at Cheveley , Cam bridgeshire ...
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... told him that he had learned quite enough ; and he ac- cordingly took him from school , and ap- prenticed him to a shoe - maker . The apprentice possessed but one book in the world - a Treatise on Algebra ; of paper , ink , slate or ...
... told him that he had learned quite enough ; and he ac- cordingly took him from school , and ap- prenticed him to a shoe - maker . The apprentice possessed but one book in the world - a Treatise on Algebra ; of paper , ink , slate or ...
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... told me , " When I wanted to write any thing particularly well , -to do better than ordinary , I used to order a post- chaise and go to Longtown ; it is the first stage from Carlisle towards the north ; there is a comfortable quiet inn ...
... told me , " When I wanted to write any thing particularly well , -to do better than ordinary , I used to order a post- chaise and go to Longtown ; it is the first stage from Carlisle towards the north ; there is a comfortable quiet inn ...
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