The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage ..., 6 tomasproprietors, 1809 |
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... matters of science , disdains the fetters of authority , and dares to think for itself — that can- dour so estimable , because so rare , which , on even the shadow of merit , is eager to bestow its due portion of applause -- that mild ...
... matters of science , disdains the fetters of authority , and dares to think for itself — that can- dour so estimable , because so rare , which , on even the shadow of merit , is eager to bestow its due portion of applause -- that mild ...
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... matter ; when their daughter re- turned for answer , that two of the servants were on the ' floor , and that young Thornton , gone stark mad , was eating butter . They came down , when they found him lying on the kitchen floor ...
... matter ; when their daughter re- turned for answer , that two of the servants were on the ' floor , and that young Thornton , gone stark mad , was eating butter . They came down , when they found him lying on the kitchen floor ...
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... matters with the most in- effable contempt and derision . The inconsiderable portion of the late monarch's once splendid Jewel - House was sold , I sup- pose , to Dutch merchants ; after being broken to pieces , the pre- cious metals in ...
... matters with the most in- effable contempt and derision . The inconsiderable portion of the late monarch's once splendid Jewel - House was sold , I sup- pose , to Dutch merchants ; after being broken to pieces , the pre- cious metals in ...
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... matter of form , entangled in a demurrer , and is thereby obliged to drop his suit , pay costs , and go through the whole proceedings afresh ? Or suppose him suing for a just debt , he shall be obliged to spend ten times as much as the ...
... matter of form , entangled in a demurrer , and is thereby obliged to drop his suit , pay costs , and go through the whole proceedings afresh ? Or suppose him suing for a just debt , he shall be obliged to spend ten times as much as the ...
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... matter , and so cross and intricate , that the certainty of the law is lost in the heap . ” THE GALLANTRY , SPORTS , AND GENIUS OF THE AGE , The world is in its decay , and we have the misfortune to be produced in the decrepitude of ...
... matter , and so cross and intricate , that the certainty of the law is lost in the heap . ” THE GALLANTRY , SPORTS , AND GENIUS OF THE AGE , The world is in its decay , and we have the misfortune to be produced in the decrepitude of ...
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99 psl. - To select a singular event, and swell it to a giant's bulk by fabulous appendages of spectres and predictions, has little difficulty; for he that forsakes the probable may always find the marvellous. And it has little use: we are affected only as we believe; we are improved only as we find something to be imitated or declined. I do not see that The Bard promotes any truth, moral or political.
24 psl. - ... fell asleep. Before he awoke, two ladies, who were foreigners, passed by in a carriage. Agreeably astonished at the loveliness of his appearance, they alighted, and having admired him (as they thought) unperceived, for some time, the youngest, who was very handsome, drew a pencil from her pocket, and having written some lines upon a piece of paper, put it with her trembling hand into his own.
102 psl. - ... interlude, tragedy, comedy, opera, play, farce or other entertainment of the stage...
170 psl. - And level pavement: from the arched roof, Pendent by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky.
39 psl. - A WIFE, domestic, good, and pure, Like snail should keep within her door— But not like snail in silver'd track, Place all her wealth upon her back.
76 psl. - Is sillier than a sottish chouse, Who, when a thief has robb'd his house, Applies himself to cunning men, To help him to his goods again...
287 psl. - Oh thou ! with whom my heart was wont to share From Reason's dawn each pleasure and each care ; With whom, alas! I fondly hoped to know The humble walks of happiness below; If thy blest nature now unites above An angel's pity with a brother's love, Still o'er my life preserve thy mild...
27 psl. - ... laid against a king's life. He regularly joined the royal hounds, put himself foremost, and took the most desperate leaps, in the hope that William might break his neck in following him. One day, however, he accomplished one so imminently hazardous, that the king when he came to the spot shook his head and drew back.
227 psl. - Your trifle's no trifle, I ween, To customers prudent as I am ; Your peas in December are green, But I'm not so green as to buy 'em. • With ven'son I seldom am fed — Go bring me the sirloin, you ninny ; Who dines at a guinea a head Will ne'er by his head get a guinea...
171 psl. - A shout that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night.