Gentleman's Magazine: And Historical Chronicle, Band 243F. Jefferies, 1877 |
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... probably much finer speakers than Mr. Heron ; and , without having heard either of these orators , she was already quite prepared to consider their eloquence as higher in order than his . What concerned her far more was that she saw ...
... probably much finer speakers than Mr. Heron ; and , without having heard either of these orators , she was already quite prepared to consider their eloquence as higher in order than his . What concerned her far more was that she saw ...
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... probably of a later date than other parts of the collection , and many of the earlier chapters offer wel- come additional details regarding northern mythology and legend . The two Eddas are the most famed collections of ancient sagas ...
... probably of a later date than other parts of the collection , and many of the earlier chapters offer wel- come additional details regarding northern mythology and legend . The two Eddas are the most famed collections of ancient sagas ...
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... probably see in them little more than a confused accumulation of impossible adventures and deeds of prowess , with an admixture of incest , fratricide , and other horrors . But on looking closer one discovers a certain plan in this ...
... probably see in them little more than a confused accumulation of impossible adventures and deeds of prowess , with an admixture of incest , fratricide , and other horrors . But on looking closer one discovers a certain plan in this ...
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... probably ate it , as the Moors and Arabs eat the shoots of the Asparagus albus at the present day - namely , in their wild state . The only occurrences of the word in Greek are in quotations in the " Deipnosophists " of Athenæus from ...
... probably ate it , as the Moors and Arabs eat the shoots of the Asparagus albus at the present day - namely , in their wild state . The only occurrences of the word in Greek are in quotations in the " Deipnosophists " of Athenæus from ...
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... probably some exaggeration in this statement , as the gigantic asparagus produced by the French market growers has never attained such a bulk , and the greatest exploit recorded in England is that of Mr. Grayson of Mortlake , who a few ...
... probably some exaggeration in this statement , as the gigantic asparagus produced by the French market growers has never attained such a bulk , and the greatest exploit recorded in England is that of Mr. Grayson of Mortlake , who a few ...
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Academy Alarcon animal appear artists asked asparagus Basque Beltran Blanchet brother Brynhild called Camorra CCXLI Charles Lamb chief chimpanzee coatto Colonel cuttlefish Dragoons England English eyes fact feel feet flesh-forming giant girl Gondokoro hand head heart Holbein honour horses human giants Kafir Keeton Khartoum Khazar Khazaria kind King knew kraal Lady Limpenny lake living London looked Lord Cochrane Lucelet Lucy Marat marry Mary matter means miles Minola Miss Grey Money Naples natives nature never night omertà once painters painting pantelegraph passed Paul perhaps persons poet portrait present race received regiment river Roman Royal seemed seen Sheppard Sicily Sigurd spirit station story suppose tell things thought tion told Tyne Victor Heron Volsung Volsunga Saga whilst wild woman words writes young Zulu
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Seite 692 - Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
Seite 478 - I scarcely ever met with a better companion ; he has inexhaustible spirits, infinite wit and humour » and a great deal of knowledge...
Seite 436 - We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities, with sympathy which feels for the most debased, with benevolence which extends not only to other men but to the humblest living creature, with his god-like intellect which has penetrated into the movements and constitution of the solar system — with all these exalted powers — Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.
Seite 84 - People send to one another to know if any of their family has a mind to have the small-pox; they make parties for this purpose, and when they are met (commonly fifteen or sixteen together), the old woman comes with a nut-shell full of the matter of the best sort of small-pox, and asks what vein you please to have opened.
Seite 83 - Westphalia ham of a morning, ride over hedges and ditches on borrowed hacks, come home in the heat of the day with a fever, and (what is...
Seite 92 - Lady Mary Wortley is arrived; I have seen her; I think her avarice, her dirt, and her vivacity are all increased. Her dress, like her languages, is a galimatias of several countries; the groundwork, rags; and the embroidery, nastiness.
Seite 426 - But we must not fall into the error of supposing that the early progenitor of the whole Simian stock, including man, was identical with, or even closely resembled, any existing ape or monkey.
Seite 118 - A child's a plaything for an hour ; Its pretty tricks we try For that or for a longer space, — Then tire, and lay it by. But I knew one that to itself All seasons could control ; That would have mock'd the sense of pain Out of a grieved soul. Thou straggler into loving arms, Young climber up of knees, When I forget thy thousand ways Then life and all shall cease ! M.
Seite 88 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys; So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite.
Seite 116 - Poetry for Children, entirely original ; by the Author of Mrs. Leicester's School, 1809.