The Manchester iris, 第 2 卷1823 |
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... means of ascent ; and that the umbrella was nothing else but our modern parachute ! If so , what becomes of our boasted inven- tions in ærostatics ? for this exhibition at Siam must have taken place nearly a hundred and fifty years ago ...
... means of ascent ; and that the umbrella was nothing else but our modern parachute ! If so , what becomes of our boasted inven- tions in ærostatics ? for this exhibition at Siam must have taken place nearly a hundred and fifty years ago ...
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... mean or vulgar , may express with more simplicity , the meaning of the author . The contests , on these occasions , are often warm ; and it is amusing to hear the charges of turgid- ity or tameness , bombast or vulgarity , which are ...
... mean or vulgar , may express with more simplicity , the meaning of the author . The contests , on these occasions , are often warm ; and it is amusing to hear the charges of turgid- ity or tameness , bombast or vulgarity , which are ...
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... means of an apparatus in the Temple of Reason like that of a cheque - taker in a playhouse : red whiskers kept at ... mean time , wedded the Waters of Oblivion . One hundred acres of land , in Venezuela , sold by Bolivar at a penny an ...
... means of an apparatus in the Temple of Reason like that of a cheque - taker in a playhouse : red whiskers kept at ... mean time , wedded the Waters of Oblivion . One hundred acres of land , in Venezuela , sold by Bolivar at a penny an ...
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... means at the same time , or during a certain portion of time . On the contrary , while is properly a noun substantive , and means a portion of time ; as , " pansing a while , thus to herself she " mus'd . " - ( Milton . ) Whiles and ...
... means at the same time , or during a certain portion of time . On the contrary , while is properly a noun substantive , and means a portion of time ; as , " pansing a while , thus to herself she " mus'd . " - ( Milton . ) Whiles and ...
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... means of conveying tion . Above all , in the art of ornamental writing , her ideas , either by direct or emblematical representa- much studied at that period , Fenella was so great a proficient , as to rival the fame of Messrs . Snow ...
... means of conveying tion . Above all , in the art of ornamental writing , her ideas , either by direct or emblematical representa- much studied at that period , Fenella was so great a proficient , as to rival the fame of Messrs . Snow ...
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第 151 頁 - ... had been the crest of the family. His memory is unseasonable; his compliments perverse; his talk a trouble; his stay pertinacious; and when he goeth away, you dismiss his chair into a corner as precipitately as possible, and feel fairly rid of two nuisances. There is a worse evil under the sun, and that is a female poor relation. You may do something with the other; you may pass him off tolerably well ; but your indigent she-relative is hopeless. "He is an old humourist," you may say, "and affects...
第 93 頁 - ... excess, for if we were to shake the superflux into the sea we should not much mend ourselves. That we had much to struggle with, as we grew up together, we have reason to be most thankful. It strengthened and knit our compact closer. We could never have been what we have been to each other if we had always had the sufficiency which you now complain of. The resisting power — those natural dilations of the youthful spirit which circumstances cannot straiten — with us are long since passed away.
第 140 頁 - Very good," replied the dial; "but recollect, that though you may think of a million strokes in an instant, you are required to execute but one; and that, however often you may hereafter have to swing, a moment will always be given you to swing in.
第 204 頁 - THE HISTORY OF JOHNNY QUAE GENUS: the Little Foundling of the late Dr. Syntax. By the Author of ' The Three Tours.' With 24 Coloured Plates by Rowlandson. THE ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH, from the Designs of T. Rowlandson, with Metrical Illustrations by the Author of 'Doctor Syntax.
第 150 頁 - ... prosperity, an unwelcome remembrancer, a perpetually recurring mortification, a drain on your purse, a more intolerable dun upon your pride, a drawback upon success, a rebuke to your rising, a stain in your blood, a blot on your 'scutcheon, a rent in your garment, a death's head at your banquet, Agathocles...
第 140 頁 - Hands made a vain effort to continue their course ; the Wheels remained motionless with surprise ; the Weights hung speechless. Each member felt disposed to lay the blame on the others. At length the Dial instituted a formal inquiry as to the cause of the stagnation, when Hands, Wheels, Weights, with one voice protested their innocence.
第 93 頁 - ... fireside, sitting on this luxurious sofa — be once more struggling up those inconvenient staircases, pushed about and squeezed, and elbowed by the poorest rabble of poor gallery scramblers — could I once more hear those anxious shrieks of yours — and the delicious Thank God, we are safe, which always followed when the topmost stair, conquered, let in the first light of the whole cheerful...
第 109 頁 - Thou'rt welcome to it dearly ! For gold the merchant ploughs the main, The farmer ploughs the manor ; But glory is the sodger's prize ; The sodger's wealth is...
第 183 頁 - He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, ' Lord, what musick hast thou provided for the Saints in Heaven, when thou affordest bad men such musick on Earth...
第 141 頁 - ... lick their wounds. She went off a second time as before ; and, having crawled a few paces, looked again behind her, and for some time stood moaning. But still her Cubs not rising to follow her, she returned to them again ; and, with signs "of inexpressible fondness, went round, pawing them and moaning.