The New Monthly Magazine and HumoristHenry Colburn, 1842 - English literature |
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... drooping Birch , And fragrant Linden Trees ; No living sound E'er hovers round , Unless the vagrant breeze , The music of the merry bird , Or hum of busy bees . But busy bees forsake the Elm That bears no bloom 2 The Elm Tree .
... drooping Birch , And fragrant Linden Trees ; No living sound E'er hovers round , Unless the vagrant breeze , The music of the merry bird , Or hum of busy bees . But busy bees forsake the Elm That bears no bloom 2 The Elm Tree .
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... round his feet The forest shadows dance ; And bounding from his russet coat The acorn drops askance . His face is like a Druid's face , With wrinkles furrow'd deep , And tann'd by scorching suns as brown As corn that's ripe to reap ...
... round his feet The forest shadows dance ; And bounding from his russet coat The acorn drops askance . His face is like a Druid's face , With wrinkles furrow'd deep , And tann'd by scorching suns as brown As corn that's ripe to reap ...
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... round her . But most sweet was the return of consciousness which followed . She saw the mass of open notes all lying together upon her table . " Is it then possible ? " she exclaimed ; " is it indeed true ? and not merely the invention ...
... round her . But most sweet was the return of consciousness which followed . She saw the mass of open notes all lying together upon her table . " Is it then possible ? " she exclaimed ; " is it indeed true ? and not merely the invention ...
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... round the table and kissed the illustrious fair one to whom they were ad- dressed , taking the greatest care , however , to disturb neither her ring- lets , nor her rouge . " I am proud of you , Mrs. Allen Barnaby , I am , upon my soul ...
... round the table and kissed the illustrious fair one to whom they were ad- dressed , taking the greatest care , however , to disturb neither her ring- lets , nor her rouge . " I am proud of you , Mrs. Allen Barnaby , I am , upon my soul ...
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... round by the sable hands of two negro Hebes , sharply scrutinized portions of a fa- vourite fish . The equality or inequality of this nice and difficult dis- tribution was , under ordinary circumstances , a matter of great moment , and ...
... round by the sable hands of two negro Hebes , sharply scrutinized portions of a fa- vourite fish . The equality or inequality of this nice and difficult dis- tribution was , under ordinary circumstances , a matter of great moment , and ...
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Page 493 - Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak Of one that...
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Page 364 - Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded Vessel goes : Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm i Regardless of the sweeping Whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim repose expects his evening prey.
Page 493 - O my love ! my wife ! Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty : Thou art not conquer'd ; beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Page 289 - So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber; and there were present the Picninnies, and the Joblillies, and the Garyulies, and the Grand Panjandrum himself, with the little round button at top; and they all fell to playing the game of catch as catch can, till the gunpowder ran out at the heels of their boots.