Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Magazine, Volume 6Contains Douglas Jerrold's novel St. Giles and St. James (selected issues, no. 1-29), illustrated by Leech. |
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coughed Mr. Walton to clear his throat . 6. Come in ! ” _ shouted he— “ confound you ! ” The door opened a little way , and the head of a tall man , with short black hair , black eyes , and a face with Spanish features , but a mild ...
coughed Mr. Walton to clear his throat . 6. Come in ! ” _ shouted he— “ confound you ! ” The door opened a little way , and the head of a tall man , with short black hair , black eyes , and a face with Spanish features , but a mild ...
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“ Excellent ! ” said Mr. Walton , turning pale and looking anxiously towards the door . “ Nevertheless , ye ' ll plaise to obsarve , " pursued the man , shaking his head slowly , that the dog's - tail is the most ixpinsive of all the ...
“ Excellent ! ” said Mr. Walton , turning pale and looking anxiously towards the door . “ Nevertheless , ye ' ll plaise to obsarve , " pursued the man , shaking his head slowly , that the dog's - tail is the most ixpinsive of all the ...
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His head was too full of his new plans for the building of Associated Homes . He indulged in the contemplation of all the practical details till results grew out of them of a very elevated , ennobling , and also of a very profitable ...
His head was too full of his new plans for the building of Associated Homes . He indulged in the contemplation of all the practical details till results grew out of them of a very elevated , ennobling , and also of a very profitable ...
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Mr. Carl Kohl , though unable to speak English , had studied it at the University in Ger many , and could understand pretty well ; and he now shook his head . The audience was , as usual , miscellaneous : a few merchants and government ...
Mr. Carl Kohl , though unable to speak English , had studied it at the University in Ger many , and could understand pretty well ; and he now shook his head . The audience was , as usual , miscellaneous : a few merchants and government ...
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A very strong man had been unable to rise from a chair , merely by the magnetizer waving his hands over his head ; and the same strong man , on being allowed to rise , and told to stand firm , and upright , was compelled to sit down ...
A very strong man had been unable to rise from a chair , merely by the magnetizer waving his hands over his head ; and the same strong man , on being allowed to rise , and told to stand firm , and upright , was compelled to sit down ...
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Page 169 - A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
Page 169 - Our political system is placed in a just correspondence and symmetry with the order of the world, and with the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory parts ; wherein, by the disposition of a stupendous wisdom, moulding together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race...
Page 169 - ... the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory parts ; wherein, by the disposition of a stupendous wisdom, moulding together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race, the whole at one time is never old or middle-aged or young, but in a condition of unchangeable constancy moves on through the varied tenour of perpetual decay, fall, renovation, and progression.
Page 548 - in which the conversation turned on the civil war, what could be conceived more impertinent than for a person to ask abruptly, What was the value of a Roman denarius ? On a little reflection, however, I was easily able to trace the train of thought which suggested the question : for, the original subject of discourse naturally introduced the history of the king, and of the treachery of those who surrendered his person to his enemies ; this again introduced the treachery of Judas Iscariot, and the...
Page 169 - Thus by preserving the method of nature in the conduct of the state, in what we improve we are never wholly new ; in what we retain we are never wholly obsolete. By adhering in this manner and on those principles to our forefathers, we are guided not by the superstition of antiquarians, but by the spirit of philosophic analogy.
Page 170 - ... that action and counteraction which, in the natural and in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of discordant powers, draws out the harmony of the universe.
Page 226 - Of its own beauty is the mind diseased, And fevers into false creation ; — where, Where are the forms the sculptor's soul hath seized ? In him alone. Can Nature show so fair...
Page 168 - Men, my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping something new : That which they have done but earnest of the things that they shall do...