Belgravia: A London Magazine, Volume 77Chatto and Windus, 1892 |
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... strange medley- of type , as of language . The Circus was excellent , the building large and handsomely " fitted up . " What a comfort a good hotel is ! Lisbon boasts of an " A 1 , " " The Braganza " ; this , in its luxury , comfort ...
... strange medley- of type , as of language . The Circus was excellent , the building large and handsomely " fitted up . " What a comfort a good hotel is ! Lisbon boasts of an " A 1 , " " The Braganza " ; this , in its luxury , comfort ...
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... strange spot is " Gib " ; how foreign , yet how English ! Orders . took us through the galleries ; such marvellous engineering skill as these subterranean passages took away one's breath ! We mounted donkeys and climbed the hill to ...
... strange spot is " Gib " ; how foreign , yet how English ! Orders . took us through the galleries ; such marvellous engineering skill as these subterranean passages took away one's breath ! We mounted donkeys and climbed the hill to ...
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A London Magazine. would pelt with stones and vanish . " How strange it is that our imagination generally pictures Gibraltar as a barren rock ; it is true one has heard and read otherwise , but then ideas formed I suppose require eye ...
A London Magazine. would pelt with stones and vanish . " How strange it is that our imagination generally pictures Gibraltar as a barren rock ; it is true one has heard and read otherwise , but then ideas formed I suppose require eye ...
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... strange close under the walls of the Escorial ? Aranjuez is in quite a different style from the Escorial , softer surroundings , and has a good deal of the picturesque about it . The approach by rail is pretty . It is one of the ...
... strange close under the walls of the Escorial ? Aranjuez is in quite a different style from the Escorial , softer surroundings , and has a good deal of the picturesque about it . The approach by rail is pretty . It is one of the ...
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... strange contrast of extravagant luxury and domestic refined taste . In the former , Isabella the Second's bath , literally a room of white marble opening into a luxurious salon , separated by marble pillars , these hung with blue satin ...
... strange contrast of extravagant luxury and domestic refined taste . In the former , Isabella the Second's bath , literally a room of white marble opening into a luxurious salon , separated by marble pillars , these hung with blue satin ...
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Page 361 - Happy in this, she is not yet so old But she may learn; happier than this, She is not bred so dull but she can learn ; Happiest of all is, that her gentle spirit Commits itself to yours to be directed, As from her lord, her governor, her king.
Page 366 - TIGER! Tiger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire? And what shoulder, and what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
Page 359 - He led me through his gardens fair Where all his golden pleasures grow. With sweet May dews my wings were wet, And Phoebus fired my vocal rage; He caught me in his silken net, And shut me in his golden cage. He loves to sit and hear me sing, Then, laughing, sports and plays with me; Then stretches out my golden wing, And mocks my loss of liberty.
Page 370 - I am not ashamed, afraid, or averse to tell you what ought to be told — that I am under the direction of messengers from heaven, daily and nightly.
Page 370 - Angels, & tremble at the Tasks set before us; if we refuse to do Spiritual Acts because of Natural Fears or Natural Desires ! Who can describe the dismal torments of such a state ! — I too well remember the Threats I heard ! — "If you, who are organised by Divine Providence for spiritual communion, Refuse, & bury your Talent in the Earth, even tho' you should want Natural Bread, Sorrow & Desperation pursues you thro' life, & after death shame & confusion of face to eternity.
Page 370 - But if we fear to do the dictates of our angels, and tremble at the tasks set before us; if we refuse to do spiritual acts because of natural fears or natural desires; who can describe the dismal torments of such a state! — I too well remember the threats I heard! — 'If you, who are...
Page 311 - Shakespeare knew the human mind and its most minute and intimate workings, and he never introduces a word or a thought in vain or out of place...
Page 366 - What the hammer ? what the chain ? In what furnace was thy brain ? What the anvil ? what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp ? When the stars threw down their spears, And watered heaven with their tears, Did he smile his work to see ? Did he who made the lamb make thee...