The Saint Petersburg English Review of Literature, the Arts and Sciences, Volume 1Hauer., 1842 |
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... heart even of an English lady ; his cap he had procured from one of the most eminent modistes of Pekin ; and the tippet , which formed part of his out - door dress , was of the most costly fur . His long black hair was carefully plaited ...
... heart even of an English lady ; his cap he had procured from one of the most eminent modistes of Pekin ; and the tippet , which formed part of his out - door dress , was of the most costly fur . His long black hair was carefully plaited ...
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... heart . The vanquished So - Sli kept the snuff - box , ate the poodle , and ac- cepted the heart and the hand of Ho - Fi . They were married , and a fortnight flew by in two days ; or perhaps the young pair made some miscalculation , as ...
... heart . The vanquished So - Sli kept the snuff - box , ate the poodle , and ac- cepted the heart and the hand of Ho - Fi . They were married , and a fortnight flew by in two days ; or perhaps the young pair made some miscalculation , as ...
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... heart , and causes the tongue to wag . But evening parties ! Oh , milk and water , and oh , bread and butter ! No , no , the age is wiser ! The manly youth frequents his club for common society , has , a small circle of amiable ladies ...
... heart , and causes the tongue to wag . But evening parties ! Oh , milk and water , and oh , bread and butter ! No , no , the age is wiser ! The manly youth frequents his club for common society , has , a small circle of amiable ladies ...
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... heart in 1814 . one . The system of evening parties , then , is a false and absurd Ladies may frequent them professionally with an eye to a husband , but a man is an ass who takes a wife out of such assemblies , having no other means of ...
... heart in 1814 . one . The system of evening parties , then , is a false and absurd Ladies may frequent them professionally with an eye to a husband , but a man is an ass who takes a wife out of such assemblies , having no other means of ...
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... heart ; and a kind simple heart , my dear , shines in conversation better than the best of wit . He admires her most in her intercourse with her family and her friends , and detests the miserable , twaddling slip - slop that he is ...
... heart ; and a kind simple heart , my dear , shines in conversation better than the best of wit . He admires her most in her intercourse with her family and her friends , and detests the miserable , twaddling slip - slop that he is ...
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Allah Anglo-Saxons appeared arms Azbeaz beauty became Bellingham BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY brother Bude light called Catlin character Chinese coat cold colour cried Croxby daughter death Deerslayer door eccellenza Elliotson engineer England English exclaimed eyes face fear feeling feet French gentleman Gipps gipsy give ground Gulchin H. E. Mme hand head heard heart Herodotus Ho-Fi horse hydropathy Impecinado improvements Indian Khodadad King lady light locksmith look Lord Majesty manner Mashallah Maypole means miles mind Moscow mother never night O'Key passed perhaps person Poo-Poo present remarkable returned Riga river Sakalchok Saxon scarcely Sealed September seemed seen September 20 Shah side six months smile Smuggler Bill So-Sli soon sport streets tell thing thought tion took turned Wakley whilst whole wife Willet window woman women words Xerxes young
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Page 201 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice ; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world...
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Page 6 - ... and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to. Therefore the studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so ancient, and so eminent among us, that writers of good antiquity, and ablest judgment have been persuaded that even the school of Pythagoras, and the Persian wisdom took beginning from the old philosophy of this island.