La Belle assemblée: or, Bell's court and fashionable magazine, Band 4J. Bell, 1811 |
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... side , before the marble portico of a Turkish pavilion ; our ears were here saluted by sweet music , and ascending the steps , we beheld a very gay scene . The Persian Ambassador , for whose re- ception this eastern temple had been de ...
... side , before the marble portico of a Turkish pavilion ; our ears were here saluted by sweet music , and ascending the steps , we beheld a very gay scene . The Persian Ambassador , for whose re- ception this eastern temple had been de ...
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... side of the Gulph of Mexico , with all their frag- ments , now islands , were rended from the convex shores of Africa , of which the Cape de Verde is the most prominent part . The re- maining part of the American coast of the United ...
... side of the Gulph of Mexico , with all their frag- ments , now islands , were rended from the convex shores of Africa , of which the Cape de Verde is the most prominent part . The re- maining part of the American coast of the United ...
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... side of the platform was a stove , in shape exactly resembling tomb - stones in our church yards ; their upper surface was cover- ed by reeds ; and over the bed of reeds was placed a sheet . I was directed to mount upon one of these ...
... side of the platform was a stove , in shape exactly resembling tomb - stones in our church yards ; their upper surface was cover- ed by reeds ; and over the bed of reeds was placed a sheet . I was directed to mount upon one of these ...
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... side , In starry radiance gay , Spreads her rich breast in beauty's pride , And courts the noon - tide ray . Whilst , shrinking from the fervid glow , Thy modest colours fly , Each graceful floweret drooping low , Thy silken blossoms ...
... side , In starry radiance gay , Spreads her rich breast in beauty's pride , And courts the noon - tide ray . Whilst , shrinking from the fervid glow , Thy modest colours fly , Each graceful floweret drooping low , Thy silken blossoms ...
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... side in a point finished with a tassel , and confined to the waist on the same side . A village hat of white chip , with a crown of blended crape and sarsnet , bound and tied under the chiu with ribband , over a lace cawl , and raised ...
... side in a point finished with a tassel , and confined to the waist on the same side . A village hat of white chip , with a crown of blended crape and sarsnet , bound and tied under the chiu with ribband , over a lace cawl , and raised ...
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admiration Aldonga appeared arms aunt bath Battle of Wagram beauty body called calyx Catharine character charms child Clairville colour Countess of Berkeley court cried daughter dear death dress Earl earth elegant eyes fashion father favour female French gave gentleman give grace Gregory Orloff hand happy head heard heart Heaven honour hope hour Jeronimo Julie King lace Lady Lady Berkeley Lady Lovelace Ladyship letter living look Lord Berkeley Madame Majesty Majesty's manner marriage married ment Millichamp morning mother Mount Parnassus Mountnorris nature neral never night observed ornamented passed Persian person Potemkin present Prince Prince Potemkin racter received rendered replied returned rock Roman round satin Satterthwaite seat seen shew soon stamen sweet thing thou thought tion took virtue whilst wife Windsor Castle woman worn young
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Seite 99 - But hark! My pulse like a soft drum Beats my approach, tells thee I come; And slow howe'er my marches be, I shall at last sit down by thee.
Seite 99 - Thou wilt not wake Till I thy fate shall overtake : Till age, or grief, or sickness must Marry my body to that dust It so much loves, and fill the room My heart keeps empty in thy tomb.
Seite 144 - And hang their heads with sorrow. Good grows with her; In her days every man shall eat in safety Under his own vine what he plants, and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours.
Seite 174 - A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Seite 375 - ... thee ; And Water shall hear me, And know thee and fly thee ; And the Winds shall not touch thee When they pass by thee, And the Dews shall not wet thee, When they fall nigh thee : And thou shalt seek Death To release thee, in vain ; Thou shalt live in thy pain, While Kehama shall reign, With a fire in thy heart, And a fire in thy brain ; And sleep shall obey me, And visit thee never, And the curse shall be on thee For ever and ever.
Seite 85 - The idol is a block of wood, having a frightful visage painted black, with a distended mouth of a bloody colour. His arms are of gold, and he is dressed in gorgeous apparel. The other two idols are of a white and yellow colour. — Five elephants preceded the three towers, bearing towering flags, dressed in crimson caparisons, and having bells hanging to their caparisons, which sounded musically as they moved.
Seite 206 - Duke d'Usseda ought to be called upon, as it was his business. The duke was gone out; thejire burnt fiercer; and the king endured it, rather than derogate from his dignity.
Seite 168 - John found that this fellow had a. sword in his hand, and this he immediately seized, and gave several blows with it, his knife being no longer serviceable. At length the robbers, finding so many of their party had been killed or wounded, employed themselves in removing the bodies...
Seite 266 - Would you a maid undo, Whose greatest failing is her love, And that her love for you ? Say, would you use that very power You from her fondness claim, To ruin, in one fatal hour, A life of spotless fame ? Ah ! cease, my dear, to do an ill, Because perhaps you may ; But rather try your utmost skill To save me, than betray.
Seite 349 - These are not the absurd adventures, of a piety foreign to human nature: it is the most pathetic history — a history which not only extorts tears by its beauty, but whose consequences, applied to the universe, have changed the face of the earth. I had just beheld the monuments of Greece, and my mind was still profoundly impressed with their grandeur; but how far inferior were the sensations which they excited to those which I felt at the sight of the places commemorated in the gospel!