The Gentleman's Pocket Magazine; and Album of Literature and Fine Arts

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Joseph Robins, no. 3, Bride-Court, Bridge-Street, 1827

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Pàgina 154 - Almighty God, with Whom do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lord, and with Whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity -, we give Thee hearty thanks, for that it hath pleased Thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful world...
Pàgina 173 - I LIKE to meet a sweep ; understand me, — not a grown sweeper, (old chimney-sweepers are by no means attractive,) but one of those tender novices, blooming through their first nigritude, the maternal washings not quite effaced from the cheek : such as come forth with the dawn, or somewhat earlier, with their little professional notes sounding like the peep peep of a young sparrow...
Pàgina 154 - We give thee hearty thanks, for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful world; beseeching thee, that it may please thee, of thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom...
Pàgina 137 - I had rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
Pàgina 178 - ... north side of the fair, not so far distant as to be impervious to the agreeable hubbub of that vanity; but remote enough not to be obvious to the interruption of every gaping spectator in it. The guests assembled about seven. In those little temporary parlours three tables were spread with napery, not so fine as substantial, and at every board a comely hostess presided with her pan of hissing sausages.
Pàgina 53 - ... emancipation from the abhorred thraldom of book, birch, and pedagogue. They were full of anticipations of the meeting with the family and household, down to the very cat and dog; and of the joy they were to give their little sisters by the presents with which their pockets were crammed; but the meeting to which they seemed to look forward with the greatest impatience was with Bantam, which I found to be a pony, and, according to their talk, possessed of more virtues than any steed since the days...
Pàgina 112 - Praise to the bard ! His words are driven, Like flower-seeds by the far winds sown, Where'er beneath the sky of heaven The birds of fame have flown.
Pàgina 177 - My pleasant friend JEM WHITE was so impressed with a belief of metamorphoses like this frequently . taking place, that in some sort to reverse the wrongs of fortune in these poor...
Pàgina 111 - There have been loftier themes than his, And longer scrolls, and louder lyres, And lays lit up with Poesy's Purer and holier fires : Yet read the names that know not death ; Few nobler ones than Burns are there; And few have won a greener wreath Than that which binds his hair.
Pàgina 178 - ... genteelly he would deal about the small ale, as if it were wine, naming the brewer, and protesting, if it were not good, he should lose their custom ; with a special recommendation to " wipe the lip before drinking.'' Then we had our toasts —" The King,"— the "Cloth," — which, whether they understood or not, was equally diverting and flattering ; — and for a crowning sentiment, which never failed, " May the Brush supersede the Laurel.

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