The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Τόμος 5Published for the proprietors, 1836 |
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... ment . ARCHANGEL . HIGHER up , proceeding towards the north , is the province of Archangel , a country entirely new to the southern nations of Europe . It took its name from St. Michael , the Archangel , under whose patronage it was put ...
... ment . ARCHANGEL . HIGHER up , proceeding towards the north , is the province of Archangel , a country entirely new to the southern nations of Europe . It took its name from St. Michael , the Archangel , under whose patronage it was put ...
Σελίδα 25
... ment , wherever he could find it , he embarked with * This should certainly be four years ; as we can hardly suppose a boy of fourteen years and a half , would be received into the military service of any country , and much less by the ...
... ment , wherever he could find it , he embarked with * This should certainly be four years ; as we can hardly suppose a boy of fourteen years and a half , would be received into the military service of any country , and much less by the ...
Σελίδα 26
... ment , consisted of French refugees . Le Fort dis- ciplined his new troops , as if he had been all his lifetime a soldier . Peter was desirous of seeing one of those images of war , the mock fights , which had been lately in- troduced ...
... ment , consisted of French refugees . Le Fort dis- ciplined his new troops , as if he had been all his lifetime a soldier . Peter was desirous of seeing one of those images of war , the mock fights , which had been lately in- troduced ...
Σελίδα 28
... ment , whose revenues were not near so great as they are at present . Peter wrote to the emperor Leopold , to the states - general , and to the elector of Brandenburg , to obtain engineers , gunners , and seamen . He likewise took some ...
... ment , whose revenues were not near so great as they are at present . Peter wrote to the emperor Leopold , to the states - general , and to the elector of Brandenburg , to obtain engineers , gunners , and seamen . He likewise took some ...
Σελίδα 30
... ment of Preobrazinski , composed the chief reti- nue of this embassy , which consisted in the whole of two hundred persons ; and the czar , reserving to himself only one valet de chambre , a servant in livery , and a dwarf , mingled ...
... ment of Preobrazinski , composed the chief reti- nue of this embassy , which consisted in the whole of two hundred persons ; and the czar , reserving to himself only one valet de chambre , a servant in livery , and a dwarf , mingled ...
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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Τόμος 3 Πλήρης προβολή - 1835 |
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Σελίδα 17 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home : Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
Σελίδα 16 - Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face ; Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes.
Σελίδα 16 - But chiefly Love— to Love an Altar built, Of twelve vast French Romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves; And all the trophies of his former loves...
Σελίδα 19 - On various tempers act by various ways, Make some take physic, others scribble plays; Who cause the proud their visits to delay, And send the godly in a pet to pray. A nymph there is, that all thy power disdains, And thousands more in equal mirth maintains. But oh! if e'er thy gnome could spoil a grace, Or raise a pimple on a beauteous face, Like citron-waters matrons...
Σελίδα 16 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if Belles had faults to hide : If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all. This nymph, to the destruction of mankind, Nourish'd two locks which graceful hung behind In equal curls, and well conspired to deck With...
Σελίδα 16 - Beaux banish beaux, and coaches coaches drive. This erring mortals levity may call ; Oh blind to truth ! the sylphs contrive it all.
Σελίδα 86 - Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Σελίδα 17 - Lock ; Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock. " To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, We trust th...