Refine Search

Countries

Place

Bristol, Bristol, England

Access Type

132

Type

132

Public Tags

Oracle of Fashion

... times. As a singer, Miss Wensley possesses much sweet- ness of tone, with a simple, unadorned, but very pleasing style. Her speaking-voice cannot be judged of at present, for it was evidently unfixed by timidity and inexperience. We should rather fear that ...

Review of Literature.—Science and the Arts

... lends assistance to huoman comfort,' or a polish to life; in- decd, the author is sensible of this himself: for, in speaking of cock-fighting, lie says, the reason alleged for the con- thitiance of thiis barbiarous custom, in politicians, is far ...

Review of Literature.—Science and the Arts

... Tithemiius :ells s's of one which was sent to the Sultan of Egypt by 'rederick II. in 1232. Ile thinks the writeri of that century speak of clocks as though they had been then wvell known; he adds, that in the fout rteenth century, mcntion is made of the ma- chine ...

Review of Literature.—Science and the Arts

... attention to comfort than is usual i Itnaliaas houses. She fl'ect.5 none of the reserve of Lucien on certain suibljects, lut speaks with tears in her eyes of the ex-emperor, dis.plays the feelings of' a mother in her language respecting him, anil almcnts ...

Poets' Corner

... dread commisand. Let every hill and valley sing 'The praises of the Patriot King; Boldly he stands, in conscious pride, And speaks the law, the people's guide; His cause is theirs, and round his head A thousand guardian-shields are spreads Should power ...

Review of Literature.—Science and the Arts

... veho of f'reedomi are pur'sued and persecuited as if they were curses and crimes I Otherwise; wvith ivhat delight should I speak ofsomne who, buried in thle ohscurrtv of the cloister, or retiring into solitude fromt the noisyl crowd, sigh in secret asqd ...

Review of Literature.—Science and the Arts

... horsoured with so proud alist of illustrious nsen in so many departnents or' litlirature, ais Cordoba. Strabo (Cau. iii,) speaks of the learning of its inhabitants, and so does Cicero Orat. pro Arabia.) Thetw Senceakand Lucanamoag the Itonsans; Averries; ...

Poets' Current

... opert Cotner. SONG. TH M laid I admire assumes no'conceit, Though she's beauteous, and flatter'd by all; i-l er tongue speaks in kindness the language of truth, And her heart yikds to soft Pity's rall. Each half-stolen look new charms impart, Each step ...

Review of Literature.—Science and the Arts

... England, that the people of the United States areininmical to the parent-state, is so far from being true, that, collec- tively speaking> theprepossessionsofthe people arestrongly in favotir of England Indeed, at one time they amounted, in maisy parts of the ...

Review of Literature.—Science and the Arts

... and elensley, the actor. orinn ste it ss. Angelo %vas consultud by Bea sley, ottN whet It ttili Poio'-it i adile le o s speaking. Angelo tol,1 him 5 lint it was~ inpossiblc to Prescribe wehat hieshoald always ,in Hit it tiltt, lin)t tihat it was easy ...

Review of Literature.—Science and the Arts

... of serraing kit/ga, and to recader hih, at somc futllre period, worihy of his eq/i/l/. One day, the vizir had occasion to speak of his fh- vourite to the Killis hie praised his good qualities and sense, ,assertes/ that his Oducatintit had iimadie hin ...