 | William Hazlitt - 1826 - 438 strani
...not tell ; but referred him to our present Poet- Laureate for an account of them ! '• " Can these things be, And overcome us like a summer- cloud, Without our special wonder ?" I suspect it is peculiar to the English not to answer the letters of their friends abroad. They... | |
 | 1827 - 618 strani
...story — The old German tucked in his watch-chain — and Mr. Jones turned up his eyes, observing, " Can such things be, and overcome us like a summer cloud, without our special wonder ?" A loud laugh, and an explanation from the captain, put an end to the delusion respecting this self-convicted... | |
 | 1827 - 608 strani
...— The old Gtrwa tucked in his watch-chain — and Mr. Jones turned up his eyes, observing, " Cmsstl things be, and overcome us like a summer cloud, without our special wonder V A loud laugh, and an explanation from the captain, put an end to the delas': respecting tkis self-convicted... | |
 | James Hall - 1828 - 404 strani
...and while we can no longer withhold our credence, we cannot help exclaiming, fj \'.f ,'•'.' > ' " Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder!" i'i *,.};.•..;; •' • . ' •-' •' . if 'Are you answered now? Is not here sufficient food for... | |
 | 1829 - 866 strani
...seditious took heart, and that the loyal and well-affected were filled with unwonted alarms ? " Could such things be, and overcome us like a summer cloud, without our special wonder ?" Thank God, a stronger feeling than wonder was exqited by them ; even that to which the country is... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 842 strani
...The fowls shall «immer upon them, and all the beasts shall winter upon them. Itaiah xviii. 6. Can't such things be. And overcome us like a summer'* cloud, Without our special wonder? Sliaktpeare. Macbeth. Jiaicis well summered, and warm kept, are like flies at Bartholomew-tide, blind,... | |
 | James Boaden - 1831 - 430 strani
...misfortunes could candidly be imputed. But our astonishment will not at all be lessened by this admission. " CAN such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder ?" The letter from Mrs. Jordan upon the subject of the disagreement mentions her forbearance, and that... | |
 | James Boaden - 1831 - 402 strani
...tragedy nor comedy, though such a poet as Virgil had added to her ravings the charms of immortal verse. " Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder ?" Her last performance as a member of the company was at Wakefield, on Friday, Sept. 9, 1785, in the... | |
 | William Howells - 1831 - 220 strani
...shall now leave the reader to form his own opinion on the iubject. CHAPTER II. CORPSE CANJD2LES, " Can such things be And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder I" Taper« bright With instantaneous gleam illum'd the vault of night." BEATTIE. THERE are many more... | |
 | James Boaden - 1831 - 400 strani
...misfortunes could candidly be imputed. But our astonishment will not at all be lessened by this admission. " CAN such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder ?" The letter from Mrs. Jordan upon the subject of the disagreement mentions her forbearance, and that... | |
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