Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66William Blackwood, 1849 - England |
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Page 31
... better , nobler , sir , by the society of the good and the noble . Perhaps of ourselves unable to think high thoughts , and without the bold warmth that dares generously , we catch by degrees something of the mounting spirit , and of ...
... better , nobler , sir , by the society of the good and the noble . Perhaps of ourselves unable to think high thoughts , and without the bold warmth that dares generously , we catch by degrees something of the mounting spirit , and of ...
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... better and better every day . NORTH . We step the earth - we look abroad over it , and it seems immense so does the sea . What ages had men lived - and knew but a small portion . They cir- cumnavigate it now with a speed under which its ...
... better and better every day . NORTH . We step the earth - we look abroad over it , and it seems immense so does the sea . What ages had men lived - and knew but a small portion . They cir- cumnavigate it now with a speed under which its ...
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... better cicerone ; nor look in at the museum , fearful of long detention ; not even to examine the Phoenician curiosities , or discuss the identity in character , with them , of some seals found in the bogs of Ireland ; or to speculate ...
... better cicerone ; nor look in at the museum , fearful of long detention ; not even to examine the Phoenician curiosities , or discuss the identity in character , with them , of some seals found in the bogs of Ireland ; or to speculate ...
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... better sort of Aristippus , so wise under all his seeming levities ; " the cue thus given , everything favours it . If that rogue of a lackey quoted Shakspeare as much in the servant's hall as he did while I was binding him neck and ...
... better sort of Aristippus , so wise under all his seeming levities ; " the cue thus given , everything favours it . If that rogue of a lackey quoted Shakspeare as much in the servant's hall as he did while I was binding him neck and ...
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... better reason to assign for what he calls " the wondrous and apparently patient silence of the tenantry under so exasperating an evil , " - than , for- sooth , that they are too servile to speak out their true opinions . Such an ex ...
... better reason to assign for what he calls " the wondrous and apparently patient silence of the tenantry under so exasperating an evil , " - than , for- sooth , that they are too servile to speak out their true opinions . Such an ex ...
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Page 20 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Page 608 - Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, Not cast aside so soon. Lady M. Was the hope drunk Wherein you dress'd yourself ? hath it slept since ? And wakes it now, to look so green and pale At what it did so freely ? From this time Such I account thy love. Art thou...
Page 621 - Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind.
Page 630 - She should have died hereafter ; There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.
Page 629 - Nought's had, all's spent, Where our desire is got without content : 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy, Than, by destruction, dwell in doubtful joy.
Page 612 - Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips. — You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so.
Page 335 - we are long alone; The sea grows stormy, the little ones moan.
Page 244 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Page 607 - Be innocent of the knowledge , dearest chuck , Till thou applaud the deed. — Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale!
Page 360 - Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes while all around is torn ' By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn ; Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.