Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 108William Blackwood, 1870 - England |
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... face such an almost ludicrous sort of piquancy . " And you have all the world before you . After all , there is no woman - no , none - who is worth a man's career . ' It was curious that Marie should have used almost the very words of a ...
... face such an almost ludicrous sort of piquancy . " And you have all the world before you . After all , there is no woman - no , none - who is worth a man's career . ' It was curious that Marie should have used almost the very words of a ...
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... change of motion was perceptible . The car- riages ran almost on a level — or , as we fancied , went down - hill ; and although the Alps were still above us , wearing a bold face though overcome in truth 50 [ July Getting out of the Smoke .
... change of motion was perceptible . The car- riages ran almost on a level — or , as we fancied , went down - hill ; and although the Alps were still above us , wearing a bold face though overcome in truth 50 [ July Getting out of the Smoke .
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... face , which , without its supplemental paint , was anything but a pleasant spectacle . Add to this that her exertions had brought her to a condition which probably led her to make the remark , si suda molto , although I must not say ...
... face , which , without its supplemental paint , was anything but a pleasant spectacle . Add to this that her exertions had brought her to a condition which probably led her to make the remark , si suda molto , although I must not say ...
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... face . 66 ' So far as I am concerned , " he said , with a smile , “ I will not have your liberty curbed . You must do and say what you like without any thought of me . " 66 " Of you , Mr Huntley ! " said Kate , with some confusion ...
... face . 66 ' So far as I am concerned , " he said , with a smile , “ I will not have your liberty curbed . You must do and say what you like without any thought of me . " 66 " Of you , Mr Huntley ! " said Kate , with some confusion ...
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... face , yet it was not exactly a pain- ful feeling . And then she was very sweet - tempered and sympa- thetic it was hard for her to make up her mind to disappoint and grieve any one . She would be sincerely sorry for the man she was ...
... face , yet it was not exactly a pain- ful feeling . And then she was very sweet - tempered and sympa- thetic it was hard for her to make up her mind to disappoint and grieve any one . She would be sincerely sorry for the man she was ...
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Page 50 - Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Page 481 - ... of this House, or any committee thereof, as well during the recess, as the sitting of Parliament ; and that this House will proceed with the utmost severity against such offenders.
Page 177 - The blessed damozel leaned out From the gold bar of Heaven; Her eyes were deeper than the depth Of water stilled at even; She had three lilies in her hand, And the stars in her hair were seven.
Page 291 - ... fate, And see the revolution of the times Make mountains level, and the continent, Weary of solid firmness, melt itself Into the sea; and other times to see The beachy girdle of the ocean Too wide for Neptune's hips; how chances mock, And changes fill the cup of alteration With divers liquors!
Page 530 - ... dominant, and sitteth upon a sphinx, and looketh unto Memphis and old Thebes, while his sister Oblivion reclineth semisomnous on a pyramid, gloriously triumphing, making puzzles of Titanian erections, and turning old glories into dreams. History sinketh beneath her cloud. The traveller as he paceth amazedly through those deserts asketh of her, who builded them ? and she mumbleth something, but what it is he heareth not.
Page 489 - Letter to his Constituents, denying the power of the House of Commons to imprison the people of England,' and he accompanied the letter with an argument in support of his position.
Page 290 - O heaven ! that one might read the book of fate ; And see the revolution of the times Make mountains level, and the continent (Weary of solid firmness,) melt itself Into the sea...
Page 314 - And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, "Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Page 453 - Earth crouches, the elements are potter's clay, Space like a heaven filled up with northern lights, Here, nowhere, there, and everywhere at once.
Page 454 - I used to wish the Arabian Tales were true : my imagination ran on unknown influences, on magical powers, and talismans I thought life might be a dream, or I an Angel, and all this world a deception, my fellow-angels by a playful device concealing themselves from me, and deceiving me with the semblance of a material world.