Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56William Blackwood, 1844 - England |
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... body knows what powerful influence public opinion , or the opinion of their relations , friends , and acquaintances , exercises on all men in their native seats , or when living for any length of time in one situation . It forms , in ...
... body knows what powerful influence public opinion , or the opinion of their relations , friends , and acquaintances , exercises on all men in their native seats , or when living for any length of time in one situation . It forms , in ...
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... body , must be in a state of destitution . We know in what state the fatherless and widows are in their affliction , and who has com- manded us to visit them . On the most moderate calculation , 250,000 , or an eighth of the whole ...
... body , must be in a state of destitution . We know in what state the fatherless and widows are in their affliction , and who has com- manded us to visit them . On the most moderate calculation , 250,000 , or an eighth of the whole ...
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... body of a nodule of flint as to render its exterior like a sieve , diducit scopulos aceto . What solvent can the chemist prepare in his laboratory com- parable to one which , while it dissolves silex , neither harms the insect nor ...
... body of a nodule of flint as to render its exterior like a sieve , diducit scopulos aceto . What solvent can the chemist prepare in his laboratory com- parable to one which , while it dissolves silex , neither harms the insect nor ...
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... body was ripe for bathing , the whole conversation turn- ed naturally on the Messina shark , and his trick of snapping at people's legs carelessly left by the owners dangling over the boat's side . We steam up the straits to our ...
... body was ripe for bathing , the whole conversation turn- ed naturally on the Messina shark , and his trick of snapping at people's legs carelessly left by the owners dangling over the boat's side . We steam up the straits to our ...
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... body of French troops which , after the battle of Gembloux , had pledged itself never again to bear arms against Spain , caused them to have a hundred soldiers strangled by night , and their bodies flung into the moat at the foot of the ...
... body of French troops which , after the battle of Gembloux , had pledged itself never again to bear arms against Spain , caused them to have a hundred soldiers strangled by night , and their bodies flung into the moat at the foot of the ...
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Page 624 - She has thrown her bonnet by, And her feet she has been dipping In the shallow water's flow ; Now she holds them nakedly In her hands, all sleek and dripping, While she rocketh to and fro. Little Ellie sits alone, — And the smile, she softly useth, Fills the silence like a speech ; While she thinks what shall be done, — And the sweetest pleasure chooseth For her future within reach...
Page 392 - That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward-slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea stamp ; The man's the gowd for a
Page 268 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...
Page 237 - The delight of tragedy proceeds from our consciousness of fiction ; if we thought murders and treasons real, they would please no more. Imitations produce pain or pleasure, not because they are mistaken for realities, but because they bring realities to mind.
Page 624 - Then, ay, then he shall kneel low, With the red-roan steed anear him Which shall seem to understand, Till I answer, 'Rise and go! For the world must love and fear him Whom I gift with heart and hand.
Page 624 - And the steed shall be red-roan, And the lover shall be noble, With an eye that takes the breath : And the lute he plays upon Shall strike ladies into trouble, As his sword strikes men to death.
Page 561 - They are the depositaries of the laws; the living oracles, who must decide in all cases of doubt, and who are bound by an oath to decide according to the law of the land.
Page 395 - Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! And oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved Isle. O Thou! who pour'd the patriotic tide That stream'd thro...
Page 624 - And the first time, I will send A white rosebud for a guerdon, And the second time, a glove ; But the third time — I may bend From my pride, and answer — 'Pardon, If he comes to take my love.
Page 122 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more...