Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 88W. Blackwood, 1860 - Scotland |
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... common creatures that jostle us at every corner , are , in fact , all that the statesman , all that the poet , all that the age has of valu- able and precious . We could do without those big blind slaves who do our bidding , careless ...
... common creatures that jostle us at every corner , are , in fact , all that the statesman , all that the poet , all that the age has of valu- able and precious . We could do without those big blind slaves who do our bidding , careless ...
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... common humanity and the broadest simple use of art . Maud , Mrs Browning's great poem , and scarcely less the Idylls - though the remote and fabulous distance of that famous Round Table somewhat re- stores the compromised dignity of the ...
... common humanity and the broadest simple use of art . Maud , Mrs Browning's great poem , and scarcely less the Idylls - though the remote and fabulous distance of that famous Round Table somewhat re- stores the compromised dignity of the ...
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... common it is to profess one does not understand , does not pretend to be a judge , would not presume to venture an opinion ! Whose fault is it if the good people say so ? Partly , doubt- less , their own self - regard and self- timidity ...
... common it is to profess one does not understand , does not pretend to be a judge , would not presume to venture an opinion ! Whose fault is it if the good people say so ? Partly , doubt- less , their own self - regard and self- timidity ...
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... common soul . The air is numerous with verses ; poetry , like the bees , murmurs through the gales , which are not zephyrs , of this reluctant summer , as they have done with gradual increase through some summers past . Let us not scorn ...
... common soul . The air is numerous with verses ; poetry , like the bees , murmurs through the gales , which are not zephyrs , of this reluctant summer , as they have done with gradual increase through some summers past . Let us not scorn ...
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... common property of youth . Who is to tell which of them will go beyond that graceful possibility of authorship which adds a certain ethe- real touch to the refined intelligence of many an ordinary English gentle- man ? Who will make ...
... common property of youth . Who is to tell which of them will go beyond that graceful possibility of authorship which adds a certain ethe- real touch to the refined intelligence of many an ordinary English gentle- man ? Who will make ...
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Page 347 - God save him ; No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home : But dust was thrown upon his sacred head ; Which, with such gentle sorrow he shook off, His face still combating with tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, That had not God, for some strong purpose, steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him.
Page 85 - ... (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise...
Page 576 - Of aspect more sublime: that blessed mood In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened; that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul...
Page 352 - Pluck up thy spirit, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck is very short. Take heed therefore that thou strike not awry for saving of thine honesty.
Page 577 - In darkness, and amid the many shapes Of joyless daylight; when the fretful stir Unprofitable and the fever of the world, Have hung upon the beatings of my heart, — How oft, in spirit have I turned to thee, O sylvan Wye ! thou wanderer thro...
Page 472 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; 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,' being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
Page 573 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Page 85 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble minds) To scorn delights and live laborious days...
Page 95 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 98 - This night shall be born Our heavenly king. "He neither shall be born In housen nor in hall, Nor in the place of Paradise, But in an ox's stall. "He neither shall be clothed In purple nor in pall, But all in fair linen, As were babies all. "He neither shall be rocked In silver nor in gold, But in a wooden cradle, That rocks on the mould. "He neither shall be christened In white wine nor red, But with fair spring water, With which we were christened.