Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 14William Blackwood, 1823 - England |
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... believe he is very young , has , we must confess , surprised us . He has not given a perfect Faust , - that nobody ever will do - but he has come so near perfection , that we may safely congratulate him on an a- chievement of which ...
... believe he is very young , has , we must confess , surprised us . He has not given a perfect Faust , - that nobody ever will do - but he has come so near perfection , that we may safely congratulate him on an a- chievement of which ...
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... believe that he was in the worst stage of the dreaded dis- order . should be sought for to have charge of the sick man , and told Niccolajo where he might find such a person , in the hospital of St Maria Nuova . To the hospital ...
... believe that he was in the worst stage of the dreaded dis- order . should be sought for to have charge of the sick man , and told Niccolajo where he might find such a person , in the hospital of St Maria Nuova . To the hospital ...
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... believe the truth of what she now heard , began with piteous accents thus to accost him , 6 : Oh , blessed spirit ! hast thou any- thing which presses upon thy con- science ? Dost thou require the office for the dead to be performed for ...
... believe the truth of what she now heard , began with piteous accents thus to accost him , 6 : Oh , blessed spirit ! hast thou any- thing which presses upon thy con- science ? Dost thou require the office for the dead to be performed for ...
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... believe that Master Manente , whom he had seen dead and buried , was returned to life again . The next morning early , having washed and trimmed his hair and beard according to the fashion of the day , and accoutred in some clothes of ...
... believe that Master Manente , whom he had seen dead and buried , was returned to life again . The next morning early , having washed and trimmed his hair and beard according to the fashion of the day , and accoutred in some clothes of ...
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... believe , I will be correct in saying , are three in number , viz . - First , and chiefly , the support of the infirm , the sick , and the aged amongst you . Second- ly , The promotion of that amor patriæ which is inherent in every man ...
... believe , I will be correct in saying , are three in number , viz . - First , and chiefly , the support of the infirm , the sick , and the aged amongst you . Second- ly , The promotion of that amor patriæ which is inherent in every man ...
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Page 344 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Page 396 - Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
Page 157 - ... the worm that dieth not, and the fire that is not quenched.
Page 265 - THE measure is English heroic verse without rime, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin, — rime being no necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem or good verse, in longer works especially, but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre...
Page 266 - ... apt numbers, fit quantity of syllables, and the sense variously drawn out from one verse into another...
Page 481 - Her voice was good, and the ditty fitted for it; it was that smooth song which was made by Kit Marlow, now at least fifty years ago; and the milkmaid's mother sung an answer to it, which was made by Sir Walter Raleigh, in his younger days. They were old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good; I think much better than the strong lines that are now in fashion in this critical age.
Page 482 - And we will sit upon the rocks, Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle...
Page 288 - A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with here and there a sail just skipping In sight, then lost amidst the forestry Of masts; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea-coal canopy; A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool's head - and there is London Town!
Page 482 - With coral clasps and amber studs: And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me, and be my love.
Page 481 - No, I thank you; but, I pray, do us a courtesy that shall stand you and your daughter in nothing, and yet we will think ourselves still something in your debt: it is but to sing us a song that was sung by your daughter when I last passed over this meadow, about eight or nine days since. MILK- WOMAN. What song was it, I pray? Was it, "Come, shepherds, deck your herds"? or "As at noon Dulcina rested"?