Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 14William Blackwood, 1823 - England |
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... body , even a Dei- ty veiling himself under the semblance of a harassed and outcast man , are all beyond the reach of an art which speaks only to the eye . No force of the pen- cil can make , or ought to make , those beings look ...
... body , even a Dei- ty veiling himself under the semblance of a harassed and outcast man , are all beyond the reach of an art which speaks only to the eye . No force of the pen- cil can make , or ought to make , those beings look ...
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... body of the unfortunate Franciosino , brought it secretly to the doctor's house , where Monaco and his attendant as secretly received it ; and , having so done , wrap- ped it carefully in a new linen shroud , bound its throat with ...
... body of the unfortunate Franciosino , brought it secretly to the doctor's house , where Monaco and his attendant as secretly received it ; and , having so done , wrap- ped it carefully in a new linen shroud , bound its throat with ...
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... bodies of the birds , and eat them , -being a part of which Master Manente was likewise particularly fond . Upon this , he ... body who knows as well as I do the fruitfulness of that man's invention , nor how impossible it is to make him ...
... bodies of the birds , and eat them , -being a part of which Master Manente was likewise particularly fond . Upon this , he ... body who knows as well as I do the fruitfulness of that man's invention , nor how impossible it is to make him ...
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... body . " vault in which they were given to un- derstand that the reputed corpse had been buried . The Vicar , and all present , had lis- tened to this discourse very attentive- ly , while Master Manente , full of in- dignation and ...
... body . " vault in which they were given to un- derstand that the reputed corpse had been buried . The Vicar , and all present , had lis- tened to this discourse very attentive- ly , while Master Manente , full of in- dignation and ...
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... body of Billy . * One - two nobbers , besides , did he administer freely ; All the while poor Bill felt out for the ribs with the left hand ; Every hit being short , and the right hand quite ineffective : Backward and forward jumped ...
... body of Billy . * One - two nobbers , besides , did he administer freely ; All the while poor Bill felt out for the ribs with the left hand ; Every hit being short , and the right hand quite ineffective : Backward and forward jumped ...
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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"?