Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 134William Blackwood, 1883 - England |
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Page 27
... half com- menced . There are some men who find their energies cramped and deadened by the burden of debt , and who feel all the impetus to labour gone when they know that the reward has been disposed of before it could be earned . Of ...
... half com- menced . There are some men who find their energies cramped and deadened by the burden of debt , and who feel all the impetus to labour gone when they know that the reward has been disposed of before it could be earned . Of ...
Page 28
... half so much pride and joy . His sketch - book contained draw- ing after drawing of Kate's beau- tiful face ; unfinished portraits of her stood in a dusty corner , dis- carded by the artist as ludicrously unworthy of the original ...
... half so much pride and joy . His sketch - book contained draw- ing after drawing of Kate's beau- tiful face ; unfinished portraits of her stood in a dusty corner , dis- carded by the artist as ludicrously unworthy of the original ...
Page 34
... half - reproachful expression , which caused him to ask himself whether he had done right in keep- ing a silence which might be deemed harsh , and even cruel . Yet he was not even quite sure where she was somewhere in London , so he had ...
... half - reproachful expression , which caused him to ask himself whether he had done right in keep- ing a silence which might be deemed harsh , and even cruel . Yet he was not even quite sure where she was somewhere in London , so he had ...
Page 37
... half the length of the ' Jerusalem Delivered , ' and is contained in twelve books . Forgotten now , so completely , that it is very prob- able that these words may give the first intimation to many readers that they ever had of its ...
... half the length of the ' Jerusalem Delivered , ' and is contained in twelve books . Forgotten now , so completely , that it is very prob- able that these words may give the first intimation to many readers that they ever had of its ...
Page 41
... half dead with terror , Clarice , a second Proserpine , is whirled away in it out of sight . Rinaldo seeks her , but in vain , and finds no comfort in his trans- ports of rage and grief . Thick Thick mists prevent Bayard , risen ...
... half dead with terror , Clarice , a second Proserpine , is whirled away in it out of sight . Rinaldo seeks her , but in vain , and finds no comfort in his trans- ports of rage and grief . Thick Thick mists prevent Bayard , risen ...
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Popular passages
Page 27 - For from the rising of the sun even to the going down...
Page 220 - The tiny cell is forlorn, Void of the little living will That made it stir on the shore. Did he stand at the diamond door Of his house in a rainbow frill? Did he push, when he was uncurl'd, A golden foot or a fairy horn Thro...
Page 597 - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord, against the mighty.
Page 246 - My master at first laughed at me ; but, when I explained my meaning to him, he encouraged me to go on : and that I might make fair copies in the day-time of what I had done in the night, he often worked for me himself. I shall always have a respect for the memory of that man.
Page 726 - That the offences mentioned in the said report were of a trivial, unimportant, and limited character: and (d.) That in all other respects the election was free from any corrupt or illegal practice on the part of such candidate and of his agents...
Page 721 - ... (7.) If any candidate or election agent knowingly makes the declaration required by this section falsely, he shall be guilty of an offence, and on conviction thereof on indictment shall be liable to the punishment for wilful and corrupt perjury; such offence shall also be deemed to be a corrupt practice within the meaning of this Act.
Page 140 - President of the Board of Trade and a member of the Cabinet...
Page 721 - ... on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the said nomination or election.
Page 723 - ... corruptly influencing that person or any other person to give or refrain from giving his vote at the election, or on account of such person or any other person having voted or refrained from voting, or being about to vote or refrain from voting at such election, shall be guilty of treating.
Page 579 - Nothing impossible was ever introduced, nor even anything which, from outward circumstances, would seem to be violently improbable. I myself was, of course, my own hero. Such is a necessity of castle-building. But I never became a king, or a duke— much less, when my height and personal appearance were fixed, could I be an Antinous, or six feet high.