Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 14William Blackwood, 1823 - England |
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... least ) to the present story ; but I will not conclude these prefatory remarks without repeating , that it seems impossible to regard the tale as a mere fiction , or otherwise than as a narrative ( perhaps highly coloured ) of some real ...
... least ) to the present story ; but I will not conclude these prefatory remarks without repeating , that it seems impossible to regard the tale as a mere fiction , or otherwise than as a narrative ( perhaps highly coloured ) of some real ...
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... least sign of are , tell it me directly , and what you knowledge , his heart misgave him ; want ? " - " Don't you see ? " answered and , instead of going directly home , the physician- " Is it not I - your Ma- as was his first intention ...
... least sign of are , tell it me directly , and what you knowledge , his heart misgave him ; want ? " - " Don't you see ? " answered and , instead of going directly home , the physician- " Is it not I - your Ma- as was his first intention ...
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... least a new Malagigi . In the meantime the deputed friars , with those who accompanied them , had reached the cemetery of Santa Maria Novella , where they sent for the Sa- cristan , and caused him to open the That same morning Monaco ...
... least a new Malagigi . In the meantime the deputed friars , with those who accompanied them , had reached the cemetery of Santa Maria Novella , where they sent for the Sa- cristan , and caused him to open the That same morning Monaco ...
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... least on which it had been held heretofore , he endeavoured to make the best condi- tions he could for the mother country ; and , in order to pave the way , issued a proclamation to the inhabitants , which breathed nothing but ...
... least on which it had been held heretofore , he endeavoured to make the best condi- tions he could for the mother country ; and , in order to pave the way , issued a proclamation to the inhabitants , which breathed nothing but ...
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... least strong English prejudices delivered in the strong clear language of England ! Here , what have we got ? Stupid French books translated , not into stupid English , but into stupid Cockneyeze - wit , that won't make the Duke of ...
... least strong English prejudices delivered in the strong clear language of England ! Here , what have we got ? Stupid French books translated , not into stupid English , but into stupid Cockneyeze - wit , that won't make the Duke of ...
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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"?