Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 30W. Blackwood & Sons, 1831 - Scotland |
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... fear to say that the dictum of authority , and the divisions of system , are the bane of study to the people at large ; and is it not , we add , the people at large , whom the people in few should seek to in- struct in the wisdom that ...
... fear to say that the dictum of authority , and the divisions of system , are the bane of study to the people at large ; and is it not , we add , the people at large , whom the people in few should seek to in- struct in the wisdom that ...
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... fear of its breaking , for it is strong , and the company destined to bestride it , select . Audubon speaks modestly of his great work , but with the enthusiasm and confidence , natural and becom- ing , in a man of such extraordinary ...
... fear of its breaking , for it is strong , and the company destined to bestride it , select . Audubon speaks modestly of his great work , but with the enthusiasm and confidence , natural and becom- ing , in a man of such extraordinary ...
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... fear , for none had yet been fired by us . " The stones , each of which weighed about a pound , fell incredibly thick , and with such precision , that several of the seamen were knocked down under the thwarts of the boat , and every ...
... fear , for none had yet been fired by us . " The stones , each of which weighed about a pound , fell incredibly thick , and with such precision , that several of the seamen were knocked down under the thwarts of the boat , and every ...
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and with a simplicity of manner , and a fear of doing wrong , which at once prevented the possibility of giving offence . Unac- quainted with the world , they asked a number of questions which would have applied better to persons with ...
and with a simplicity of manner , and a fear of doing wrong , which at once prevented the possibility of giving offence . Unac- quainted with the world , they asked a number of questions which would have applied better to persons with ...
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... fear of the conser- vative party , and the universal boast of the noisy supporters of the Revo- lutionary Bill , that once it is passed , it must be followed by a separation from the legislative government of England , or , at the least ...
... fear of the conser- vative party , and the universal boast of the noisy supporters of the Revo- lutionary Bill , that once it is passed , it must be followed by a separation from the legislative government of England , or , at the least ...
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Page 571 - But the father said to his servants ; Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it ; and let us eat and be merry ; For this my son was dead, and is alive again ; he was lost, and is found.
Page 519 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Page 518 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Page 92 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Page 369 - You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry " Hold, hold !
Page 369 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed The air is delicate.
Page 45 - Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
Page 344 - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose ; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.
Page 343 - Thence what the lofty grave tragedians taught In chorus or iambic, teachers best Of moral prudence, with delight received In brief sententious precepts, while they treat Of fate, and chance, and change in human life ; High actions and high passions best describing...
Page 571 - And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.