The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 87Archibald Constable and Company, 1821 |
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... less than for having transformed treasonable practices into reasonable prac tices , by the casual omission of the letter t . The little difference between treason and reason , —a single letter , which accident might break , as it has ...
... less than for having transformed treasonable practices into reasonable prac tices , by the casual omission of the letter t . The little difference between treason and reason , —a single letter , which accident might break , as it has ...
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... less painful for being concealed , or even hid , under the mask of assumed cheer- fulness . Let not those who see the master or mistress of the house on such a day receiving their guests with smiles of welcome , or encouraging the ...
... less painful for being concealed , or even hid , under the mask of assumed cheer- fulness . Let not those who see the master or mistress of the house on such a day receiving their guests with smiles of welcome , or encouraging the ...
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... less variety , perhaps , less opposi- tion and contrast of manners and cha- racter , -but there is a more chasten- ed tone - an infinitely more interest- ing and better conducted story , -and there is the court of Elizabeth , the most ...
... less variety , perhaps , less opposi- tion and contrast of manners and cha- racter , -but there is a more chasten- ed tone - an infinitely more interest- ing and better conducted story , -and there is the court of Elizabeth , the most ...
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... less showy , but not less rich , than had been displayed in the others . Two silver lamps , fed with perfumed oil , diffused at once a delicious odour and a trembling twilight - seeming shimmer through the quiet apartment . It was car ...
... less showy , but not less rich , than had been displayed in the others . Two silver lamps , fed with perfumed oil , diffused at once a delicious odour and a trembling twilight - seeming shimmer through the quiet apartment . It was car ...
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... less ecstatic joy , followed on her mistress's footsteps- from any apprehension of danger . We must not omit to mention , what was more to the credit of the manners of the time , that in a small recess , illuminated by a taper , were ...
... less ecstatic joy , followed on her mistress's footsteps- from any apprehension of danger . We must not omit to mention , what was more to the credit of the manners of the time , that in a small recess , illuminated by a taper , were ...
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Página 548 - Wander unwearied through the blue abyss : They own thy power, accomplish thy command. All gay with life, all eloquent with bliss What shall we call them ? Piles of crystal light — A glorious company of golden streams — Lamps of celestial ether, burning bright — Suns lighting systems with their joyous beams ? But thou to these art as the noon to night.
Página 133 - For we are saved by hope; but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Página 549 - Though but an atom midst immensity, Still I am something, fashioned by Thy hand ! I hold a middle rank 'twixt heaven and earth, On the last verge of mortal being stand, Close to the realms where angels have their birth, Just on the boundaries of the spirit-land ! The chain of being is complete in me ; In me is matter's last gradation lost, And the next step is spirit — Deity ! I can command the lightning, and am dust!
Página 530 - But as young men, when they knit and shape perfectly, do seldom grow to a farther stature : so knowledge, while it is in aphorisms and observations, it is in growth ; but when it once is comprehended in exact methods, it may perchance be farther polished and illustrated, and accommodated for use and practice ; but it increaseth no more in bulk and substance.
Página 195 - Their dearest action in the tented field; And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle ; And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself. Yet, by your gracious patience, I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver Of my whole course of love ; what drugs, what charms, What conjuration, and what mighty magic,— For such proceeding I am charg'd withal, — I won his daughter.
Página 547 - Who fill'st existence with thyself alone; Embracing all, supporting, ruling o'er, Being whom we call God, and know no more.
Página 556 - O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent ! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content...
Página 16 - You have this day spoiled a gay mantle in our service, young man. We thank you for your service, though the manner of offering it was unusual, and something bold." " In a sovereign's need," answered the youth, " it is each liegeman's duty to be bold.
Página 7 - To each his sufferings: all are men, Condemned alike to groan; The tender for another's pain, The unfeeling for his own. Yet, ah! why should they know their fate? Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies. Thought would destroy their paradise. No more; where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
Página 449 - And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.