Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71William Blackwood, 1852 |
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... wish shall be to clothe as easily Your spirit in its torpid quietude . " In this finely - conceived contrast it is difficult to which to award the palm of just and eloquent reflection , whether to the monk or to the soldier ; but who ...
... wish shall be to clothe as easily Your spirit in its torpid quietude . " In this finely - conceived contrast it is difficult to which to award the palm of just and eloquent reflection , whether to the monk or to the soldier ; but who ...
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... wish accomplished . Farewell , my child ! Farewell , my king ! Farewell , my foe ! And Scotland , O my coun- try , Whom I have served , not , as soft flatterers do , With boastful phrase , which honours much the speaker , But with harsh ...
... wish accomplished . Farewell , my child ! Farewell , my king ! Farewell , my foe ! And Scotland , O my coun- try , Whom I have served , not , as soft flatterers do , With boastful phrase , which honours much the speaker , But with harsh ...
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... wish . Look there - simply , thou fiend - look ! Peruse it , note it well - that blood - stained cheek . Now , go thy ways - go wheresoe'er thou wilt- That bleeding form shall never quit thy sight ! Ay , turn aside , or close thy aching ...
... wish . Look there - simply , thou fiend - look ! Peruse it , note it well - that blood - stained cheek . Now , go thy ways - go wheresoe'er thou wilt- That bleeding form shall never quit thy sight ! Ay , turn aside , or close thy aching ...
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... wish us God speed . Julie Favret , the prettier of the two , was said to be engaged to our guide Jean Carrier - a splendid young fellow - so they lingered behind some little time ; and when Jean rejoined us , an unmerciful shower of ...
... wish us God speed . Julie Favret , the prettier of the two , was said to be engaged to our guide Jean Carrier - a splendid young fellow - so they lingered behind some little time ; and when Jean rejoined us , an unmerciful shower of ...
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... wish of years was grati- fied ; but I was so completely ex- hausted , that , without looking round me , I fell down upon the snow , and was asleep in an instant . I never knew the charm before of that mys- terious and brief repose ...
... wish of years was grati- fied ; but I was so completely ex- hausted , that , without looking round me , I fell down upon the snow , and was asleep in an instant . I never knew the charm before of that mys- terious and brief repose ...
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Página 323 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Página 503 - Lords and Commons of England, consider what nation it is whereof ye are and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to.
Página 79 - Let your women keep silence in the churches ; for it is not permitted unto them to speak : but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
Página 322 - ... some way related to the business that was to be done within it. If he was ambitious, I will say this for him, his ambition was of a noble and generous strain. It was to raise himself, not by the low pimping politics of a court, but to win his way to power, through the laborious gradations of public service; and to secure himself a well-earned rank in parliament, by a thorough knowledge of its constitution, and a perfect practice in all its business.
Página 148 - I know the danger, yet a battle is absolutely necessary, and I rely on the bravery and discipline of the troops, which will make amends for our disadvantages.
Página 79 - Let the woman learn in silence, with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Página 528 - THE TRUE USE OF GOLD is for paving streets, covering houses, and making culinary dishes ; and when the Saints shall have preached the Gospel, raised grain, and built up cities enough, the Lord will open up the way for a supply of gold, to the perfect satisfaction of his people. Until then, let them not be over-anxious, for the treasures of the earth are in the Lord's storehouse, and he will open the doors thereof when and where he pleases.
Página 322 - Undoubtedly Mr. Grenville was a first-rate figure in this country. With a masculine understanding, and a stout and resolute heart, he had an application undissipated and unwearied. He took public business, not as a duty which he...
Página 79 - Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church : and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Página 48 - I got ready for the climb. I have said the Mur de la Cote is some hundred feet high, and is an all but perpendicular iceberg. At one point you can reach it from the snow, but immediately after you begin to ascend it obliquely, there is nothing below but a chasm in the ice more frightful than anything yet passed. Should the foot slip, or the baton...