The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, 84. köideArchibald Constable and Company, 1819 |
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... Society . - Northern Expedition . New Comet , & c . 65 Works preparing for Publication ....... 67 Monthly List of New Publications ........ 68 MONTHLY REGISTER . 1 of the Banquet ib . Remarks on Dr Doddridge's Life of Co- lonel Gardiner ...
... Society . - Northern Expedition . New Comet , & c . 65 Works preparing for Publication ....... 67 Monthly List of New Publications ........ 68 MONTHLY REGISTER . 1 of the Banquet ib . Remarks on Dr Doddridge's Life of Co- lonel Gardiner ...
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... society we burst : - Fear ran before , and Famine close pursu'd , Our sole companion rude Inquietude.- Pacing dispeopled fields , we saw from far , Sear'd in red characters of flaming war , How on the smoking ground , remorseless foes ...
... society we burst : - Fear ran before , and Famine close pursu'd , Our sole companion rude Inquietude.- Pacing dispeopled fields , we saw from far , Sear'd in red characters of flaming war , How on the smoking ground , remorseless foes ...
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... this king- dom one of the richest of the Conti- Bombay Literary Society . -On Mon- day , the 30th. nent . C. G. I. Resignations and Retirements . Lt. Col. D. Cameron , 79 64 [ July Journey into the Interior of Africa .
... this king- dom one of the richest of the Conti- Bombay Literary Society . -On Mon- day , the 30th. nent . C. G. I. Resignations and Retirements . Lt. Col. D. Cameron , 79 64 [ July Journey into the Interior of Africa .
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... Society . -On Mon- day , the 30th of November , a meeting of the Society was held , when an interesting paper from Captain Boog , of the Sir Evan Nepean , was read , descriptive of a journey up the Nile to Thebes , Dendera , & c . This ...
... Society . -On Mon- day , the 30th of November , a meeting of the Society was held , when an interesting paper from Captain Boog , of the Sir Evan Nepean , was read , descriptive of a journey up the Nile to Thebes , Dendera , & c . This ...
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... Society of Dublin . Vol . XIII . Part I. 4to . 15s . The Theory and Practice of Gas Light- ing ; by T. S. Peckston . 8vo . L.1 , Is . The Annual Register , or a View of the History , Politics , and Literature of the Year 1818. 8vo . 16s ...
... Society of Dublin . Vol . XIII . Part I. 4to . 15s . The Theory and Practice of Gas Light- ing ; by T. S. Peckston . 8vo . L.1 , Is . The Annual Register , or a View of the History , Politics , and Literature of the Year 1818. 8vo . 16s ...
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Page 134 - Biron they call him; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest...
Page 326 - He now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn. But it, too, was gone. A large, rickety wooden building stood in its place, with great gaping windows, some of them broken and mended with old hats and petticoats, and over the door was painted, "The Union Hotel, by Jonathan Doolittle.
Page 325 - On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes — it was a bright sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling aloft, and breasting the pure mountain breeze. "Surely," thought Rip, "I have not slept here all night.
Page 252 - And, ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum, with furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.
Page 326 - ... at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done? the morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and gun; he dreaded to meet his wife; but it would not do to starve among the mountains.
Page 328 - Half-moon ; being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon the river and the great city called by his name.
Page 317 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant Nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Page 326 - The rocks presented a high impenetrable wall, over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest. Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog ; he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows...
Page 326 - ... gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had thought himself acquainted with every one in the country round.
Page 326 - He found the house gone to decay, the roof fallen in, the windows shattered, and the doors off the hinges. A half-starved dog that looked like Wolf was skulking about it. Rip called him by name ; but the cur snarled, showed his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed.