The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, 84. köideArchibald Constable and Company, 1819 |
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... whole town resounded with the Ave Maria , the respective families being assembled at the doors , or on the flat roofs of their houses ; and the circumstances of the times seemed to add a fervour to their devotions which rendered them ...
... whole town resounded with the Ave Maria , the respective families being assembled at the doors , or on the flat roofs of their houses ; and the circumstances of the times seemed to add a fervour to their devotions which rendered them ...
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... whole pre- ceding period of my life . Dreading , how- ever , another attack of apoplexy , or one of palsy , warnings of which I had almost daily since that time received , I determin- ed to live most abstemiously , and in conse- quence ...
... whole pre- ceding period of my life . Dreading , how- ever , another attack of apoplexy , or one of palsy , warnings of which I had almost daily since that time received , I determin- ed to live most abstemiously , and in conse- quence ...
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... whole of her left shoulder , arm , fore- arm , and hand , should be of the ge- nuine negro colour , except a small stripe of white skin about two inches broad , which commences a little be- low the elbow , and runs up to the arm - pit ...
... whole of her left shoulder , arm , fore- arm , and hand , should be of the ge- nuine negro colour , except a small stripe of white skin about two inches broad , which commences a little be- low the elbow , and runs up to the arm - pit ...
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... whole soul , and who dwells on the tones and hues of the other till his eye is satu- rated with truth and beauty , for by this means he moulds his mind to the study and reception of what is most perfect in form and colour , instead of ...
... whole soul , and who dwells on the tones and hues of the other till his eye is satu- rated with truth and beauty , for by this means he moulds his mind to the study and reception of what is most perfect in form and colour , instead of ...
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... whole work , Arundel , " It was about this period that a quarrel arose in full parliament be- tween the Earl of Pembroke , great chamberlain , and Lord Montravel , eldest son of the Earl of Arun great marshal of England , about some ...
... whole work , Arundel , " It was about this period that a quarrel arose in full parliament be- tween the Earl of Pembroke , great chamberlain , and Lord Montravel , eldest son of the Earl of Arun great marshal of England , about some ...
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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.