Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 65. köideW. Blackwood & Sons, 1849 |
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... seen the commencement of the era of social conflicts , is there any man now alive who is likely to see its end ? A Experience has now completely de- monstrated the wisdom of the Allied powers , who placed the lawful mon- archs of France ...
... seen the commencement of the era of social conflicts , is there any man now alive who is likely to see its end ? A Experience has now completely de- monstrated the wisdom of the Allied powers , who placed the lawful mon- archs of France ...
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... seen anything like it before : it is doubtful if it will ever see anything like it again . Under its shelter , the various interests of the em- pire were knit together in so close a manner , that they not only all grew and prospered ...
... seen anything like it before : it is doubtful if it will ever see anything like it again . Under its shelter , the various interests of the em- pire were knit together in so close a manner , that they not only all grew and prospered ...
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... seen my friend , and what he was about to do ? " He thinks of returning to his family , " said I. Roland , who had seemed dozing , winced uneasily . " Who returns to his family ? " asked the Captain . “ Why , you must know , " said my ...
... seen my friend , and what he was about to do ? " He thinks of returning to his family , " said I. Roland , who had seemed dozing , winced uneasily . " Who returns to his family ? " asked the Captain . “ Why , you must know , " said my ...
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... seen by day- light , seems to find particular pleasure in licking my face , pulling my beard , and purring continually , thus keeping off the insects . Generally the cats in Bellet - Sudan are of a very wild and fierce nature , which ...
... seen by day- light , seems to find particular pleasure in licking my face , pulling my beard , and purring continually , thus keeping off the insects . Generally the cats in Bellet - Sudan are of a very wild and fierce nature , which ...
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... seen in this book is courage . Here is a poor creature rolling on the carpet with agony ; from childhood to death tortured by a mysterious incurable malady - a malady that is described as ' an inter- nal apparatus of torture ; ' and who ...
... seen in this book is courage . Here is a poor creature rolling on the carpet with agony ; from childhood to death tortured by a mysterious incurable malady - a malady that is described as ' an inter- nal apparatus of torture ; ' and who ...
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Page 431 - THERE is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass, Or night-dews on still waters between walls Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass; Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tir'd eyelids upon tir'd eyes; Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies. Here are cool mosses deep, And thro...
Page 431 - ULYSSES. IT little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.
Page 431 - And their warm tears; but all hath suffer'd change; For surely now our household hearths are cold, Our sons inherit us, our looks are strange, And we should come like ghosts to trouble joy. Or else the island princes over-bold Have eat our substance, and the minstrel sings Before them of the ten years' war in Troy, And our great deeds, as half-forgotten things.
Page 179 - And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
Page 431 - Little remains: but every hour is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer of new things; and vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard myself, And this gray spirit yearning in desire To follow knowledge like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.
Page 363 - Parr to suspend his labors in that dark and profound mine from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition, a treasure too often buried in the earth, too often paraded with injudicious and inelegant ostentation, but still precious, massive, and splendid. There appeared the voluptuous charms of her to whom the heir of the throne had in secret plighted his faith.
Page 359 - That the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished:" and Mr Burke's bill of reform was framed with skill, introduced with eloquence, and supported by numbers.
Page 431 - We have had enough of action, and of motion we, Roll'd to starboard, roll'd to larboard, when the surge was seething free, Where the wallowing monster spouted his foam-fountains in the sea. Let us swear an oath, and keep it with an equal mind, In the hollow Lotos-land to live and tie reclined On the hills like Gods together, careless of mankind.
Page 362 - Heathfield, recently ennobled for his memorable defence of Gibraltar against the fleets and armies of France and Spain. The long procession was closed by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of the realm, by the great dignitaries, and by the brothers and sons of the King. Last of all came the Prince of Wales, conspicuous by his fine person and noble bearing.
Page 431 - All things are taken from us, and become Portions and parcels of the dreadful Past. Let us alone. What pleasure can we have To war with evil? Is there any peace In ever climbing up the climbing wave?