The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, 84. köideArchibald Constable and Company, 1819 |
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... lives free from notorious and abandoned wickedness , are apt to think too well of them- selves , and to grow indifferent about their progress towards perfection , " the indispensable duty of every Christ- ian . When such persons read of ...
... lives free from notorious and abandoned wickedness , are apt to think too well of them- selves , and to grow indifferent about their progress towards perfection , " the indispensable duty of every Christ- ian . When such persons read of ...
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... live among his own people , and take a paternal interest in their concerns , besides discharging the usual functions of landlord and magistrate rate ; he will know more of the nature and capacities of mankind , ( though per- haps less ...
... live among his own people , and take a paternal interest in their concerns , besides discharging the usual functions of landlord and magistrate rate ; he will know more of the nature and capacities of mankind , ( though per- haps less ...
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... live and speak in the memorials they have left be- hind , among which ample materials are found for many of the subordinate figures which fill up his inimitable paintings . One class of beings exists however , who have not afforded him ...
... live and speak in the memorials they have left be- hind , among which ample materials are found for many of the subordinate figures which fill up his inimitable paintings . One class of beings exists however , who have not afforded him ...
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... live at their ease , although under the yoke of despotism . The Yoloffs do not possess so many cattle , but the riches derived from their gum trade , which they abandon to the Moors , from the ebony trees with which their forests are ...
... live at their ease , although under the yoke of despotism . The Yoloffs do not possess so many cattle , but the riches derived from their gum trade , which they abandon to the Moors , from the ebony trees with which their forests are ...
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... lives of a considerable portion of the work- ing classes in those parts of the kingdom where cotton factories are established . A bill for raising a loan of 12 millions for the service of the year received the Royal assent on the 21st ...
... lives of a considerable portion of the work- ing classes in those parts of the kingdom where cotton factories are established . A bill for raising a loan of 12 millions for the service of the year received the Royal assent on the 21st ...
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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.