Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 120W. Blackwood & Sons, 1876 - Scotland |
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... morning the little party met at breakfast . Lord Uxmoor , anticipating a delightful day , was in high spirits , and he and Fanny kept up the ball . She had resolved , in the silent watches of the night , to contest him with Zoe , and ...
... morning the little party met at breakfast . Lord Uxmoor , anticipating a delightful day , was in high spirits , and he and Fanny kept up the ball . She had resolved , in the silent watches of the night , to contest him with Zoe , and ...
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... morning in order to get through with his half of the play , and by 11 o'clock he had completed it . When one considers that a play ordinarily covered from 30 to 40 pages , each of 100 lines , this seems an extraordinary feat in itself ...
... morning in order to get through with his half of the play , and by 11 o'clock he had completed it . When one considers that a play ordinarily covered from 30 to 40 pages , each of 100 lines , this seems an extraordinary feat in itself ...
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... morning before breakfast . I am not an early riser ; but I refuse my friend nothing . I found him alone , in the simply- furnished den which opens out of his bedroom on the third floor of a street , which you must forgive me for not ...
... morning before breakfast . I am not an early riser ; but I refuse my friend nothing . I found him alone , in the simply- furnished den which opens out of his bedroom on the third floor of a street , which you must forgive me for not ...
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... morning , " said the man of culture ; and taking the other's hand in his , he began to shake it slowly . Two hours had passed since John entered the room , when his friend laid down his book , rose slowly , and stood beside him . He sup ...
... morning , " said the man of culture ; and taking the other's hand in his , he began to shake it slowly . Two hours had passed since John entered the room , when his friend laid down his book , rose slowly , and stood beside him . He sup ...
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... morning his eyes wandered every moment to the clock . At length I could no longer bear to watch the change , and I spoke . At first he scarcely attended to my words ; but gradually he listened more and more , and at last , after a ...
... morning his eyes wandered every moment to the clock . At length I could no longer bear to watch the change , and I spoke . At first he scarcely attended to my words ; but gradually he listened more and more , and at last , after a ...
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Page 294 - And his mercy is on them that fear him From generation to generation. He hath shewed strength with his arm ; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seats, And exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with good things ; And the rich he hath sent empty away.
Page 645 - Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?
Page 656 - Or call up him that left half -told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass On which the Tartar king did ride; And if aught else great bards beside In sage and solemn tunes have sung, Of turneys, and of trophies hung, Of forests, and enchantments drear, Where more is meant than meets the ear.
Page 641 - twixt Now and Then ! This breathing house not built with hands, This body that does me grievous wrong, O'er aery cliffs and glittering sands How lightly then it flashed along : Like those trim skiffs, unknown of yore, On winding lakes and rivers wide, That ask no aid of sail or oar, That fear no spite of wind or tide ! Nought cared this body for wind or weather When Youth and I lived in't together.
Page 633 - Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? 6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. 7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. 8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
Page 645 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star...
Page 598 - The ATHENIAN EMPIRE from the FLIGHT of XERXES to the FALL of ATHENS. By the Rev. GW Cox, MA, late Scholar of Trinity College, Oxford : Joint Editor of the Series.
Page 487 - Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever ; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long : And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever One grand, sweet song.
Page 563 - Depend upon it, the interests of classes too often contrasted are identical, and it is only ignorance which prevents their uniting for each other's advantage. To dispel that ignorance, to show how man can help man, notwithstanding the complicated state of civilized society, ought to be the aim of every philanthropic person ; but it is more peculiarly the duty of those who, under the blessing of Divine Providence, enjoy station, wealth, and education.
Page 573 - As the natural head of her family, superintendent of her household, manager of her private affairs, sole confidential adviser in politics, and only assistant in her communications with the officers of the Government, he is, besides the husband of the Queen, the tutor of the royal children, the private Secretary of the Sovereign, and her permanent Minister.