The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 72Philological Society of London, 1817 |
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... tion of that unequalled triumph , had been more worthy of the honour thus conferred , and that the structures had been , both in design and in completion , every way more deserving of their des tined fame , by appearing likely to trans ...
... tion of that unequalled triumph , had been more worthy of the honour thus conferred , and that the structures had been , both in design and in completion , every way more deserving of their des tined fame , by appearing likely to trans ...
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... TION . of Canada . HE usual mode at present prac- tised for endeavouring to preserve potatoes , is to leave them , after digging , exposed to the sun and air , until they are dry . This exposure generally causes them to have a bitter ...
... TION . of Canada . HE usual mode at present prac- tised for endeavouring to preserve potatoes , is to leave them , after digging , exposed to the sun and air , until they are dry . This exposure generally causes them to have a bitter ...
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... tion in those things which he knew best calculated to ensure my happiness ; and while the tear started in my eye for his loss , my bosom heaved in the recollec- . tion that he had acted through life with all the integrity of an honest ...
... tion in those things which he knew best calculated to ensure my happiness ; and while the tear started in my eye for his loss , my bosom heaved in the recollec- . tion that he had acted through life with all the integrity of an honest ...
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... tion , and moral or religious instruction ; they form a sort of class by themselves , and from their work being done early in the day , they are turned into the streets to pass their time in idleness and depravity : thus they become an ...
... tion , and moral or religious instruction ; they form a sort of class by themselves , and from their work being done early in the day , they are turned into the streets to pass their time in idleness and depravity : thus they become an ...
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... tion is bestowed upon it : and as long as it continues to perform its duty , and is not overloaded , no danger of explosion can arise . A mercurial valve insures complete security , but cannot well be used on board a vessel ...
... tion is bestowed upon it : and as long as it continues to perform its duty , and is not overloaded , no danger of explosion can arise . A mercurial valve insures complete security , but cannot well be used on board a vessel ...
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Page 72 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little hell reck if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him...
Page 32 - All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance : it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals.
Page 152 - She was like me in lineaments — her eyes, Her hair, her features, all, to the very tone Even of her voice, they said were like to mine; But soften'd all, and temper'd into beauty; She had the same lone thoughts and wanderings, The quest of hidden knowledge, and a mind To comprehend the universe...
Page 137 - Not haughty, nor arrogant, nor supercilious, they are full of courtesy, and fond of society; more liable in general to err than man, but in general also more virtuous, and performing more good actions, than he. To a woman , whether civilized or savage, I never addressed myself, in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer.
Page 151 - I stand, and on the torrent's brink beneath Behold the tall pines dwindled as to shrubs In dizziness of distance; when a leap, A stir, a motion, even a breath, would bring My breast upon its rocky bosom's bed To rest for ever — wherefore do I pause?
Page 72 - NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried.
Page 137 - I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer; with man it has often been otherwise.
Page 152 - Pity, and smiles, and tears— which I had not; And tenderness— but that I had for her; Humility— and that I never had. Her faults were mine— her virtues were her own— I loved her, and destroyed her! Witch. With thy hand? Man. Not with my hand, but heart, which broke her heart; It gazed on mine, and withered. I have shed Blood, but not hers— and yet her blood was shed; I saw— and could not stanch it.
Page 324 - ... part of our duration very small of which we can truly call ourselves masters, or which we can spend wholly at our own choice. Many of our hours are lost in a rotation of petty cares, in a constant recurrence of the same employments; many of our provisions for ease or happiness...
Page 317 - A little skill in criticism would inform us, that shadows and realities ought not to be mixed together in the same piece ; and that the scenes which are designed as the representations of nature, should be filled with resemblances, and not with the things themselves.