The Kilmarnock mirror, and literary gleaner, Volume 1at the Kilmarnock Press, by Mathie and Lochore, 1819 - English literature |
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... reason , among many others , that those who take up the pen to write systems , seldom think how they shall make them most useful , but how they shall make them most extensive . This often leads them into unpardonable prolixity . But ...
... reason , among many others , that those who take up the pen to write systems , seldom think how they shall make them most useful , but how they shall make them most extensive . This often leads them into unpardonable prolixity . But ...
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... reason calm and clear , And exer te her will from a strong sense Of wha is right , without the vulgar aid Of hea and passion , which , though honest , bear us Often too far . Thomson Though the principal features of our mind be formed ...
... reason calm and clear , And exer te her will from a strong sense Of wha is right , without the vulgar aid Of hea and passion , which , though honest , bear us Often too far . Thomson Though the principal features of our mind be formed ...
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... reason to believe that neither he nor his master were known . There he began trade in a very low way at first , that his obscurity might screen him from observation ; and in the course of a good many years seemed to rise by the natural ...
... reason to believe that neither he nor his master were known . There he began trade in a very low way at first , that his obscurity might screen him from observation ; and in the course of a good many years seemed to rise by the natural ...
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... reason his approach was never welcomed in the Temple of Pleasure , or in the Mansion of Avarice , as his presence cast a gloom over all their mirth , and filled each breast with the most fearful apprehensions . Upon retiring from the ...
... reason his approach was never welcomed in the Temple of Pleasure , or in the Mansion of Avarice , as his presence cast a gloom over all their mirth , and filled each breast with the most fearful apprehensions . Upon retiring from the ...
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... reasons , prefer residence in the metropolis . As Edinburgh too , is the seat of the supreme courts , the number of law students is generally six times larger there than in Glasgow ; and this for reasons plainly unconnected with the ...
... reasons , prefer residence in the metropolis . As Edinburgh too , is the seat of the supreme courts , the number of law students is generally six times larger there than in Glasgow ; and this for reasons plainly unconnected with the ...
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Page 92 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night...
Page 268 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it : for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon : and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Page 290 - Ah me ! what hand can touch the string so fine ? Who up the lofty diapason roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine, Then let them down again into the soul...
Page 290 - Lull'd the weak bosom, and induced ease, Aerial music in the warbling wind, At distance rising oft by small degrees, Nearer and nearer came, till o'er the trees It hung, and breath'd such soul-dissolving airs, As did, alas!
Page 228 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 323 - The bishop, in reply, with great wit and calmness, exposed this rude attack, concluding thus: "Since the noble lord hath discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well content to be compared to the prophet Balaam ; but, my lords, I am at a loss how to make out the other part of the parallel: I am sure that I have been reproved by nobody but his lordship.
Page 313 - THERE is an hour of peaceful rest, To mourning wanderers given ; There is a joy for souls distressed, A balm for every wounded breast : 'Tis found above — in heaven.
Page 37 - Poor dog ! he was faithful and kind, to be sure, And he constantly loved me, although I was poor ; When the sour-looking folks sent me heartless away, I had always a friend in my poor dog Tray. When the road was so dark, and the night was so cold And Pat and his dog were grown weary and old, How snugly we slept in my old coat of...
Page 217 - The fisherman forsook the strand, The swarthy smith took dirk and brand; With changed cheer, the mower blithe Left in the...
Page 322 - Lords, said, among other things, 'that he prophesied last winter this bill would be attempted in the present session, and he was sorry to find that he had proved a true prophet.