Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 39W. Blackwood, 1836 |
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... called his friend . But there existed one , and only one , To whom his mind , with all its nice reserve Above the sympathies of common men , He freely could unfold ; and having lost him , Can I intrude upon his private thoughts Like one ...
... called his friend . But there existed one , and only one , To whom his mind , with all its nice reserve Above the sympathies of common men , He freely could unfold ; and having lost him , Can I intrude upon his private thoughts Like one ...
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... called to one of his attendants to know its cause the household were already out of their beds , and , from the clash of arms below , and the out- cries of the soldiers coming from the street , they knew that their fate was at hand ...
... called to one of his attendants to know its cause the household were already out of their beds , and , from the clash of arms below , and the out- cries of the soldiers coming from the street , they knew that their fate was at hand ...
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... called on for a service which required all his ad- dress and all his intrepidity . The war , though withdrawn from the walls of Rochelle , continued to waste blood through France ; and the Marshal de Mutignon was sent with a strong ...
... called on for a service which required all his ad- dress and all his intrepidity . The war , though withdrawn from the walls of Rochelle , continued to waste blood through France ; and the Marshal de Mutignon was sent with a strong ...
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... called on D'Aubigné for a new exertion of his qualities , and sent him on a mission to the Huguenots in the whole west and north of France . The undertaking was hazardous in the midst of so universal a preparation for war . But it was ...
... called on D'Aubigné for a new exertion of his qualities , and sent him on a mission to the Huguenots in the whole west and north of France . The undertaking was hazardous in the midst of so universal a preparation for war . But it was ...
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... called a berth . This act seemed to be a preconcerted signal with wind and wave ; for almost on the instant , a stiff gale sprang from the north - west - the sea rose in mountains , and the vessel , light as a cork , danced upon their ...
... called a berth . This act seemed to be a preconcerted signal with wind and wave ; for almost on the instant , a stiff gale sprang from the north - west - the sea rose in mountains , and the vessel , light as a cork , danced upon their ...
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Page 350 - But He, her fears to cease, Sent down the meek-eyed Peace : She, crown'd with olive green, came softly sliding Down through the turning sphere, His ready harbinger, With turtle wing the amorous clouds dividing ; And waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a universal peace through sea and land.
Page 108 - Their starting point is different and their courses are not the same; yet each of them seems marked out by the will of Heaven to sway the destinies of half the globe.
Page 252 - If cold white mortals censure this great deed, Warn them, they judge not of superior beings, Souls made of fire, and children of the sun, With whom revenge is virtue.
Page 350 - Pollute with sinful blame, The saintly veil of maiden white to throw ; Confounded, that her Maker's eyes Should look so near upon her foul deformities.
Page 103 - America is a land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion, and every change seems an improvement. The idea of novelty is there indissolubly connected with the idea of amelioration. No natural boundary seems to be set to the efforts of man ; and, in his eyes, what is not yet done is only what he has not yet attempted to do.
Page 245 - For there is amongst us a set of critics, who seem to hold, that every possible thought and image is traditional...
Page 232 - Without a crime, th' ungrateful Greeks betray, Reveal the secrets of the guilty state, And justly punish whom I justly hate! But you, O king, preserve the faith you gave, If I, to save myself, your empire save. The Grecian hopes, and all th' attempts they made* Were only founded on Minerva's aid.
Page 105 - Americans of their climate or of their inland seas, of their great rivers or of their exuberant soil. Nor will bad laws, revolutions, and anarchy, be able to obliterate that love of prosperity and that spirit of enterprise which seem to be the distinctive characteristics of their race, or to extinguish that knowledge which guides them on their way.
Page 108 - The Anglo-American relies upon personal interest to accomplish his ends, and gives free scope to the unguided exertions and common sense of the citizens; the Russian centers all the authority of society in a single arm: the principal instrument of the former is freedom; of the latter servitude.
Page 329 - Royal sanction for constituting a corporation by the name of " The Governor and Company of the Bank of England.