Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 39W. Blackwood, 1836 |
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... sustained , and how natu- rally ; and though we confess that we are far from being skilled in the mystery of stage - effect , we cannot help thinking that such scenes would tell in representation . 6 [ Jan. Dramas , by Joanna Baillie .
... sustained , and how natu- rally ; and though we confess that we are far from being skilled in the mystery of stage - effect , we cannot help thinking that such scenes would tell in representation . 6 [ Jan. Dramas , by Joanna Baillie .
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... effect- ed with the dexterity of a valet in a Spanish interlude . Henry , instead of returning to his usual quarters , seemed suddenly struck with the idea of passing the night at Senlis . To get rid of the ennui of the even- ing in a ...
... effect- ed with the dexterity of a valet in a Spanish interlude . Henry , instead of returning to his usual quarters , seemed suddenly struck with the idea of passing the night at Senlis . To get rid of the ennui of the even- ing in a ...
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... effect of betraying him . He preserved his presence of mind , and talked gaily with the lady , until in moving through the apartment , they got behind the King and Queen . He saw that now was the only chance of escape . He left his fair ...
... effect of betraying him . He preserved his presence of mind , and talked gaily with the lady , until in moving through the apartment , they got behind the King and Queen . He saw that now was the only chance of escape . He left his fair ...
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... effect on the prudence of the widow . For at his vigorous solici . tation , she promised to meet Barney at the church . That the ceremony might attract no attention on the part of gossiping neighbours 44 [ Jan. Barnaby Palms ; the Man ...
... effect on the prudence of the widow . For at his vigorous solici . tation , she promised to meet Barney at the church . That the ceremony might attract no attention on the part of gossiping neighbours 44 [ Jan. Barnaby Palms ; the Man ...
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... effect , to the failure of the continental system . The spinning- jenny , superseded after so complete- ly by the mule - Arkwright's water or throstle frame - Watt's steam en- gines - all were working their won- ders years before ...
... effect , to the failure of the continental system . The spinning- jenny , superseded after so complete- ly by the mule - Arkwright's water or throstle frame - Watt's steam en- gines - all were working their won- ders years before ...
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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.