Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 87W. Blackwood, 1860 |
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... emperor or a king ? Read Gibbon , and you will see what be- came of the infatuated creatures who , in the latter days of the Roman Empire , bought the dignity , generally to perish in the course of a year or so by the swords of a ...
... emperor or a king ? Read Gibbon , and you will see what be- came of the infatuated creatures who , in the latter days of the Roman Empire , bought the dignity , generally to perish in the course of a year or so by the swords of a ...
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... Emperor of the French . His sanctity dis- played itself in " pursuing with blind and cruel zeal the enemies of the faith . " France was exhausted of men and treasures . The flower of her troops panted and died on the burning sands of ...
... Emperor of the French . His sanctity dis- played itself in " pursuing with blind and cruel zeal the enemies of the faith . " France was exhausted of men and treasures . The flower of her troops panted and died on the burning sands of ...
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... Emperor of the French , whose sagacity none can question , attaches quite as much importance to this point as does Lord Dundonald ; and that the great in- crease of the French navy , which has caused such a sensation in this coun- try ...
... Emperor of the French , whose sagacity none can question , attaches quite as much importance to this point as does Lord Dundonald ; and that the great in- crease of the French navy , which has caused such a sensation in this coun- try ...
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... Emperor of the French , has undergone a marked alteration . But a little while ago we were taught to regard him as a dark mysterious plotter , whose designs no man could fathom , and upon whose word no reliance could be placed . His ...
... Emperor of the French , has undergone a marked alteration . But a little while ago we were taught to regard him as a dark mysterious plotter , whose designs no man could fathom , and upon whose word no reliance could be placed . His ...
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... Emperor of the French to stand well with us at the present time , because it so happens that he is placed in antagonism with almost every other great European power . He finds that he cannot carry into effect the compact made with ...
... Emperor of the French to stand well with us at the present time , because it so happens that he is placed in antagonism with almost every other great European power . He finds that he cannot carry into effect the compact made with ...
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Page 330 - With bated breath, and whispering humbleness, Say this: — "Fair sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last; You spurned me such a day ; another time You called me dog; and for these courtesies I'll lend you thus much moneys ?
Page 451 - We will return no more;" And all at once they sang, "Our island home Is far beyond the wave; we will no longer roam.
Page 599 - ... a creature full of eager, passionate longings for all that was beautiful and glad ; thirsty for all knowledge ; with an ear straining after dreamy music that died away and would not come near to her ; with a blind, unconscious yearning for something that would link together the wonderful impressions of this mysterious life, and give her soul a sense of home in it.
Page 112 - On the banks of the Teche, are the towns of St. Maur and St. Martin. There the long-wandering bride shall be given again to her bridegroom, There the long-absent pastor regain his flock and his sheepfold. Beautiful is the land, with its prairies and forests of fruit-trees...
Page 455 - Howe'er you come to know it, answer me : Though you untie the winds and let them fight Against the churches ; though the yesty waves Confound and swallow navigation up ; Though bladed corn be lodg'd and trees blown down ; Though castles topple on their warders...
Page 330 - Shylock, we would have moneys :" — you say so ; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold : moneys is your suit. What should I say to you ? Should I not say, " Hath a dog money ? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats...
Page 408 - I also leave to the beneficence of my country my adopted daughter, Horatia Nelson Thompson; and I desire she will use in future the name of Nelson only. 'These are the only favours I ask of my king and country, at this moment when I am going to fight their battle. May God bless my king and country, and all those I hold dear! My relations it is needless to mention: they will, of course, be amply provided for.
Page 140 - visits the sins of the fathers upon the children even to the third and fourth generations of them that hate him...
Page 601 - There is no sense of ease like the ease we felt in those scenes where we were born, where objects became dear to us before we had known the labour of choice, and where the outer world seemed only an extension of our own personality : we accepted and loved it as we accepted our own sense of existence and our own limbs.
Page 330 - About my moneys and my usances : Still have I borne it with a patient shrug, For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe. You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog, And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own. Well, then, it now appears you need my help. Go to, then ; you come to me, and you say, Shylock, we would have moneys...