Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 53W. Blackwood, 1843 |
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... minds of every one - are we not on the very verge of national insol vency ? He proceeded to demonstrate that his ... mind the intelligence which has lately reached us , " [ from Affghan- istan , ] " can you anticipate for the year ...
... minds of every one - are we not on the very verge of national insol vency ? He proceeded to demonstrate that his ... mind the intelligence which has lately reached us , " [ from Affghan- istan , ] " can you anticipate for the year ...
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... mind of any one . The trial was therefore fixed on . The day of his arrest , Lesurques wrote the following letter to one of his friends , which was intercepted , and joined to the documentary evi- dence to be examined on the trial ...
... mind of any one . The trial was therefore fixed on . The day of his arrest , Lesurques wrote the following letter to one of his friends , which was intercepted , and joined to the documentary evi- dence to be examined on the trial ...
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... mind . Lesurques , despairing to get over such fatal appearances , ceased his energetic denials , and awaited his ... minds of the magistrates , who hastened to demand a reprieve from the Directory , which , terrified at the idea of ...
... mind . Lesurques , despairing to get over such fatal appearances , ceased his energetic denials , and awaited his ... minds of the magistrates , who hastened to demand a reprieve from the Directory , which , terrified at the idea of ...
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... mind awakened to a sense of re- ligion and human responsibility . I could not do otherwise . From the moment that I was convinced of the obligation under which I had been brought , that I could feel the force of the silent compact which ...
... mind awakened to a sense of re- ligion and human responsibility . I could not do otherwise . From the moment that I was convinced of the obligation under which I had been brought , that I could feel the force of the silent compact which ...
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... mind was quite unsettled . Satan tried very hard at me , but it wouldn't do . Sometimes , when my boy had gone home , and shop was shut up , the Tempter would whisper in my ears words like these- Jehu , you're insured , over and over ...
... mind was quite unsettled . Satan tried very hard at me , but it wouldn't do . Sometimes , when my boy had gone home , and shop was shut up , the Tempter would whisper in my ears words like these- Jehu , you're insured , over and over ...
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Page 136 - And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
Page 136 - Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp : and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
Page 192 - ... surely need not be ashamed of that friendly intercourse which ought to exist among artists, of receiving from the dead and giving to the living, and perhaps to those who are yet unborn.
Page 160 - Revolution, were in opposition to the government of King William. They knew that our glorious deliverer was an enemy to all persecution. They knew that he came to free us from slavery and popery, out of a country, where a third of the people are contented Catholics under a Protestant government.
Page 136 - I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
Page 602 - His illness was long, but borne with a mild and cheerful fortitude, without the least mixture of any thing irritable or querulous, agreeably to the placid and even tenor of his whole life. He had, from the beginning of his malady, a distinct view of his dissolution ; and he contemplated it with that entire composure, which nothing but the innocence, integrity, and usefulness of his life, and an unaffected submission to the will of Providence, could bestow.
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Page 538 - Soon we heard a challenge-trumpet Sounding in the Pass below, And the distant tramp of horses, And the voices of the foe ; Down we crouched amid the bracken, Till the Lowland ranks drew near, Panting like the hounds in summer, When they scent the stately deer. From the dark defile emerging, Next we saw the squadrons come, Leslie's foot and Leven's troopers Marching to the tuck...
Page 206 - To throw his tools down, hastily unhook The old cracked lantern from its dusty nook, And, while he lit it, speak a cheering word, That almost choked him, and was scarcely heard, Was but a moment's act, and he was gone To where a fearful foresight led him on.
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