Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 53W. Blackwood, 1843 |
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... perhaps , he may consider a mere fragment chipped off , as it were , from the continent of Europe , ) turn to our stupendous possessions in the east and in the west - in fact , all over the world - and he may be apt to think of the fond ...
... perhaps , he may consider a mere fragment chipped off , as it were , from the continent of Europe , ) turn to our stupendous possessions in the east and in the west - in fact , all over the world - and he may be apt to think of the fond ...
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... perhaps doubling , or even trebling their present salaries of office . The transference to the former , without any additional salary , of the office of Chief Judge in Bankruptcy , ( vacant by the recent death of Sir John Cross , ) was ...
... perhaps doubling , or even trebling their present salaries of office . The transference to the former , without any additional salary , of the office of Chief Judge in Bankruptcy , ( vacant by the recent death of Sir John Cross , ) was ...
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... perhaps beneficially , brought matters to a cri- sis . It was alleged on behalf of the Em- peror , that we were surreptitiously , and from motives of gain , corrupting and destroying his people , by supply- ing them with opium ; but it ...
... perhaps beneficially , brought matters to a cri- sis . It was alleged on behalf of the Em- peror , that we were surreptitiously , and from motives of gain , corrupting and destroying his people , by supply- ing them with opium ; but it ...
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... perhaps the self - devotion , the self - re- VOL . LIII . NO . CCCXXVII . nunciation , and the profound humility which distinguished him in the world , and in his conversation amongst men . " The companion of the wise shall be wise ...
... perhaps the self - devotion , the self - re- VOL . LIII . NO . CCCXXVII . nunciation , and the profound humility which distinguished him in the world , and in his conversation amongst men . " The companion of the wise shall be wise ...
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... perhaps you are , and you'll be more puzzled yet when you know all . Why , what is all this about poor Smith ? I knew him before Clayton ever got hold of him , when the chap hadn't a halfpenny to fly with , but was a most oudacious ...
... perhaps you are , and you'll be more puzzled yet when you know all . Why , what is all this about poor Smith ? I knew him before Clayton ever got hold of him , when the chap hadn't a halfpenny to fly with , but was a most oudacious ...
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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.
Page 537 - And we clasped the hands of kinsmen, And we swore to do or die ! Then our leader rode before us On his war-horse black as night — Well the Cameronian rebels...
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.
Page 194 - Painting is not only to be considered as an imitation, operating by deception, but that it is, and ought to be, in many points of view, and strictly speaking, no imitation at all of external nature. Perhaps it ought to be as far removed from the vulgar idea of imitation, as the refined...