Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 45W. Blackwood, 1839 |
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... seen , few or none of them exhibit those decided features either of antiquity or of pecu- liar origin by which our Scottish airs are so strikingly marked . With these opinions , it will be rea- dily conceived that we have hailed with ...
... seen , few or none of them exhibit those decided features either of antiquity or of pecu- liar origin by which our Scottish airs are so strikingly marked . With these opinions , it will be rea- dily conceived that we have hailed with ...
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... seen that collection , of which we believe there are very few copies to be found in this part of the kingdom . It would appear , however , as Mr Dauney tells us , that little is to be gleaned , at least from accessible sources of in ...
... seen that collection , of which we believe there are very few copies to be found in this part of the kingdom . It would appear , however , as Mr Dauney tells us , that little is to be gleaned , at least from accessible sources of in ...
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... seen the smiling of Fortune beguiling , " are at the very head of their several classes in lyrical composition ; and when added to the beautiful ballad of " Auld Robin Gray , " compel us to acknow- ledge that the women of Scotland have ...
... seen the smiling of Fortune beguiling , " are at the very head of their several classes in lyrical composition ; and when added to the beautiful ballad of " Auld Robin Gray , " compel us to acknow- ledge that the women of Scotland have ...
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... seen you with bitter contempt of indolence and self - indulgence . I know how deeply and writhingly you feel the existence of so much misery in the world , and that you believe much may be done to remedy it . What I want you to tell me ...
... seen you with bitter contempt of indolence and self - indulgence . I know how deeply and writhingly you feel the existence of so much misery in the world , and that you believe much may be done to remedy it . What I want you to tell me ...
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... seen , and half a dozen have fallen in my way , one how or other , who were thought special wise in their own pa- rishes ; all of them who fancied them- selves wise , have fancied too , that the world was not good enough for them , and ...
... seen , and half a dozen have fallen in my way , one how or other , who were thought special wise in their own pa- rishes ; all of them who fancied them- selves wise , have fancied too , that the world was not good enough for them , and ...
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Page 311 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a...
Page 313 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still : Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to death.
Page 310 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell, Of every star that Heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 483 - From Greenland's icy mountains ; From India's coral strand ; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river ; From many a palmy plain ; They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 311 - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath; Who envies none that chance doth raise...
Page 180 - Hey, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon!
Page 525 - If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
Page 130 - ... twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ! Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail...
Page 130 - A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure?
Page 130 - Pour'd through the mellow horn her pensive soul: And dashing soft from rocks around Bubbling runnels join'd the sound; Through glades and glooms the mingled measure stole, Or, o'er some haunted stream, with fond delay, Round an holy calm diffusing, Love of peace, and lonely musing, In hollow murmurs died away.