Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 90W. Blackwood., 1861 |
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Pagina 21
... person of the name of Barefoot , where he had been in the habit of staying with his brother . Finding that his brother would be detained in Lon- don by his parliamentary duties , he requested him to write and counter- mand the lodgings ...
... person of the name of Barefoot , where he had been in the habit of staying with his brother . Finding that his brother would be detained in Lon- don by his parliamentary duties , he requested him to write and counter- mand the lodgings ...
Pagina 23
... person in Sarah Stout's com- pany . His conduct on leaving the house was mysterious and unex- plained . When he left , instead of going direct to his lodgings , he went to the Glove and Dolphin Inn to pay a small bill for horse - keep ...
... person in Sarah Stout's com- pany . His conduct on leaving the house was mysterious and unex- plained . When he left , instead of going direct to his lodgings , he went to the Glove and Dolphin Inn to pay a small bill for horse - keep ...
Pagina 25
... person who could be proved to have been in her company was Spencer Cowper . It chanced that two attorneys and a ... persons who were said to be his ac- complices . One of those persons , in- deed , he had never seen . But no story is too ...
... person who could be proved to have been in her company was Spencer Cowper . It chanced that two attorneys and a ... persons who were said to be his ac- complices . One of those persons , in- deed , he had never seen . But no story is too ...
Pagina 44
... person who had engraved the plate which Flusher refused to execute was traced out . This man at once acknowledged that he had received the commission from the secretary , and produced a draught in his handwriting ; so that the evi ...
... person who had engraved the plate which Flusher refused to execute was traced out . This man at once acknowledged that he had received the commission from the secretary , and produced a draught in his handwriting ; so that the evi ...
Pagina 46
... person who gave you that in- formation was egregiously mistaken . Mr Beaton is a man very chary of his confidences , and towards me he has always maintained a marked re- serve . " You surprise me ! " said Lord Windermere . " I ...
... person who gave you that in- formation was egregiously mistaken . Mr Beaton is a man very chary of his confidences , and towards me he has always maintained a marked re- serve . " You surprise me ! " said Lord Windermere . " I ...
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Pagina 79 - So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Pagina 395 - There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
Pagina 594 - When I remember all The friends so linked together I've seen around me fall, Like leaves in wintry weather, I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed.
Pagina 228 - Tread softly — bow the head — In reverent silence bow — No passing bell doth toll, — Yet an immortal soul Is passing now. Stranger ! however great, With lowly reverence bow ; There's one in that poor shed — One by that paltry bed — Greater than thou.
Pagina 227 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Pagina 322 - Church often say, that his company was very merry, facete, and juvenile; and no man in his time did surpass him for his ready and dexterous interlarding his common discourses among them with verses from the poets, or sentences from classic authors ; which being then all the fashion in the University, made his company the more acceptable.
Pagina 610 - THERE lies a vale in Ida, lovelier Than all the valleys of Ionian hills. The swimming vapour slopes athwart the glen, Puts forth an arm, and creeps from pine to pine, And loiters, slowly drawn. On either hand The lawns and meadow-ledges midway down Hang rich in flowers, and far below them roars The long brook falling thro' the clov'n ravine In cataract after cataract to the sea.
Pagina 322 - Wood's character of him is, that " he was an exact mathematician, a curious calculator of nativities, a general read scholar, a thorough-paced philologist, and one that understood the surveying of lands well. As he was by many accounted a severe student, a devourer of authors, a melancholy and humorous person ; so by others, who knew him well, a person of great honesty, plain dealing and charity.
Pagina 226 - In her right hand the lily, in her left The letter — all her bright hair streaming down — And all the coverlid was cloth of gold Drawn to her waist, and she herself in white All but her face, and that clear-featured face Was lovely, for she did not seem as dead, But fast asleep, and lay as tho
Pagina 396 - Governments of a monarchical cast, patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favour, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in Governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands...