Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 90W. Blackwood & Sons, 1861 |
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Pagina 4
... true - born Anglo- Saxon is a genealogical absurdity . It is very well for a poet like Mr. Kingsley , when he sings his song of the North - East Wind - we hope , by the way , that he has had the " Vik- ing's blood within " him stirred ...
... true - born Anglo- Saxon is a genealogical absurdity . It is very well for a poet like Mr. Kingsley , when he sings his song of the North - East Wind - we hope , by the way , that he has had the " Vik- ing's blood within " him stirred ...
Pagina 15
... true character of a monarch from these monastic writers as it would be to judge of the policy of a modern statesman from the leading articles of a violent party newspaper . There is no doubt , we suppose , that Edgar was a profligate ...
... true character of a monarch from these monastic writers as it would be to judge of the policy of a modern statesman from the leading articles of a violent party newspaper . There is no doubt , we suppose , that Edgar was a profligate ...
Pagina 22
... true that , being asked , I said I would come again at night ; but that I said I would lie there , I do positively deny ; and knowing I could not lie there , it is unlikely I should say so . My Lord , at night I did come again , and ...
... true that , being asked , I said I would come again at night ; but that I said I would lie there , I do positively deny ; and knowing I could not lie there , it is unlikely I should say so . My Lord , at night I did come again , and ...
Pagina 27
... true that , being asked , I said I would come again at night ; but that I said I would lie there , I do positively deny ; and knowing I could not lie there , it is unlikely I should say so . My Lord , at night I did come again , and ...
... true that , being asked , I said I would come again at night ; but that I said I would lie there , I do positively deny ; and knowing I could not lie there , it is unlikely I should say so . My Lord , at night I did come again , and ...
Pagina 35
... true enough , " re- plied Mr. Osborne . " I am quite as inuch opposed to long engagements as you can be , Sinclair ; and I see the drift of your argument perfectly . You may be sure that I have thought over the subject in all its ...
... true enough , " re- plied Mr. Osborne . " I am quite as inuch opposed to long engagements as you can be , Sinclair ; and I see the drift of your argument perfectly . You may be sure that I have thought over the subject in all its ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 474 - 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 180 - 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 529 - Most gracious God, we humbly beseech thee, as for this Kingdom in general, so especially for the High Court of Parliament, under our most religious and gracious Queen at this time assembled : that thou wouldest be pleased to direct and prosper all their consultations...
Pagina 313 - 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. This within...
Pagina 55 - Medicis was the father of a line of princes, whose name and age are almost synonymous with the restoration of learning: his credit was ennobled into fame; his riches were dedicated to the service of mankind ; he corresponded at once with Cairo and London : and a cargo of Indian spices and Greek books was often imported in the same vessel.
Pagina 179 - Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Pagina 289 - And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down and worshipped him; and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Pagina 358 - But this is that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation and action may be more nearly and straitly conjoined and united together than they have been ; a conjunction like unto that of the two highest planets, Saturn, the planet of rest and contemplation, and Jupiter, the planet of civil society and action.
Pagina 55 - 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 : So Lycidas sunk low, but mounted high, Through the dear might of Him that walk'd the waves.
Pagina 314 - Patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, 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 a uniform vigilance to prevent its...