Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volumen72W. Blackwood & Sons, 1852 |
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... poor and worthless as the objects of plunder , can only be reached after long and fatiguing marches , and when the forces of a confederation , which can array 500,000 admirably disciplined troops around its stand- ard , have been ...
... poor and worthless as the objects of plunder , can only be reached after long and fatiguing marches , and when the forces of a confederation , which can array 500,000 admirably disciplined troops around its stand- ard , have been ...
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... Poor Lady Janet ! A certain Sir Robert had been for a year or two a constant visitor at Kellie ; his resi- dence was at no great distance ; and he had lost no opportunity of recom- mending himself to the quiet , intense Janet Erskine ...
... Poor Lady Janet ! A certain Sir Robert had been for a year or two a constant visitor at Kellie ; his resi- dence was at no great distance ; and he had lost no opportunity of recom- mending himself to the quiet , intense Janet Erskine ...
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... poor of intoxicating liquors , and not the rich . Yet this law , un- reasonable , tyrannical , and unconsti- tutional as it is , has been struggled for with a fierceness that smacks of old Puritanical fanaticism . Neverthe- less ...
... poor of intoxicating liquors , and not the rich . Yet this law , un- reasonable , tyrannical , and unconsti- tutional as it is , has been struggled for with a fierceness that smacks of old Puritanical fanaticism . Neverthe- less ...
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... poor Squire thought he was quietly advancing towards a favourable result , when she suddenly burst into a passion of hysterical tears ; and just at that moment Frank himself entered the room . At the sight of his father , of Beatrice's ...
... poor Squire thought he was quietly advancing towards a favourable result , when she suddenly burst into a passion of hysterical tears ; and just at that moment Frank himself entered the room . At the sight of his father , of Beatrice's ...
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... poor and bald - you cannot look me in the face and say that it is any passion resembling love which you feel for my nephew . And as to posi- tion , it is right that I should inform you that if he marry you he will have none . He may ...
... poor and bald - you cannot look me in the face and say that it is any passion resembling love which you feel for my nephew . And as to posi- tion , it is right that I should inform you that if he marry you he will have none . He may ...
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Página 112 - Sing heavenly muse ; that, on the secret top Of Oreb or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos. Or, if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook, that flow'd Fast by the Oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That, with no middle flight, intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.
Página 362 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Página 368 - Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Página 364 - Seest thou yon dreary plain, forlorn and wild, The seat of desolation, void of light, Save what the glimmering of these livid flames Casts pale and dreadful?
Página 362 - O prince, O chief of many throned powers, That led the embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds 130 Fearless, endangered heaven's perpetual king; And put to proof his high supremacy, Whether upheld by strength, or chance, or fate, Too well I see and rue the dire event, That with sad overthrow and foul defeat Hath lost us heaven, and all this mighty host In horrible destruction laid thus low, As far as gods and heavenly essences Can perish: for the mind and spirit remains...
Página 368 - Their dread commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appeared Less than arch-angel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Página 364 - Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land • He lights — if it were land that ever...
Página 364 - Is this the region, this the soil, the clime,' Said then the lost Archangel, ' this the seat That we must change for Heaven ? this mournful gloom For that celestial light ? Be it so, since he Who now is...
Página 364 - Farewell, happy fields, Where joy for ever dwells! Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal World! and thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor — one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
Página 368 - To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth : at last Words interwove with sighs found out their way.