The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 94Archibald Constable and Company, 1824 - English literature |
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... thing else . Here end our views of that great and important case ; and the worthy laird having got through them ... things was enough to destroy his comfort . But the question which must na- turally occur is , What should be the ...
... thing else . Here end our views of that great and important case ; and the worthy laird having got through them ... things was enough to destroy his comfort . But the question which must na- turally occur is , What should be the ...
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... things here , Why choose you the frailest For your cradle , your home , and your bier ? Its passions will rock ... thing almost Which is Nature's , and may be Untainted by man's misery . I love tranquil solitude , And such society ...
... things here , Why choose you the frailest For your cradle , your home , and your bier ? Its passions will rock ... thing almost Which is Nature's , and may be Untainted by man's misery . I love tranquil solitude , And such society ...
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... things they ever wrote , -yet , when we read the first book of an author who is evidently not more than the ... thing - that he has been much spoiled by a critique upon his Recollections of the Peninsula , which appeared lately ...
... things they ever wrote , -yet , when we read the first book of an author who is evidently not more than the ... thing - that he has been much spoiled by a critique upon his Recollections of the Peninsula , which appeared lately ...
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... thing like har- mony , indeed , his composition is stiff to a degree that renders it frequently unintelligible on a hasty perusal , sudden and abrupt in turning from one subject to another , and most cramped and broken where it ought to ...
... thing like har- mony , indeed , his composition is stiff to a degree that renders it frequently unintelligible on a hasty perusal , sudden and abrupt in turning from one subject to another , and most cramped and broken where it ought to ...
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... thing I heartily rejoice ; it is said that our consul - general has great influence with him , and it is known that that is always exerted freely and amicably for Franks of all nations in distress or difficulty , and often for natives ...
... thing I heartily rejoice ; it is said that our consul - general has great influence with him , and it is known that that is always exerted freely and amicably for Franks of all nations in distress or difficulty , and often for natives ...
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Page 80 - REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
Page 266 - Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
Page 313 - I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew, Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers ; I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree ; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing so much as mincing poetry ; — 'Tis like the forc'd gait of a shuffling nag.
Page 35 - One science only will one genius fit ; So vast is art, so narrow human wit : Not only bounded to peculiar arts, But oft in those confin'd to single parts.
Page 16 - WHEN the lamp is shattered The light in the dust lies dead — When the cloud is scattered The rainbow's glory is shed. When the lute is broken, Sweet tones are remembered not; When the lips have spoken, Loved accents are soon forgot.
Page 16 - Yet now despair itself is mild, Even as the winds and waters are ; I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne and yet must bear...
Page 266 - I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.
Page 17 - How shall ever one like me Win thee back again? With the joyous and the free Thou wilt scoff at pain. Spirit false! thou hast forgot All but those who need thee not. As a lizard with the shade Of a trembling leaf, Thou with sorrow art dismayed; Even the sighs of grief Reproach thee, that thou art not near, And reproach thou wilt not hear.
Page 266 - Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you ; do this in remembrance of me. Likewise after supper he took the cup; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of this; for this is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you and for many, for the remission of sins; do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me.
Page 259 - Amen, amen, I say to you, he that believeth in me, the works that I do, he also shall do; and greater than these shall he do: because I go to the Father.