Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65W. Blackwood & Sons, 1849 |
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... called forth , and as one of the most powerful agents in the govern- ment , by supreme Wisdom , of human affairs . This principle is to be found in the tendency of original thought to differ from the current opinion with which it is ...
... called forth , and as one of the most powerful agents in the govern- ment , by supreme Wisdom , of human affairs . This principle is to be found in the tendency of original thought to differ from the current opinion with which it is ...
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... called it into life . Details of this kind , and fragments of eloquent de- scription of the gorgeous scenery of the Nile banks , occur frequently in the earlier part of the " Expedition , " during which there was little inter- course ...
... called it into life . Details of this kind , and fragments of eloquent de- scription of the gorgeous scenery of the Nile banks , occur frequently in the earlier part of the " Expedition , " during which there was little inter- course ...
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... called him ; and yet with imagination enough to seduce and coax the dullest into forgetting , for a while , that little spot on his desk which his banker's book can cover . There is Virgil , far below him , indeed Virgil the wise ...
... called him ; and yet with imagination enough to seduce and coax the dullest into forgetting , for a while , that little spot on his desk which his banker's book can cover . There is Virgil , far below him , indeed Virgil the wise ...
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... called ariel , whose flesh is particularly well - flavoured , was too much for Soli- man Kaschef to resist . There was no wind ; he gave orders to cease towing , and went on shore to shoot his supper . The antelopes retreated when the ...
... called ariel , whose flesh is particularly well - flavoured , was too much for Soli- man Kaschef to resist . There was no wind ; he gave orders to cease towing , and went on shore to shoot his supper . The antelopes retreated when the ...
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... called the Trasparente , by order of Archbishop Diego de Astorgo , for which he received two hundred thous- and ducats ; and thus , fifty years later , Bayeu and Maella were employed to paint in fresco the cloisters that had once ...
... called the Trasparente , by order of Archbishop Diego de Astorgo , for which he received two hundred thous- and ducats ; and thus , fifty years later , Bayeu and Maella were employed to paint in fresco the cloisters that had once ...
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Page 431 - THERE is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass, Or night-dews on still waters between walls Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass; Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tir'd eyelids upon tir'd eyes; Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies. Here are cool mosses deep, And thro...
Page 431 - ULYSSES. IT little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.
Page 431 - And their warm tears; but all hath suffer'd change; For surely now our household hearths are cold, Our sons inherit us, our looks are strange, And we should come like ghosts to trouble joy. Or else the island princes over-bold Have eat our substance, and the minstrel sings Before them of the ten years' war in Troy, And our great deeds, as half-forgotten things.
Page 179 - And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
Page 431 - Little remains: but every hour is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer of new things; and vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard myself, And this gray spirit yearning in desire To follow knowledge like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.
Page 363 - Parr to suspend his labors in that dark and profound mine from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition, a treasure too often buried in the earth, too often paraded with injudicious and inelegant ostentation, but still precious, massive, and splendid. There appeared the voluptuous charms of her to whom the heir of the throne had in secret plighted his faith.
Page 359 - That the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished:" and Mr Burke's bill of reform was framed with skill, introduced with eloquence, and supported by numbers.
Page 431 - We have had enough of action, and of motion we, Roll'd to starboard, roll'd to larboard, when the surge was seething free, Where the wallowing monster spouted his foam-fountains in the sea. Let us swear an oath, and keep it with an equal mind, In the hollow Lotos-land to live and tie reclined On the hills like Gods together, careless of mankind.
Page 362 - Heathfield, recently ennobled for his memorable defence of Gibraltar against the fleets and armies of France and Spain. The long procession was closed by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of the realm, by the great dignitaries, and by the brothers and sons of the King. Last of all came the Prince of Wales, conspicuous by his fine person and noble bearing.
Page 431 - All things are taken from us, and become Portions and parcels of the dreadful Past. Let us alone. What pleasure can we have To war with evil? Is there any peace In ever climbing up the climbing wave?