Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 122W. Blackwood & Sons, 1877 - Scotland |
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... position in the centre , ready to go off with fearful detonations . " " The doves are rather pretty , Tom ; the blue one is really a charming little ingenue . " " Passable passable ; and in- deed I find the pink sister not without ...
... position in the centre , ready to go off with fearful detonations . " " The doves are rather pretty , Tom ; the blue one is really a charming little ingenue . " " Passable passable ; and in- deed I find the pink sister not without ...
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... position , withdrew it in favour of " greywacke , " which , fidence , until to a certain extent , rallied con- " Primeval Man , " " the Moabite Stone , " and Panathenaic Frieze , " fired off by " the Number Two in rapid succession ...
... position , withdrew it in favour of " greywacke , " which , fidence , until to a certain extent , rallied con- " Primeval Man , " " the Moabite Stone , " and Panathenaic Frieze , " fired off by " the Number Two in rapid succession ...
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... a few minutes before , pro- ceeded to dramatise the part of the " aspirant " who , in " sapping up to a position , " makes almost as much love to the lady's belongings as to herself . Cosmo 14 July Mine is Thine . - Part I.
... a few minutes before , pro- ceeded to dramatise the part of the " aspirant " who , in " sapping up to a position , " makes almost as much love to the lady's belongings as to herself . Cosmo 14 July Mine is Thine . - Part I.
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... position to move out , even had we desired it ; so we pursued the wait- ing policy , well knowing that , with his large force , swelled by the numerous camp - followers , in the shape of women and children who alway accompany the ...
... position to move out , even had we desired it ; so we pursued the wait- ing policy , well knowing that , with his large force , swelled by the numerous camp - followers , in the shape of women and children who alway accompany the ...
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... position nor take part in the fighting ; though , if he had brought up his reserve , he might have utterly routed and dis- persed the army of the Abyssinians . These two mistakes opened the campaign with advantage to the Abyssinians ...
... position nor take part in the fighting ; though , if he had brought up his reserve , he might have utterly routed and dis- persed the army of the Abyssinians . These two mistakes opened the campaign with advantage to the Abyssinians ...
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Page 342 - And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say To-morrow is Saint Crispian :' Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say 'These wounds I had on Crispin's day.
Page 709 - Shaped by himself with newly-learned art;] A wedding or a festival, A mourning or a funeral ; And this hath now his heart, And unto this he frames his song : Then will he fit his tongue To dialogues of business, love, or strife ; But it will not be long Ere this be thrown aside, And with new joy and pride The little Actor cons another part, Filling from time to time his
Page 403 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Page 404 - I have ventured, Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown prid.e At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye ; I feel my heart new open'd : O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes...
Page 406 - Doon, To see the rose and woodbine twine; And ilka bird sang o' its luve, And fondly sae did I o
Page 409 - And he said, This will I do : I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Page 118 - Bid them achieve me and then sell my bones. Good God ! why should they mock poor fellows thus ? The man that once did sell the lion's skin While the beast lived, was killed with hunting him.
Page 405 - In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
Page 717 - Here was a panacea . . . for all human woes: here was the secret of happiness, about which philosophers had disputed for so many ages, at once discovered: happiness might now be bought for a penny, and carried in the waistcoat pocket: portable ecstasies might be had corked up in a pint bottle: and peace of mind could be sent down in gallons by the mail coach.
Page 404 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.