Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 10William Blackwood, 1821 - England |
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... that Mr M'Gruel , the Kil- winning doctor , had a work with last year , is however a fine good - tempered lassie , and , when well schooled , " may TALE X. A JEANIE DEANS IN LOVE . AMONG the The Steam - Boat . No. VI . [ Aug.
... that Mr M'Gruel , the Kil- winning doctor , had a work with last year , is however a fine good - tempered lassie , and , when well schooled , " may TALE X. A JEANIE DEANS IN LOVE . AMONG the The Steam - Boat . No. VI . [ Aug.
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... Doctor and Mrs Prin- gle from Garnock , who were going up to London , as the reverend Doctor told me himself , on account of their daugh- ter , Mrs Sabre , Miss Rachael that was , being at the down - lying , and wishing I said to him ...
... Doctor and Mrs Prin- gle from Garnock , who were going up to London , as the reverend Doctor told me himself , on account of their daugh- ter , Mrs Sabre , Miss Rachael that was , being at the down - lying , and wishing I said to him ...
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... Doctor and Mrs Pringle said about their daughter's lying in . After some change of conversation , we sat down on stools on the deck , -a great convenience , and most pleasant in such fine weather as we had ; and on my speering at Mrs ...
... Doctor and Mrs Pringle said about their daughter's lying in . After some change of conversation , we sat down on stools on the deck , -a great convenience , and most pleasant in such fine weather as we had ; and on my speering at Mrs ...
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... Doctor Pringle and the Mistress having visited London before , were both able and most willing to give me all sort of instruction how to conduct myself there , which the Doctor as- sured me was the biggest town by far that he had ever ...
... Doctor Pringle and the Mistress having visited London before , were both able and most willing to give me all sort of instruction how to conduct myself there , which the Doctor as- sured me was the biggest town by far that he had ever ...
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... Doctor's old lodging in Norfolk Street , Strand , where the landlady was most glad to see the Doctor and the Mistress looking so well , but her house was taken up with foreigners from dif- ferent parts of the country come to see the ...
... Doctor's old lodging in Norfolk Street , Strand , where the landlady was most glad to see the Doctor and the Mistress looking so well , but her house was taken up with foreigners from dif- ferent parts of the country come to see the ...
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Page 379 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words : Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain...
Page 306 - But to my mind, — though I am native here, And to the manner born, — it is a custom More honour'd in the breach than the observance.
Page 110 - You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet; Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone? Of two such lessons, why forget The nobler and the manlier one? You have the letters Cadmus gave— Think ye he meant them for a slave?
Page 110 - The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea. And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free, For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave.
Page 110 - The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Page 110 - Trust not for freedom to the Franks — They have a king who buys and sells : In native swords and native ranks, The only hope of courage dwells ; But Turkish force and Latin fraud Would break your shield, however broad. !$•' Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! Our virgins dance beneath the shade...
Page 110 - Oh, that the present hour would lend Another despot of the kind ! Such chains as his were sure to bind. Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! On Suli's rock, and Parga's shore, Exists the remnant of a line Such as the Doric mothers bore ; And fhere perhaps some seed is sown The Heracleidan blood might own.
Page 111 - Ave Maria! blessed be the hour, The time, the clime, the spot, where I so oft Have felt that moment in its fullest power Sink o'er the earth so beautiful and soft...
Page 107 - Oh, Love! what is it in this world of ours Which makes it fatal to be loved? Ah why With cypress branches hast thou wreathed thy bowers, And made thy best interpreter a sigh? As those who dote on odours pluck the flowers, And place them on their breast — but place to die — Thus the frail beings we would fondly cherish Are laid within our bosoms but to perish.
Page 450 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder...