Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65W. Blackwood & Sons, 1849 - Scotland |
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Page 81
... Mauritius , Rodriguez , and Bourbon . By H. E. STRICKLAND , M.A. F.G.S. , F.R.G.S. , President of the Ashmolean Society , & c . , and A. G. MELVILLE , M.D. , Edinburgh , M.R.C.S. One vol . , royal quarto : Lon- don , 1848 . continental ...
... Mauritius , Rodriguez , and Bourbon . By H. E. STRICKLAND , M.A. F.G.S. , F.R.G.S. , President of the Ashmolean Society , & c . , and A. G. MELVILLE , M.D. , Edinburgh , M.R.C.S. One vol . , royal quarto : Lon- don , 1848 . continental ...
Page 82
... Mauritius , or the Isle of France . There is proof that not fewer than four distinct species of large - bodied , short - winged birds , of the Dodo type , were their inhabitants in comparatively recent times , and have now become ...
... Mauritius , or the Isle of France . There is proof that not fewer than four distinct species of large - bodied , short - winged birds , of the Dodo type , were their inhabitants in comparatively recent times , and have now become ...
Page 84
... Mauritius and Bour- bon were discovered in the sixteenth century , ( authorities differ as to the precise period , which they vary from 1502 to 1545 , ) by Pedro Mascaregnas , a Portuguese , who named the latter after himself ; while he ...
... Mauritius and Bour- bon were discovered in the sixteenth century , ( authorities differ as to the precise period , which they vary from 1502 to 1545 , ) by Pedro Mascaregnas , a Portuguese , who named the latter after himself ; while he ...
Page 85
... Mauritius , on his homeward voyage in 1602 ; and in a published journal kept by Reyer Cornelisz , we read of Wallichvogels , and a variety of other game . One of Heemskerk's captains , Willem van West - Zanen by name , also left a ...
... Mauritius , on his homeward voyage in 1602 ; and in a published journal kept by Reyer Cornelisz , we read of Wallichvogels , and a variety of other game . One of Heemskerk's captains , Willem van West - Zanen by name , also left a ...
Page 86
... Mauritius , after their first dis- covery of the island by Pedro Mas- caregnas already named , it appears far more probable that Dodars is a genuine Dutch term , altered , and it may be amended , by Sir Thomas Herbert , to suit his own ...
... Mauritius , after their first dis- covery of the island by Pedro Mas- caregnas already named , it appears far more probable that Dodars is a genuine Dutch term , altered , and it may be amended , by Sir Thomas Herbert , to suit his own ...
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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?