Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 65W. Blackwood, 1849 - England |
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Page 50
... given till he awoke ; and Feizulla , when his and Mr Werne's stock of brandy was out , passed one half his time in dis- tilling spirits from stale dates , and the other moiety in getting intoxicated on the turbid extract thus obtained ...
... given till he awoke ; and Feizulla , when his and Mr Werne's stock of brandy was out , passed one half his time in dis- tilling spirits from stale dates , and the other moiety in getting intoxicated on the turbid extract thus obtained ...
Page 80
... given from Mr Stirling's work will have suffi- ciently shown the scope of the Annals , and the spirit and style in which they are written . There is no tedious , inflexible , though often un- manageable leading idea , or theory of art ...
... given from Mr Stirling's work will have suffi- ciently shown the scope of the Annals , and the spirit and style in which they are written . There is no tedious , inflexible , though often un- manageable leading idea , or theory of art ...
Page 81
... given out their opinion upon this , as many thought , stereotyped absurdity , being so disagreed among themselves as to make confusion worse founded . The case , indeed , seemed desperate ; and had it not been that we always entertained ...
... given out their opinion upon this , as many thought , stereotyped absurdity , being so disagreed among themselves as to make confusion worse founded . The case , indeed , seemed desperate ; and had it not been that we always entertained ...
Page 84
... given of them by early naviga- tors were long regarded as fabulous or exaggerated ; and these birds , almost con- temporaries of our great - grandfathers , became associated in the minds of many persons with the griffin and the phoenix ...
... given of them by early naviga- tors were long regarded as fabulous or exaggerated ; and these birds , almost con- temporaries of our great - grandfathers , became associated in the minds of many persons with the griffin and the phoenix ...
Page 87
... given rise to a false or phantom species , called Didus Nazarenus in systematic works , and is supposed to have been derived from the small island or sandbank of Nazareth , to the north - east of Madagascar . Now Dr Hamel has recently ...
... given rise to a false or phantom species , called Didus Nazarenus in systematic works , and is supposed to have been derived from the small island or sandbank of Nazareth , to the north - east of Madagascar . Now Dr Hamel has recently ...
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Page 460 - The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks : The long day wanes : the slow moon climbs : the deep Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends, Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Page 181 - He hath put down the mighty from their seat : and hath exalted the humble and meek.
Page 386 - ... High Court of Justice with the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers. The streets were kept clear by cavalry. The peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the heralds under Garter King-at-arms.
Page 460 - Death closes all : but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
Page 201 - 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 180 - With saintly shout and solemn jubilee ; Where the bright seraphim, in burning row, Their loud uplifted angel-trumpets blow ;» And the cherubic host, in thousand quires, Touch their immortal harps of golden wires, With those just Spirits that wear victorious palms, Hymns devout and holy psalms Singing everlastingly ; That we on earth, with undiscording voice, May rightly answer that melodious noise ; As once we did.
Page 459 - 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 387 - 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 383 - 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 459 - 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.