Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 22William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone W. Tait, 1855 - Periodicals |
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... True , we have had , since treaty , or other instrument of international in- the Treaty of Vienna , no engagement of Eng- tercourse , only when ratifications of that treaty land in wars upon continental liberty , or have been exchanged ...
... True , we have had , since treaty , or other instrument of international in- the Treaty of Vienna , no engagement of Eng- tercourse , only when ratifications of that treaty land in wars upon continental liberty , or have been exchanged ...
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... true greatness . Flattered by tered , and undismayed humanity . His holy a popularity that had never been surpassed , he indignation , awakened by ostentatious abuses ; yielded to none of its seductions . Royal smiles , his fervent ...
... true greatness . Flattered by tered , and undismayed humanity . His holy a popularity that had never been surpassed , he indignation , awakened by ostentatious abuses ; yielded to none of its seductions . Royal smiles , his fervent ...
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... true Christianity , and yet more sadly Church , & c . " Notwithstanding his largeness of consistent with the common practices of eccle- soul , and his generally very liberal notions on siastical bodies . Irving eloquently and with ...
... true Christianity , and yet more sadly Church , & c . " Notwithstanding his largeness of consistent with the common practices of eccle- soul , and his generally very liberal notions on siastical bodies . Irving eloquently and with ...
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... true moral respectability his not account for the vital influence he exercised congregations were unrivalled in ... True , they have dogmas which can have no motive to dispute - does not touch the only be accepted as necessary inferences ...
... true moral respectability his not account for the vital influence he exercised congregations were unrivalled in ... True , they have dogmas which can have no motive to dispute - does not touch the only be accepted as necessary inferences ...
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... true work It was a " Verily , verily , I say unto you . " done by him was completed before his unusual proceedings commenced . He had revived re- ligious thought in the land . He had , by his quiet yet mighty labours , inaugurated a ...
... true work It was a " Verily , verily , I say unto you . " done by him was completed before his unusual proceedings commenced . He had revived re- ligious thought in the land . He had , by his quiet yet mighty labours , inaugurated a ...
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Page 38 - Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred!
Page 288 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland...
Page 36 - gone before," with Hope, that flew beside, Leaving thee wild for the dear child that should have been thy bride— For her, the fair and debonair, that now so lowly lies, The life upon her yellow hair but not within her eyes— The life still there, upon her hair— the death upon her eyes.
Page 103 - On open wold and hill-top bleak It had gathered all the cold, And whirled it like sleet on the wanderer's cheek ; It carried -a shiver everywhere From the unleafed boughs and pastures bare ; The little brook heard it and built a roof 'Neath which he could house him, winter-proof ; All night by the white stars...
Page 103 - Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew But silvery mosses that downward grew ; Sometimes it was carved in sharp relief With quaint arabesques...
Page 332 - The country rings around with loud alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms; Mouths without hands; maintained at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence ; Stout once a month they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in times of need, at hand...
Page 61 - And long we try in vain to speak and act Our hidden self, and what we say and do Is eloquent, is well — but 'tis not true!
Page 61 - But often, in the world's most crowded streets, But often, in the din of strife, There rises an unspeakable desire After the knowledge of our buried life ; A thirst to spend our fire and restless force In tracking out our true, original course ; A longing to inquire Into the mystery of this heart which beats So wild, so deep in us — to know Whence our lives come and where they go.
Page 61 - And there arrives a lull in the hot race Wherein he doth for ever chase That flying and elusive shadow, rest. An air of coolness plays upon his face, And an unwonted calm pervades his breast And then he thinks he knows The hills where his life rose, And the sea where it goes.
Page 37 - By another impulse, she took off the formal cap that confined her hair ; and down it fell upon her shoulders, dark and rich, with at once a shadow and a light in its abundance, and imparting the charm of softness to her features. There played around her mouth, and beamed out of her eyes, a radiant and tender smile, that seemed gushing from the very heart of womanhood.