The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 82Archibald Constable and Company, 1818 - English literature |
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... means of opinion that this has actually happened . The truth is , that our most popular periodical works have chiefly in view the dissemination of knowledge on practical subjects , and the discussion of questions of pre- sent interest ...
... means of opinion that this has actually happened . The truth is , that our most popular periodical works have chiefly in view the dissemination of knowledge on practical subjects , and the discussion of questions of pre- sent interest ...
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... means new , nor yet of recent existence in our language . Spite of the licentiousness with which Spenser ... mean of which Shake- speare and Milton are the representa- tives . It is not necessary , however , that we should now enter into ...
... means new , nor yet of recent existence in our language . Spite of the licentiousness with which Spenser ... mean of which Shake- speare and Milton are the representa- tives . It is not necessary , however , that we should now enter into ...
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... means of escape to your- self . The more people there are rich , it will be the more easy for you to become so ... mean services ; when they carry not up with them the sen- timents which make wealth beneficent , and rank respectable : it ...
... means of escape to your- self . The more people there are rich , it will be the more easy for you to become so ... mean services ; when they carry not up with them the sen- timents which make wealth beneficent , and rank respectable : it ...
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... means or other , if not altogether incorrigible , that " sense is the foundation of ex- cellence , " both in literature and the business of life . - But my old didac- tic habits have led me from my sub- ject . The highest gratification ...
... means or other , if not altogether incorrigible , that " sense is the foundation of ex- cellence , " both in literature and the business of life . - But my old didac- tic habits have led me from my sub- ject . The highest gratification ...
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... means reci- procally understood , which occasioned so much vociferation that every one on board was either suddenly brought upon deck , or silently listening below to what was going forward . The pi- lot - boat , being one of those ...
... means reci- procally understood , which occasioned so much vociferation that every one on board was either suddenly brought upon deck , or silently listening below to what was going forward . The pi- lot - boat , being one of those ...
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Page 323 - For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. "For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. 'Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
Page 544 - See the chariot at hand here of Love, Wherein my Lady rideth ! Each that draws is a swan or a dove, And well the car Love guideth. As she goes, all hearts do duty Unto her beauty ; And...
Page 307 - That no man is the lord of any thing (Though in and of him there be much consisting) Till he communicate his parts to others ; Nor doth he of himself know them for aught Till he behold them...
Page 266 - Spanish America; or a Descriptive, Historical, and Geographical Account of the Dominions of Spain, in the Western Hemisphere...
Page 55 - Tis a melancholy daub! my Lord; not one principle of the pyramid in any one group! — and what a price! — for there is nothing of the colouring of Titian — the expression of Rubens — the grace of Raphael — the purity of Dominichino — the corregiescity of Corregio — the learning of Poussin — the airs of Guido — the taste of the Carrachis — or the grand contour of Angelo.
Page 11 - And, mark the wretch, whose wanderings never knew The world's regard, that soothes, though half untrue, Whose erring heart the lash of sorrow bore, • But found not pity when it err'd no more. Yon friendless man, at whose dejected eye Th...
Page 333 - If among a nation of hunters, for example, it usually costs twice the labour to kill a beaver which it does to kill a deer, one beaver should naturally exchange for or be worth two deer. It is natural that what is usually the produce of two days or two hours labour, should be worth double of what is usually the produce of one day's or one hour's labour.
Page 569 - States, from the strictest observation of the principles of the Right of Nations : principles, which, in their application to a state of permanent Peace, can alone effectually guarantee the Independence of each Government, and the stability of the general association. ' Faithful to these principles, the Sovereigns will maintain them equally in those meetings at which they may be personally present, or in those which shall take place among their Ministers ; whether...
Page 53 - Must, full as much, some other way discount. The Hebrew, Chaldee, and the Syriac, Do, like their letters, set men's reason back, And turn their wits that strive to understand it (Like those that write the characters) lefthanded ; Yet he that is but able to express No sense at all in several languages, Will pass for learnedcr than he that's known To speak the strongest reason in his own.
Page 279 - Highness is further pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, and by and with the advice...