The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 89Archibald Constable and Company, 1822 - English literature |
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... soon be forgotten . In short , now that the controlling power of the mother country is withdrawn , there are no natural ties to hold this vast empire together , and it must disunite and fall asunder , into a number of inde- pendent ...
... soon be forgotten . In short , now that the controlling power of the mother country is withdrawn , there are no natural ties to hold this vast empire together , and it must disunite and fall asunder , into a number of inde- pendent ...
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... Soon must thou bid their charms adieu ! A fate hangs o'er us , whose decree Must bear me far from them or thee ; Our path is one of snares and fear , I lose thee if I linger here ! Droop not , belov'd ! thy home shall rise As fair ...
... Soon must thou bid their charms adieu ! A fate hangs o'er us , whose decree Must bear me far from them or thee ; Our path is one of snares and fear , I lose thee if I linger here ! Droop not , belov'd ! thy home shall rise As fair ...
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... soon she may slip Sarah has long been ailing , and there the head . Whare's the harm in look- ing before a body's nose , and provi- ding against the dispensations o ' Pro- vidence ? " " Hear to the auld grey gouk , " exclaimed Aggie ...
... soon she may slip Sarah has long been ailing , and there the head . Whare's the harm in look- ing before a body's nose , and provi- ding against the dispensations o ' Pro- vidence ? " " Hear to the auld grey gouk , " exclaimed Aggie ...
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... soon becomes but the verge of an extended and unvaried level . The obtaining a wife , the furnishing the manse , the stocking his farm , and the selec- tion of his texts , may form ulterior summits in his horizon ; but these must soon ...
... soon becomes but the verge of an extended and unvaried level . The obtaining a wife , the furnishing the manse , the stocking his farm , and the selec- tion of his texts , may form ulterior summits in his horizon ; but these must soon ...
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... soon altered , and grew calm . One morning we were greeted with the welcome cry of land . We strained our eyes to see it , and plainly perceived it at a considerable dis- tance . We laboured at our oars , and towards evening arrived at ...
... soon altered , and grew calm . One morning we were greeted with the welcome cry of land . We strained our eyes to see it , and plainly perceived it at a considerable dis- tance . We laboured at our oars , and towards evening arrived at ...
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Page 28 - I have of late,— but wherefore I know not,— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 105 - Till tired he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er. Meanwhile, Opinion gilds with varying rays Those painted clouds that beautify our days ; Each want of happiness by hope supplied, And each vacuity of sense by pride : These build as fast as knowledge can destroy ; In folly's cup still laughs the bubble joy ; One prospect lost, another still we gain, And not a vanity is given in vain : Ev'n mean self-love becomes, by force divine, The scale to measure others
Page 40 - Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Page 113 - And to urge another argument of a parallel nature: if Christianity were once abolished, how could the freethinkers, the strong reasoners, and the men of profound learning, be able to find another subject, so calculated in all points, whereon to display their abilities?
Page 387 - BROTHER, thou art gone before us, And thy saintly soul is flown Where tears are wiped from every eye, And sorrow is unknown ; From the burthen of the flesh, And from care and fear released, Where the wicked cease from troubling, And the weary are at rest.
Page 26 - While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind; But more advanced, behold with strange surprise New distant scenes of endless science rise!
Page 102 - Granicus, he is in a state of elevation above the reach of reason or of truth, and from the heights of empyrean poetry may despise the circumscriptions of terrestrial nature.
Page 104 - Guardian"; he seems to have done only that for which a guardian is appointed; he endeavoured to direct his niece till she should be able to direct herself. Poetry has not often been worse employed than in dignifying the amorous fury of a raving girl.
Page 69 - ... large territory has generally an abundance, but the inferior machinery which may be said to be employed when good land is further and further forced for additional produce. As the price of raw produce...
Page 569 - Atlantic wave ? Is India free ? and does she wear her plumed And jewelled turban with a smile of peace, Or do we grind her still? The grand debate, The popular harangue, the tart reply, The logic, and the wisdom, and the wit...