Hogg's Weekly Instructor, Volumes 1-2J. Hogg, 1845 - English literature |
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... perhaps — speaking of a gift- ed cotemporary , who had gone to an early grave , he re- marked : If that young man had lived we should have known something . ' Literature has charms more inviting to many minds than science . It is wrong ...
... perhaps — speaking of a gift- ed cotemporary , who had gone to an early grave , he re- marked : If that young man had lived we should have known something . ' Literature has charms more inviting to many minds than science . It is wrong ...
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... perhaps rarely passed a life , of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful ; and a still higher authority has a remark to this effect — that the moral history of a beggar , fully and honestly given , might greatly ...
... perhaps rarely passed a life , of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful ; and a still higher authority has a remark to this effect — that the moral history of a beggar , fully and honestly given , might greatly ...
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... Perhaps you would have the goodness to tell me . ' ' Why , yes , ' replied he , ' I think I can accommodate you myself as well as any body - but perhaps you wont like my lodging ? ' Oh yes , I shall , sir , ' said Jessie . ' We've come ...
... Perhaps you would have the goodness to tell me . ' ' Why , yes , ' replied he , ' I think I can accommodate you myself as well as any body - but perhaps you wont like my lodging ? ' Oh yes , I shall , sir , ' said Jessie . ' We've come ...
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... perhaps we may do some little good in this way , by a chapter , now and then , like that we propose at present to write , about one vice too prevalent , we grieve to say , in every circle of society - we mean falsifying . The forms in ...
... perhaps we may do some little good in this way , by a chapter , now and then , like that we propose at present to write , about one vice too prevalent , we grieve to say , in every circle of society - we mean falsifying . The forms in ...
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... the Affections , ' and other publi- cations , testify . Her ' Song of Night ' is full of lofty imagery and striking contrast ; and may , perhaps , be singled out as one of the best lyrics written by HOGG'S WEEKLY INSTRUCTOR . 19.
... the Affections , ' and other publi- cations , testify . Her ' Song of Night ' is full of lofty imagery and striking contrast ; and may , perhaps , be singled out as one of the best lyrics written by HOGG'S WEEKLY INSTRUCTOR . 19.
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Page 47 - Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Page 32 - There is a remembrance of the dead to which we turn even from the charms of the living. "Oh, the grave! the grave! It buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment. From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.
Page 46 - But the grave of those we loved, — what a place for meditation ! There it is that we call up in long review the whole history of virtue and gentleness, and the thousand endearments lavished upon us almost unheeded in the daily intercourse of intimacy ; there it is that we dwell upon the tenderness, the solemn, awful tenderness, of the parting scene.
Page 304 - Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a" that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A Man's a Man for a
Page 32 - Where is the child that would willingly forget the most tender of parents, though to remember be but to lament? Who, even in the hour of agony, would forget the friend over whom he mourns?
Page 46 - ... if thou art a lover and hast ever given one unmerited pang to that true heart which now lies cold and still beneath thy feet — then be sure that every unkind look, every ungracious word, every ungentle action, will come thronging back upon thy memory, and knocking dolefully at thy soul...
Page 62 - But, guilt has always its horrors and solicitudes; and to make it yet more shameful and detestable, it is doomed often to stand in awe of those, to whom nothing could give influence or weight, but their power of betraying.
Page 46 - Ay, go to the grave of buried love, and meditate ! There settle the account with thy conscience for every past benefit unrequited, every past endearment unregarded, of that departed being, who can never — never — never return to be soothed by thy contrition...
Page 132 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 83 - Annals of Great Britain, from the Accession of George III. to the Peace of Amiens...