The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 90Archibald Constable and Company, 1822 - English literature |
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... sent us , signed " Veritas , " which the author assures us is a " Rondo . " We supposed that Truth never dreamed ; but it seems we were mistaken . Surely , never before was Truth enwrapped in such a mystical and unintelligible jargon ...
... sent us , signed " Veritas , " which the author assures us is a " Rondo . " We supposed that Truth never dreamed ; but it seems we were mistaken . Surely , never before was Truth enwrapped in such a mystical and unintelligible jargon ...
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... sent us , " the Poetry of the Kandyans " is not very inviting . A great number of other pieces have been received , which do not require any parti cular notice . Contributors , as all Editors know , to their cost , are a somewhat testy ...
... sent us , " the Poetry of the Kandyans " is not very inviting . A great number of other pieces have been received , which do not require any parti cular notice . Contributors , as all Editors know , to their cost , are a somewhat testy ...
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... sent him the measure of my sword , which was two - and - thirty inches , still leaving to him the choice of the ground , provided it were beyond the limits of the Starostei . Immediately after , I received the following note : SIR , I ...
... sent him the measure of my sword , which was two - and - thirty inches , still leaving to him the choice of the ground , provided it were beyond the limits of the Starostei . Immediately after , I received the following note : SIR , I ...
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... sent for Campioni , the opera dancer , a man in whom I knew I might confide . " You will give me back this packet in the evening , " said I , " if I am then alive ; if not , carry it to the King , and explain the circumstances of the ...
... sent for Campioni , the opera dancer , a man in whom I knew I might confide . " You will give me back this packet in the evening , " said I , " if I am then alive ; if not , carry it to the King , and explain the circumstances of the ...
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... sent to school , And from the college came , not quite a fool : For he could Logic chop , and Latin speak , And read my weekly text in pot - hook Greek : He every Sunday sought the house of pray'r , And most devout was his appearance ...
... sent to school , And from the college came , not quite a fool : For he could Logic chop , and Latin speak , And read my weekly text in pot - hook Greek : He every Sunday sought the house of pray'r , And most devout was his appearance ...
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Page 62 - When to myself I act and smile, With pleasing thoughts the time beguile, By a brook side, or wood so green, Unheard, unsought for, or unseen, A thousand pleasures do me bless, And crown my soul with happiness.
Page 53 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea -shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Page 94 - It argues, I think, a sweet and generous nature, to have this strong relish for the beauties of vegetation, and this friendship for the hardy and glorious sons of the forest. There is a grandeur of thought connected with this part of riral economy.
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Page 94 - ... who plants an oak looks forward to future ages, and plants for posterity. Nothing can be less selfish than this. He cannot expect to sit in its shade, nor enjoy its shelter ; but he exults in the idea, that the acorn which he has buried in the earth shall grow up into a lofty pile, and shall keep on flourishing and increasing, and benefiting mankind, long after he shall have ceased to tread his paternal fields.
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Page 148 - ... Grouchy's corps. He replied, " certainly ; and I can now scarcely comprehend why it was a Prussian division and not that of Grouchy." I then took the liberty of asking, whether, if neither Grouchy nor the Prussians had arrived, it would not have been a drawn battle. Napoleon answered, "the English army would have been destroyed. They were defeated at mid-day. But accident, or more likely destiny, decided that Lord Wellington should gain it. I could scarcely believe that he would have given me...