Titan: A Monthly Magazine..., Volume 1J. Hogg, 1845 |
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... known adage of Sir Walter Scott , that literature , though hearing . They descant on this and that scheme for re- it may be a good staff , is a bad crutch . The INSTRUCTOR , generating our world , dispelling its ignorance , curing its ...
... known adage of Sir Walter Scott , that literature , though hearing . They descant on this and that scheme for re- it may be a good staff , is a bad crutch . The INSTRUCTOR , generating our world , dispelling its ignorance , curing its ...
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... known something . ' Literature has charms more inviting to many minds than science . It is wrong to exalt the former at the ex- pense of the latter . We concur in the observation of a great poet , lately gone to his rest , that none but ...
... known something . ' Literature has charms more inviting to many minds than science . It is wrong to exalt the former at the ex- pense of the latter . We concur in the observation of a great poet , lately gone to his rest , that none but ...
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... known case , he declared the House of Commons to be incapable of coming to a cool and fair decision , and proposed an ad- journment . We shall endeavour to steer clear of this fascination , however , in presenting our readers with his ...
... known case , he declared the House of Commons to be incapable of coming to a cool and fair decision , and proposed an ad- journment . We shall endeavour to steer clear of this fascination , however , in presenting our readers with his ...
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... known to give his candid opinion of the quality of his goods- known neither to over - praise nor over - charge - who gives the same article at the same price to the injudicious and skilful alike ? Be sure , other things being equal ...
... known to give his candid opinion of the quality of his goods- known neither to over - praise nor over - charge - who gives the same article at the same price to the injudicious and skilful alike ? Be sure , other things being equal ...
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... known it long : Too restless and too strong Within this clay hath been the o'ermastering flame ; Swift thought , that came and went Like torrents o'er me sent , Have shaken as a reed my thrilling frame Like perfumes on the wind , Which ...
... known it long : Too restless and too strong Within this clay hath been the o'ermastering flame ; Swift thought , that came and went Like torrents o'er me sent , Have shaken as a reed my thrilling frame Like perfumes on the wind , Which ...
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Page 49 - 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 81 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ; Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war...
Page 48 - If thou art a child, and hast ever added a sorrow to the soul, or a furrow to the silvered brow of an affectionate parent — if thou art a husband, and hast ever caused the fond bosom that ventured its whole happiness in thy arms to doubt one moment of thy kindness or thy truth...
Page 48 - 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 16 - God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.
Page 312 - The fairest productions of human wit, after a few perusals, like gathered flowers, wither in our hands, and lose their fragrancy ; but these unfading plants of paradise become, as we are accustomed to them, still more and more beautiful; their bloom appears to be daily heightened ; fresh odours are emitted, and new sweets extracted from them. He who hath once tasted their excellencies, will desire to taste them yet again ; and he who tastes them oftenest, will relish them best.
Page 28 - THE Lord descended from above, And bowed the heavens most high; And underneath his feet he cast The darkness of the sky. 2 On cherub and on cherubim, Full royally, he rode ; And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad.
Page 312 - And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Page 300 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.