Titan: A Monthly Magazine..., Volume 1J. Hogg, 1845 |
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... length , and of such a character , structive to our readers . It may be proper to add , that that while the busy shall find sufficient time to read we contemplate a series of sketches , of some extent , re- them , the idle may muster ...
... length , and of such a character , structive to our readers . It may be proper to add , that that while the busy shall find sufficient time to read we contemplate a series of sketches , of some extent , re- them , the idle may muster ...
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... length she fell asleep , and slept the calm sleep of inno- cence and health till morning ; but when she awoke , Harry was not beside her . Could they be drinking yet ? She jumped out of bed and peeped into the next room- it was empty ...
... length she fell asleep , and slept the calm sleep of inno- cence and health till morning ; but when she awoke , Harry was not beside her . Could they be drinking yet ? She jumped out of bed and peeped into the next room- it was empty ...
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... length , when the money failed , and nothing was left to feed the harpy that preyed upon him , he abstracted , article by article , poor Jessie's furniture - the furniture he had bought for her with so much pride and pleasure- and left ...
... length , when the money failed , and nothing was left to feed the harpy that preyed upon him , he abstracted , article by article , poor Jessie's furniture - the furniture he had bought for her with so much pride and pleasure- and left ...
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... length the cry of Timseach , tim- seach was heard from half - a - dozen claimants of the proffered prize , and half - a - dozen black fingers were eagerly pointed to a spot of sand , on which were strewn , apparently , some logs of ...
... length the cry of Timseach , tim- seach was heard from half - a - dozen claimants of the proffered prize , and half - a - dozen black fingers were eagerly pointed to a spot of sand , on which were strewn , apparently , some logs of ...
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... length arrived ; the day was fair and frosty , and at an early hour the inmates of both castle and village were all astir ; the peasants were dressed in their best , and joy sat on every countenance . The chapel of the castle was decked ...
... length arrived ; the day was fair and frosty , and at an early hour the inmates of both castle and village were all astir ; the peasants were dressed in their best , and joy sat on every countenance . The chapel of the castle was decked ...
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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.