Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 14W. Blackwood, 1823 |
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... character ; and it must be allowed to have been mingled with as much of good as ever was known to be compatible with a thirst for power . The destruction of pernicious abuses the improvement of the condition of the people at large- went ...
... character ; and it must be allowed to have been mingled with as much of good as ever was known to be compatible with a thirst for power . The destruction of pernicious abuses the improvement of the condition of the people at large- went ...
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... character than his bare intel- lectual character . If there be anybody who puts the least faith in anything he says , merely because he says it , that body must be destitute of soul . He has contradicted in and in , until the breed of ...
... character than his bare intel- lectual character . If there be anybody who puts the least faith in anything he says , merely because he says it , that body must be destitute of soul . He has contradicted in and in , until the breed of ...
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... character exhibited at all times by those who set themselves against religion and social order , escape not their no- tice ; comfort , and quiet , and peace , do , on the whole , fall to the lot of the loyal citizen , while a ragged ...
... character exhibited at all times by those who set themselves against religion and social order , escape not their no- tice ; comfort , and quiet , and peace , do , on the whole , fall to the lot of the loyal citizen , while a ragged ...
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... characters of David and Achilles . " It appears derogatory to the spirited high - wrought character of Achilles , that he should be found by the ambassadors of Agamemnon playing the harp ; David played the harp - there is the coinci ...
... characters of David and Achilles . " It appears derogatory to the spirited high - wrought character of Achilles , that he should be found by the ambassadors of Agamemnon playing the harp ; David played the harp - there is the coinci ...
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... character to make us feel for hin and his misfortunes . The deep pater- nal affection of old Octavio Piccolomini softens , in like manner , our aversion for his craftiness of character , and the unworthy manner of his defalcation from ...
... character to make us feel for hin and his misfortunes . The deep pater- nal affection of old Octavio Piccolomini softens , in like manner , our aversion for his craftiness of character , and the unworthy manner of his defalcation from ...
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Page 322 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Page 368 - Above all others make I large concession. For thou must move a world, and be the master — He kills thee who condemns thee to inaction. So be it then ! maintain thee in thy post By violence. Resist the Emperor, And, if it must be, force with force repel : I will not praise it, yet I can forgive it. But not — not to the traitor — yes!
Page 458 - Whilst some men strive ill-gotten goods t' embrace; And others spend their time in base excess Of wine, or worse, in war, or wantonness. Let them that will, these pastimes still pursue, And on such pleasing fancies feed their fill; So I the fields and meadows green may view, And daily by fresh rivers walk at will, Among the daisies and the violets blue, Red hyacinth and yellow daffodil.
Page 232 - Alas! what boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely, slighted, shepherd's trade And strictly meditate the thankless Muse ? Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair?
Page 459 - No, I thank you; but, I pray, do us a courtesy that shall stand you and your daughter in nothing, and yet we will think ourselves still something in your debt: it is but to sing us a song that was sung by your daughter when I last passed over this meadow, about eight or nine days since. MILK- WOMAN. What song was it, I pray? Was it, "Come, shepherds, deck your herds"? or "As at noon Dulcina rested"?
Page 331 - Love had he found in huts where poor Men lie ; His daily Teachers had been Woods and Rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
Page 102 - Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, Men were deceivers ever ; One foot in sea, and one on shore ; To one thing constant never : Then sigh not so, But let them go. And be you blithe and bonny ; ' Converting all your sounds of woe Into Hey nonny, nonny.
Page 460 - IF all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love.
Page 459 - ... which broke their waves, and turned them into foam; and sometimes I beguiled time by viewing the harmless lambs, some leaping securely in the cool shade, whilst others sported themselves in the cheerful sun ; and saw others craving comfort from the swollen udders of their bleating dams.
Page 373 - Only the inevitable. As the sun, Ere it is risen, sometimes paints its image In the atmosphere, so often do the spirits Of great events stride on before the events. And in today already walks tomorrow.