The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 88Archibald Constable and Company, 1821 - English literature |
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... arms to overturn the Constitution . The evidence as to the guilt or in- nocence of the Queen was developed alike to Whig and Tory in disgusting profusion ; but how differently were their minds impressed in consequence ? The one party ...
... arms to overturn the Constitution . The evidence as to the guilt or in- nocence of the Queen was developed alike to Whig and Tory in disgusting profusion ; but how differently were their minds impressed in consequence ? The one party ...
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... arms . present all seemed to be disposed to tread in his footsteps , and nothing was talked of but copying the Arch of Constantine , and the Pillar of Tra- jan ; while it was actually resolved to cast in bronze , and place at the gate ...
... arms . present all seemed to be disposed to tread in his footsteps , and nothing was talked of but copying the Arch of Constantine , and the Pillar of Tra- jan ; while it was actually resolved to cast in bronze , and place at the gate ...
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... arms , and exhorting the people to rally round the throne , or calling on them to enlist in support of their constitutional rights under the ban- ners of the parliament . The amiable and accomplished Lord Falkland , who fell in the ...
... arms , and exhorting the people to rally round the throne , or calling on them to enlist in support of their constitutional rights under the ban- ners of the parliament . The amiable and accomplished Lord Falkland , who fell in the ...
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... arms ; A hideous contrast ! -One fell moment stilled Lovers and foes alike ; -workers of good , And guilty wretches ; -then the statesman's brain Stopp'd in its calculation , and the bard Sunk by his lyre ; -the loud procession Before ...
... arms ; A hideous contrast ! -One fell moment stilled Lovers and foes alike ; -workers of good , And guilty wretches ; -then the statesman's brain Stopp'd in its calculation , and the bard Sunk by his lyre ; -the loud procession Before ...
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... arms consigned ; For boundless stern ambition left no room For gentle love within his restless mind ; In withering widowhood she pines away , Or fondly gazes on her budding flower ; - An orphan violet - his coming May , Her hope and ...
... arms consigned ; For boundless stern ambition left no room For gentle love within his restless mind ; In withering widowhood she pines away , Or fondly gazes on her budding flower ; - An orphan violet - his coming May , Her hope and ...
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Page 56 - Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Page 156 - He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Page 502 - Must we but blush? Our fathers bled. Earth! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead! Of the three hundred grant but three To make a new Thermopylae ! What, silent still?
Page 208 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united! For in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Page 207 - Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 516 - A fig for those by law protected ! Liberty's a glorious feast ! Courts for cowards were erected, Churches built to please the priest. What is title ? what is treasure ? What is reputation's care ? If we lead a life of pleasure, 'Tis no matter, how or where ! A fig, &c.
Page 364 - My dear, I will not let you come till the end of May, or beginning of June, because, before that time my green-house will not be ready to receive us, and it is the only pleasant room belonging to us. When the plants go out, we go in. I line it with mats, and spread the floor with mats ; and there you shall sit, with a bed of mignonette at your side, and a hedge of honeysuckles, roses, and jasmine ; and I will make you a bouquet of myrtle every day.
Page 56 - Whisper'd it to the woods, and from their wings Flung rose, flung odours from the spicy shrub, Disporting, till the amorous bird of night Sung spousal, and bid haste the evening star, On his hill-top, to light the bridal lamp.
Page 364 - You boast indeed of being obliged to no other creature, but of drawing and spinning out all from yourself; that is to say, if we may judge of the liquor in the vessel by what issues out, you possess a good plentiful store of dirt and poison in your breast...
Page 303 - ... written by incoherent parcels ; and, after long intervals of neglect, resumed again, as my humour or occasions permitted ; and "at last, in a retirement, where an attendance on my health gave me leisure, it was brought into that order thou now seest it.