The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of The Scots magazine, Volumes 15-181825 |
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... death , he contracted debt to the amount of £ .1500 more , so that his debts , before he died , amounted in all to £ .11,000 sterling . Keeping the circumstances in view , that this onerous entail was executed by John Vans himself , and ...
... death , he contracted debt to the amount of £ .1500 more , so that his debts , before he died , amounted in all to £ .11,000 sterling . Keeping the circumstances in view , that this onerous entail was executed by John Vans himself , and ...
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... death of my friend , the Reverend Andrew Baxter , was recorded . Of this man I think myself warranted in saying , that whatever might be his foibles , they were the errors of the head , rather than of the heart . Andrew had , from his ...
... death of my friend , the Reverend Andrew Baxter , was recorded . Of this man I think myself warranted in saying , that whatever might be his foibles , they were the errors of the head , rather than of the heart . Andrew had , from his ...
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... Death : and he follows old Time To kill and destroy , but the deed is no crime ; For first must the hour - glass of Time be all run , Ere the office of Death upon man dare be done . To the good and the holy his presence is sweet , And ...
... Death : and he follows old Time To kill and destroy , but the deed is no crime ; For first must the hour - glass of Time be all run , Ere the office of Death upon man dare be done . To the good and the holy his presence is sweet , And ...
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... Death hath destroy'd ; Then bearing them off in his irons , like slaves , Sinks down , with a shriek , through earth's bottomless caves ! Oh , the one is a dove with his plumage all bright ! And the other a bat from the regions of night ...
... Death hath destroy'd ; Then bearing them off in his irons , like slaves , Sinks down , with a shriek , through earth's bottomless caves ! Oh , the one is a dove with his plumage all bright ! And the other a bat from the regions of night ...
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That Death comes behind , and is anxious to strike , When the time is expir'd , great and humble alike ; That the Angel or Demon comes ready to grasp The quivering soul at the body's last gasp ! Oh , think that each pulse which thy ...
That Death comes behind , and is anxious to strike , When the time is expir'd , great and humble alike ; That the Angel or Demon comes ready to grasp The quivering soul at the body's last gasp ! Oh , think that each pulse which thy ...
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