The Edinburgh Literary Journal: Or, Weekly Register of Criticism and Belles Lettres, Volume 1Ballantyne, 1829 - Great Britain Vol. 2 includes "The poet Shelley--his unpublished work, T̀he wandering Jew'" (p. 43-45, [57]-60) |
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... published by Messrs Oliver and Boyd , on the life and adventures of Alexander Selkirk , who died in 1723 , contains the real inci- dents on which the romance of Robinson Crusoe is founded . There is preparing for Constable's Miscellany ...
... published by Messrs Oliver and Boyd , on the life and adventures of Alexander Selkirk , who died in 1723 , contains the real inci- dents on which the romance of Robinson Crusoe is founded . There is preparing for Constable's Miscellany ...
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... ( Published this day . ) THIS is one of those books whose numbers cannot be too much multiplied . It is intended for the rising ge- neration , and is full of that useful knowledge , conveyed tainment at once a duty and a pleasure . We are ...
... ( Published this day . ) THIS is one of those books whose numbers cannot be too much multiplied . It is intended for the rising ge- neration , and is full of that useful knowledge , conveyed tainment at once a duty and a pleasure . We are ...
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... published some time since by Dr Borthwick Gilchrist , the well - known Oriental scholar ; " but , never- theless , praise scarcely inferior to that of originality is due to the person who perceives so distinctly the merit of a ...
... published some time since by Dr Borthwick Gilchrist , the well - known Oriental scholar ; " but , never- theless , praise scarcely inferior to that of originality is due to the person who perceives so distinctly the merit of a ...
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... published , —a large one , which sold at an immense price , and a smaller one , which has proved so successful that the plates were all worn out . The portraits have been now re - engraved , and are to be published a third time , in ...
... published , —a large one , which sold at an immense price , and a smaller one , which has proved so successful that the plates were all worn out . The portraits have been now re - engraved , and are to be published a third time , in ...
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... published Collections and in original Manuscripts . The whole is to be accompanied with Historical Notices and Observations , explanatory and corrective , by the editor of the new edition of the Lives of the Scots Worthies . There is to ...
... published Collections and in original Manuscripts . The whole is to be accompanied with Historical Notices and Observations , explanatory and corrective , by the editor of the new edition of the Lives of the Scots Worthies . There is to ...
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Page 176 - Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear, Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear ; Thou art sweet as the smile when fond lovers meet, And soft as their parting tear — Jessy ! ALTHO' thou maun never be mine, Altho...
Page 203 - Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us ; and let us run with patience the race which is set before us...
Page 251 - Is it so?" reflecting on the alliance which had placed the Stewart family on the throne; "then God's will be done. It came with a lass, and it will go with a lass.
Page 177 - As to the statement of what a man can or will eat, either as to quality or quantity, I am afraid it would be quite incredible ; in fact, there is nothing in the way of fish or meat, from whatever animal, however putrid or unwholesome, but they will devour with impunity, and the quantity only varies from what they have, to what they can get. I have repeatedly seen a Yakut or a Tongouse devour forty pounds of meat in a day.
Page 4 - Gardens, where flings the bridge its airy span, And Nature makes her happy home with man; Where many a gorgeous flower is duly fed With its...
Page 4 - And forests, where beside his leafy hold The sullen boar hath heard the distant horn, And whets his tusks against the gnarled thorn; Palladian palace with its storied halls; Fountains, where Love lies listening to their falls...
Page 261 - The tiger had laid himself down beside his whelps. He was a beautiful animal, of great size and strength ; and his limbs, being stretched out at their full length, displayed his immense power of muscle. A double row of great teeth stood far enough apart to show his large red tongue, from which the white foam fell in large drops. All at once, another roar was heard at a distance, and the tiger immediately rose and answered it with a mournful howl. At the same instant, our Indians uttered a shriek,...
Page 160 - ... reduced him to a state of almost infantile dependence on those around him, and subjected him ever after to a most abstemious regimen, he bore with the most dignified fortitude and tranquillity. The malady which broke his health and constitution for the rest of his existence, happily impaired neither any of the faculties of his mind, nor the characteristic vigour and activity of his understanding, which enabled him to rise superior to the misfortune. As soon as his strength was sufficiently re-established,...
Page 4 - And fields and marshes wide, Such as nor voice, nor lute, nor wind, nor bird, The soul ever stirred ; Unlike and far sweeter than them all. Sad Aziola! from that moment I Loved thee and thy sad cry.
Page 40 - Things that seemed strange to me. He was a man of gloomy mood, And few his converse sought; But, it was said, in solitude His conscience with him wrought. And there, before his mental eye, Some hideous vision brought There was not one in all the house Who did not fear his frown, Save I, a little careless child, Who gamboled up and down, And often peeped into his room, And plucked him by the gown. I was an orphan and alone, — My father was his brother, And...