Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 45W. Blackwood, 1839 - England |
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... persons better known under the title of " The Grinder . " In the year 1680 , the air of Kathe- rine Ogie was sung at a concert in Stationers ' Hall , by Abell , the lutanist and counter - tenor singer , of whom the strange story is told ...
... persons better known under the title of " The Grinder . " In the year 1680 , the air of Kathe- rine Ogie was sung at a concert in Stationers ' Hall , by Abell , the lutanist and counter - tenor singer , of whom the strange story is told ...
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... person here mentioned as the collector , was Sir Robert Gor- don of Straloch . We have reason to hope that some of ... persons , and can be perfectly well deciphered , We have next our attention directed in Mr Dauney's Dissertation to ...
... person here mentioned as the collector , was Sir Robert Gor- don of Straloch . We have reason to hope that some of ... persons , and can be perfectly well deciphered , We have next our attention directed in Mr Dauney's Dissertation to ...
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... persons sufficiently qualified should have any place there ; and that they should be all kept at daily prac tice ; and for that effect your Majesty appointed me ane chamber within your Palace of Holyrudehouse , where- in I have provided ...
... persons sufficiently qualified should have any place there ; and that they should be all kept at daily prac tice ; and for that effect your Majesty appointed me ane chamber within your Palace of Holyrudehouse , where- in I have provided ...
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... persons whom he seemed to have so much pleasure in conversing with . He said , as he shook hands with her , that he hoped to see her soon again . It was still early in the morning , but he had already spent an hour in his garden , to ...
... persons whom he seemed to have so much pleasure in conversing with . He said , as he shook hands with her , that he hoped to see her soon again . It was still early in the morning , but he had already spent an hour in his garden , to ...
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... person whose appearance and man- ners are admirably in accordance with the nobler gifts of genius and know- ledge . He ... persons we met with , he drew out new meanings , and wrought them together into round- ed and dramatic groups . In ...
... person whose appearance and man- ners are admirably in accordance with the nobler gifts of genius and know- ledge . He ... persons we met with , he drew out new meanings , and wrought them together into round- ed and dramatic groups . In ...
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Page 311 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a...
Page 313 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still : Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to death.
Page 310 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell, Of every star that Heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 483 - From Greenland's icy mountains ; From India's coral strand ; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river ; From many a palmy plain ; They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 311 - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath; Who envies none that chance doth raise...
Page 180 - Hey, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon!
Page 525 - If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
Page 130 - ... twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ! Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail...
Page 130 - A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure?
Page 130 - Pour'd through the mellow horn her pensive soul: And dashing soft from rocks around Bubbling runnels join'd the sound; Through glades and glooms the mingled measure stole, Or, o'er some haunted stream, with fond delay, Round an holy calm diffusing, Love of peace, and lonely musing, In hollow murmurs died away.