Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 28W. Blackwood., 1830 - England |
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... existence in this world but of one auburn - haired , hazel - eyed , fragile - figured angel , with a slim an- kle and small foot - and on the twelfth of August he is flirting with a red- headed Highland goatherdess , sup- ported on ...
... existence in this world but of one auburn - haired , hazel - eyed , fragile - figured angel , with a slim an- kle and small foot - and on the twelfth of August he is flirting with a red- headed Highland goatherdess , sup- ported on ...
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... existence ; and the next moment , and at only some ten or twelve paces distance , the quantity of snow which was hanging in the trees having prevented me from previously observing him , I viewed the fellow dashing forward at the full ...
... existence ; and the next moment , and at only some ten or twelve paces distance , the quantity of snow which was hanging in the trees having prevented me from previously observing him , I viewed the fellow dashing forward at the full ...
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... existence as an Attorney - General , and that it is possible for him to find pliant juries . I may be taunted with cowardice , as I have been already , for this declaration . But my doc- trine is , that in these cases discretion is the ...
... existence as an Attorney - General , and that it is possible for him to find pliant juries . I may be taunted with cowardice , as I have been already , for this declaration . But my doc- trine is , that in these cases discretion is the ...
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... existence.- " Please you , sir , Talk not of spirits here - It is our rule That neither ghost nor fairy , goblin stern , Portentous light , wraith , death - watch , warning voice , Or aught impalpable to human sense , Shall to our ...
... existence.- " Please you , sir , Talk not of spirits here - It is our rule That neither ghost nor fairy , goblin stern , Portentous light , wraith , death - watch , warning voice , Or aught impalpable to human sense , Shall to our ...
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... existence when they do not assemble . We wish it were not our duty to say that they have been some time defunct in regard to original object and due operation . If Mr Pitt had been as much fa- voured by fortune as he was by na- ture ...
... existence when they do not assemble . We wish it were not our duty to say that they have been some time defunct in regard to original object and due operation . If Mr Pitt had been as much fa- voured by fortune as he was by na- ture ...
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Page 568 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Page 587 - Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips. — You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so.
Page 339 - Accordingly we find, that, in every kingdom, into which money begins to flow in greater abundance than formerly, everything takes a new face : labour and industry gain life ; the merchant becomes more enterprising, the manufacturer more diligent and skilful, and even the farmer follows his plough with greater alacrity and attention.
Page 234 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost...
Page 101 - Through the animal and vegetable kingdoms Nature has scattered the seeds of life abroad with the most profuse and liberal hand; but has been comparatively sparing in the room and the nourishment necessary to rear them.
Page 89 - Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air; and even the fish of the sea are taken away.
Page 611 - Was the miller's lovely daughter, Fairest of them all. For his bride a soldier sought her, And a winning tongue had he, On the banks of Allan Water, None so gay as she.
Page 49 - Or Shall I bend low and in a bondman's key, With bated breath and whispering humbleness, Say this; 'Fair sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last; You spurn'd me such a day; another time You call'd me dog; and for these courtesies I'll lend you thus much moneys'?
Page 410 - Their rising all at once was as the sound Of thunder heard remote. Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone, and as a God Extol him equal to the Highest in Heaven.
Page 378 - BEHAVE YOURSEL' BEFORE FOLK Behave yoursel' before folk ! Behave yoursel' before folk ! And dinna be sae rude to me As kiss me sae before folk ! It wadna gie me meikle pain, Gin we were seen and heard by nane, To tak' a kiss, or grant you ane ; But gudesake ! no before folk. Behave yoursel' before folk ! Behave yoursel' before folk ! Whate'er you do when out o' view, Be cautious aye before folk.