The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of The Scots magazine, Volumes 15-181825 |
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Page 62
... honoured intellectual power , is to an author as serious a matter as a denial of ho- nesty is to a merchant , or an im- peachment of professional skill to a professional man , or of orthodoxy to a divine , on which alone depends the ...
... honoured intellectual power , is to an author as serious a matter as a denial of ho- nesty is to a merchant , or an im- peachment of professional skill to a professional man , or of orthodoxy to a divine , on which alone depends the ...
Page 69
6 tempt to underrate the merits of the defender . I admire and honour his genius ; but still that genius may be great , without being the greatest ; he may shine a star of the first mag- nitude , without rivalling the sun in his ...
6 tempt to underrate the merits of the defender . I admire and honour his genius ; but still that genius may be great , without being the greatest ; he may shine a star of the first mag- nitude , without rivalling the sun in his ...
Page 70
... honour than a disappointment for the Author of Waverley to be thought worthy of competing with the immortal Shake- speare . The jury , after retiring for some time , gave a verdict in favour of the pursuer , on both issues . C. THE ...
... honour than a disappointment for the Author of Waverley to be thought worthy of competing with the immortal Shake- speare . The jury , after retiring for some time , gave a verdict in favour of the pursuer , on both issues . C. THE ...
Page 73
... honoured Edge- field Methodism with as magnificent a funeral - pile as it could have wished . Then at last did the potent , grave , and reverend inhabitants , begin to think they might venture to steal out of their cloak of hypocrisy ...
... honoured Edge- field Methodism with as magnificent a funeral - pile as it could have wished . Then at last did the potent , grave , and reverend inhabitants , begin to think they might venture to steal out of their cloak of hypocrisy ...
Page 82
... honoured with your good com- pany ; with respect to the next , why , gentlemen , you must know that , two days ago , I received a note from the Lord Mayor ; Batty , ' said he , ' send me all the whisky you have got in your cellar , and ...
... honoured with your good com- pany ; with respect to the next , why , gentlemen , you must know that , two days ago , I received a note from the Lord Mayor ; Batty , ' said he , ' send me all the whisky you have got in your cellar , and ...
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