The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volum 90Archibald Constable and Company, 1822 |
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Pàgina 2
... hand , and allowed me to kiss it . Before he had time to pro- ceed in engaging me in conversation , Prince Adam presented him with the letter of the English Ambassador , with whom , it appeared , he was ac- quainted . The condescending ...
... hand , and allowed me to kiss it . Before he had time to pro- ceed in engaging me in conversation , Prince Adam presented him with the letter of the English Ambassador , with whom , it appeared , he was ac- quainted . The condescending ...
Pàgina 8
... hand of the executioner . My re- solution was fixed . The duel must take place four miles from Warsaw , since the Starostei embraced a cir- cuit of this extent around the town ; and those who fought within the limits were amenable to a ...
... hand of the executioner . My re- solution was fixed . The duel must take place four miles from Warsaw , since the Starostei embraced a cir- cuit of this extent around the town ; and those who fought within the limits were amenable to a ...
Pàgina 13
... hand was liberal , and his heart was kind ; The counsellor of youth , the friend of age , His name was blazon'd fair on virtue's page ; And in my flock , when David Wilmot died , I felt a blank not easily supplied . He left one son ...
... hand was liberal , and his heart was kind ; The counsellor of youth , the friend of age , His name was blazon'd fair on virtue's page ; And in my flock , when David Wilmot died , I felt a blank not easily supplied . He left one son ...
Pàgina 19
... hand is mine ! To these my hopes , my wishes I confine- In wealth or poverty you are my bride ; And death alone our hearts shall e'er divide ! " Time speeds along , and Fortune's wheel goes round- The ticket's drawn - a prize ! -ten ...
... hand is mine ! To these my hopes , my wishes I confine- In wealth or poverty you are my bride ; And death alone our hearts shall e'er divide ! " Time speeds along , and Fortune's wheel goes round- The ticket's drawn - a prize ! -ten ...
Pàgina 20
... hand ; For workshop , kitchen , bed - room , parlour , hall , His hut , twelve feet by twenty , serv'd for all ; One window glaz'd , four little panes display'd , A boarded wicket sometimes lent its aid ; A crazy chair and stool , a ...
... hand ; For workshop , kitchen , bed - room , parlour , hall , His hut , twelve feet by twenty , serv'd for all ; One window glaz'd , four little panes display'd , A boarded wicket sometimes lent its aid ; A crazy chair and stool , a ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 62 - When to myself I act and smile, With pleasing thoughts the time beguile, By a brook side, or wood so green, Unheard, unsought for, or unseen, A thousand pleasures do me bless, And crown my soul with happiness.
Pàgina 53 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea -shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Pàgina 94 - It argues, I think, a sweet and generous nature, to have this strong relish for the beauties of vegetation, and this friendship for the hardy and glorious sons of the forest. There is a grandeur of thought connected with this part of riral economy.
Pàgina 164 - Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost.
Pàgina 609 - Historical Relation of the Military Government of Gloucester, from the beginning of the Civill Warre betweene King and Parliament, to the Removall of Colonel Massie from that Government to the Command of the Westerne Forces.
Pàgina 120 - London's Encyclopaedia of Agriculture: comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture. With 1,100 Woodcuts. 8vo. 21s. London's Encyclopaedia of Gardening: comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape Gardening.
Pàgina 75 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Pàgina 94 - ... who plants an oak looks forward to future ages, and plants for posterity. Nothing can be less selfish than this. He cannot expect to sit in its shade, nor enjoy its shelter ; but he exults in the idea, that the acorn which he has buried in the earth shall grow up into a lofty pile, and shall keep on flourishing and increasing, and benefiting mankind, long after he shall have ceased to tread his paternal fields.
Pàgina 250 - An Introduction to the Study of Fossil Organic Remains; Especially of Those Found in the British Strata: Intended to Aid the Student in His Inquiries Respecting the Nature of Fossils and Their Connection With the Formation of the Earth (London, 1822).
Pàgina 148 - ... Grouchy's corps. He replied, " certainly ; and I can now scarcely comprehend why it was a Prussian division and not that of Grouchy." I then took the liberty of asking, whether, if neither Grouchy nor the Prussians had arrived, it would not have been a drawn battle. Napoleon answered, "the English army would have been destroyed. They were defeated at mid-day. But accident, or more likely destiny, decided that Lord Wellington should gain it. I could scarcely believe that he would have given me...