Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Band 19William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone W. Tait, 1852 |
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... land in Scot- weigh heavily upon the energies of mankind . " land to fix it irrevocably in the possession of a The peddling reforms of the last session are a certain family or series of families , has already mere concession to the ...
... land in Scot- weigh heavily upon the energies of mankind . " land to fix it irrevocably in the possession of a The peddling reforms of the last session are a certain family or series of families , has already mere concession to the ...
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... land , highly favoured by nature in soil and cli- mate , and well situated for trade , is neither a pros- perous field for emigration nor a source of supply for our markets . It may fearlessly be asserted , that before the naked Kaffir ...
... land , highly favoured by nature in soil and cli- mate , and well situated for trade , is neither a pros- perous field for emigration nor a source of supply for our markets . It may fearlessly be asserted , that before the naked Kaffir ...
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... land whose tenacious subsoil sours the farmer's pros- pects . Even Scotchmen could not then grow wheat in Albany ; and the settlers turned to trading with the Kaffirs , an occupation which , we are told , proved very lucrative . Sir ...
... land whose tenacious subsoil sours the farmer's pros- pects . Even Scotchmen could not then grow wheat in Albany ; and the settlers turned to trading with the Kaffirs , an occupation which , we are told , proved very lucrative . Sir ...
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... land , not in the way of a redemp- tion of land - tax to free himself from an annual burden , but in order to justify his occupation of ground to which he never dreamed to hear his right disputed . As may well be supposed , the ...
... land , not in the way of a redemp- tion of land - tax to free himself from an annual burden , but in order to justify his occupation of ground to which he never dreamed to hear his right disputed . As may well be supposed , the ...
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... land , how much is to be mastered . There's , first and foremost , the form of conveyance , then the solemnities , the obligation to convey , the adjudication in implement , the ad- judication for debt , the adjudication in security ...
... land , how much is to be mastered . There's , first and foremost , the form of conveyance , then the solemnities , the obligation to convey , the adjudication in implement , the ad- judication for debt , the adjudication in security ...
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Seite 120 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand, — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low, — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him : he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Seite 50 - Lives of the Queens of Scotland, and English Princesses connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain.
Seite 188 - SHE CAME AND WENT. As a twig trembles, which a bird Lights on to sing, then leaves unbent, So is my memory thrilled and stirred; — I only know she came and went.
Seite 115 - twould a saint provoke" (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke), " No, let a charming chintz, and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead— And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.
Seite 19 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Seite 59 - We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's Ricochet Rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate.
Seite 232 - It was unanimously decided that the prizes should be paid to the first of geniuses who had written legibly. Not another MS. was unfolded. Immediately the confidential envelope was opened, and the successful competitor was found to bear the scarcely known name of Poe. The next day the publisher called to see Mr.
Seite 291 - I represent before you a principle, a cause, and a defeat. The principle is the sovereignty of the people ; the cause is that of the Empire ; the defeat is that of Waterloo. The principle — you have recognised it ; the cause — you have served in it ; the defeat — you would revenge it. No, then, there is no dis-accord between you and me; and I will not believe that I can be destined to be grieved by the disaffection of any others.
Seite 239 - ... they shall recruit their exhausted strength with abundant and untaxed food, the sweeter because it is no longer leavened by a sense of injustice.
Seite 233 - Passion, in him, comprehended many of the worst emotions which militate against human happiness. You could not contradict him, but you raised quick choler ; you could not speak of wealth, but his cheek paled with gnawing envy. The astonishing natural...