Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Band 50

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W. Blackwood & Sons, 1841
 

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Seite 530 - THE angel ended, and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice, that he awhile Thought him still speaking, still stood fix'd to hear...
Seite 315 - Thee, Father, first they sung omnipotent, Immutable, immortal, infinite, Eternal King; thee, author of all being, Fountain of light, thyself invisible Amidst the glorious brightness where thou...
Seite 200 - That her Majesty's Ministers do not sufficiently possess the confidence of the House of Commons to enable "them to carry through the House measures which they deem of essential importance to the public welfare ; and that their continuance in office under such circumstances is at variance with the spirit of the Constitution.
Seite 315 - To heaven removed where first it grew, there grows, And flowers aloft shading the fount of life, And where the river of bliss through midst of heaven Rolls o'er Elysian flowers her amber stream ; With these that never fade the spirits elect Bind their resplendent locks inwreathed with beams...
Seite 443 - Lud, sir, you are very ignorant, I am afraid !— Yes, sir, puffing is of various sorts ; the principal are, the puff direct, the puff preliminary, the puff collateral, the puff collusive, and the puff oblique, or puff by implication. These all assume, as circumstances require, the various forms of Letter to the Editor, Occasional Anecdote, Impartial Critique, Observation from Correspondent, or Advertisement from the Party.
Seite 32 - Gibbon poured balm upon my bruises by condescending, once or twice in the course of the evening, to talk with me : the great historian was light and playful, suiting his matter to the capacity of the boy ; but it was done more...
Seite 499 - Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love, But why did you kick me down stairs...
Seite 507 - Of smoke, and bickering flame, and sparkles dire. Attended with ten thousand thousand saints, He onward came...
Seite 315 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven : The roof was fretted gold.
Seite 175 - Tis yours to crown desert beyond the grave. ; . TO GOLDSMITH'S COMEDY OF THE GOODNATURED MAN. 1769. PRESS'D by the load of life, the weary mind Surveys the general toil of human kind, With cool submission joins the labouring train, And social sorrow loses half its pain...

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