The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volum 76Archibald Constable and Company, 1814 |
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Side 7
... taken at the average of 20s . per foot , will , at 20 years purchase , yield a sum equal to £ .24,000 ! And it may here be re- marked en passant , that although the Trustees for the South Bridge expe- rienced great obstructions and much ...
... taken at the average of 20s . per foot , will , at 20 years purchase , yield a sum equal to £ .24,000 ! And it may here be re- marked en passant , that although the Trustees for the South Bridge expe- rienced great obstructions and much ...
Side 28
... taken universally . The exquisite idiotism of the little gentleman in the bag and sword beating his drum in the print of the Enraged Musician , would of it- self rise up against so sweeping an as- sertion . But I think it will be found ...
... taken universally . The exquisite idiotism of the little gentleman in the bag and sword beating his drum in the print of the Enraged Musician , would of it- self rise up against so sweeping an as- sertion . But I think it will be found ...
Side 45
... taken at a single draught . The two most productive fisheries are that of the Tweed , near Berwick , and of the Bann near Coleraine ; at the latter of which , Mr Young says , 1450 salmon have been taken at one drag of a sin- gle net ...
... taken at a single draught . The two most productive fisheries are that of the Tweed , near Berwick , and of the Bann near Coleraine ; at the latter of which , Mr Young says , 1450 salmon have been taken at one drag of a sin- gle net ...
Side 59
... taken place ; but should be satisfied if it was the spontaneous wish of the people , and not dictated to them by a few gentle- men constituting the Provisional Govern- ment . He approved highly of the modera- tion shewn by the Allied ...
... taken place ; but should be satisfied if it was the spontaneous wish of the people , and not dictated to them by a few gentle- men constituting the Provisional Govern- ment . He approved highly of the modera- tion shewn by the Allied ...
Side 64
... taken place since the battle of the 13th , and mention that Soult had taken up a position behind the river Gave . The private accounts state that Soult's force does not exceed 40,000 men , and that the few German auxiliaries yet un- der ...
... taken place since the battle of the 13th , and mention that Soult had taken up a position behind the river Gave . The private accounts state that Soult's force does not exceed 40,000 men , and that the few German auxiliaries yet un- der ...
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Side 391 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Side 40 - Who hath not proved how feebly words essay To fix one spark of Beauty's heavenly ray ? Who doth not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight, His changing cheek, his sinking heart confess The might — the majesty of Loveliness?
Side 583 - And half mistook for fate the acts of will : Too high for common selfishness, he could At times resign his own for others' good, But not in pity, not because he ought, But in some strange perversity of thought, That...
Side 115 - There, in its centre, a sepulchral lamp Burns the slow flame, eternal — but unseen ; Which not the darkness of despair can damp, Though vain its ray as it had never been.
Side 583 - There was in him a vital scorn of all ; As if the worst had fall'n which could befall, He stood a stranger in this breathing world. An erring spirit from another hurled...
Side 242 - The allied powers having proclaimed that the Emperor Napoleon is the only obstacle to the re-establishment of peace in Europe, the Emperor Napoleon, faithful to his oath, declares that he renounces for himself and his heirs, the thrones of France and Italy, and that there is no personal sacrifice, even that of life, which he is not ready to make for the interests of France.
Side 116 - Oh ! o'er the eye death most exerts his might, And hurls the spirit from her throne of light ! Sinks those blue orbs in that long last eclipse, But spares, as yet, the charm around her lips...
Side 583 - A thing of dark imaginings, that shaped By choice the perils he by chance escaped ; But 'scaped in vain, for in their memory yet His mind would half exult and half regret : With more capacity for love than earth Bestows on most of mortal mould and birth...
Side 40 - The light of love, the purity of grace, The mind, the Music breathing from her face, The heart whose softness harmonized the whole, And oh! that eye was in itself a Soul...
Side 88 - And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.