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... already received . Like the sculptor , who should undertake to reduce a colossal statue into infantine proportions — and yet preserve the force and expression of the original - he undertook the task of reducing the gigantic features of ...
... already received . Like the sculptor , who should undertake to reduce a colossal statue into infantine proportions — and yet preserve the force and expression of the original - he undertook the task of reducing the gigantic features of ...
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... already expended ; and it cannot be otherwise than gratifying to know that , in their various departments , these Volumes have been the means of stimulating native talent ; of bringing obscure merit into notice ; and of providing ...
... already expended ; and it cannot be otherwise than gratifying to know that , in their various departments , these Volumes have been the means of stimulating native talent ; of bringing obscure merit into notice ; and of providing ...
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... already appeared under the name and sanction of men who are themselves prominent features in her history , that little , it may be supposed , remains for their successors in a field so industriously gleaned . But , without waiting to ...
... already appeared under the name and sanction of men who are themselves prominent features in her history , that little , it may be supposed , remains for their successors in a field so industriously gleaned . But , without waiting to ...
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... already cited on the score of moral and chivalrous characteristics , the following elegant tribute from an English poet . " Breathe there a race that from the approving hand Of nature more deserve , or less demand ? So skilled to wake ...
... already cited on the score of moral and chivalrous characteristics , the following elegant tribute from an English poet . " Breathe there a race that from the approving hand Of nature more deserve , or less demand ? So skilled to wake ...
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... already mentioned , that of the celebrated Dr. Hutton is entitled to honourable notice in the list of county benefactors . As a practical geologist , he was so far prepared to discriminate in those qualities of soil on which he was to ...
... already mentioned , that of the celebrated Dr. Hutton is entitled to honourable notice in the list of county benefactors . As a practical geologist , he was so far prepared to discriminate in those qualities of soil on which he was to ...
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Side 80 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, . .', But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Side 44 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air. Shew scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon...
Side 62 - They threw down their arms that they might run with more speed, thus depriving themselves by their fears of the only means of arresting the vengeance of the Highlanders. Of so many men in a condition, from their numbers, to preserve order in their retreat, not one thought of defending himself. Terror had taken entire possession of their minds.
Side 78 - Traced like a map, the landscape lies In cultured beauty stretching wide ; There, Pentland's green acclivities ; There, Ocean, with its azure tide ; There, Arthur's seat ; and gleaming through Thy southern wing, Dunedin blue ! While, in the orient, Lammer's daughters, A distant giant range are seen, — North Berwick Law, with cone of green, And Bass amid the waters.
Side 138 - His Majesty well knows how many difficulties have been smoothed, and how much has been effected by your unremitting activity, by your knowledge of your countrymen, and by the just estimation in which they hold you. " The King wishes to make you the channel of conveying to the Highland chiefs and their followers, who have given to the varied scene which we have witnessed so peculiar and romantic a character, his particular thanks for their attendance, and his warm approbation of their uniform deportment.
Side 114 - WALY waly up the bank, And waly waly down the brae, And waly waly yon...
Side 147 - ... also increased the delays of the young King, who was in hopes Angus might be defeated before his brother could come up. Douglas, perceiving this, addressed the King in language which James never forgot nor forgave ; — " Your Grace need not think to escape us...
Side 67 - Prone on the lowly grave of the dear man She drops ; whilst busy meddling memory, In barbarous succession, musters up The past endearments of their softer hours, Tenacious of its theme. Still, still she thinks She sees him, and indulging the fond thought, Clings yet more closely to the senseless turf, Nor heeds the passenger who looks that way.
Side 88 - The prospect, in its general outline, commands a close-built, highpiled city, stretching itself out beneath in a form, which, to a romantic imagination, may be supposed to represent that of a dragon; now, a noble arm of the sea, with its rocks, isles, distant shores, and a boundary of mountains; and now, a fair and fertile champaign country, varied with hill, dale, and rock, and skirted by the picturesque ridge of the Pentland Mountains.