Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 87W. Blackwood, 1860 |
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... interest to its every relic ; and to transform it from an obscure and half - forgotten region , seldom named abroad and very rarely visited , to a land of poetry and renown . Well may Scot- land be proud of that colossal genius ; for ...
... interest to its every relic ; and to transform it from an obscure and half - forgotten region , seldom named abroad and very rarely visited , to a land of poetry and renown . Well may Scot- land be proud of that colossal genius ; for ...
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... interest , still retaining its subordinate place , and not obtruding its faultless execution on the eye . His " Dante and Beatrice " ( a picture which , as far as we know , was never exhibited , but which we once had the good fortune to ...
... interest , still retaining its subordinate place , and not obtruding its faultless execution on the eye . His " Dante and Beatrice " ( a picture which , as far as we know , was never exhibited , but which we once had the good fortune to ...
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... interest me . In the lobby I encountered the Count de Monte- Cristo . " Remember you sup with me to- night , M. Grenouille , " said the Count , whose acquaintance I had made a short time before ; " may I offer you a seat in my carriage ...
... interest me . In the lobby I encountered the Count de Monte- Cristo . " Remember you sup with me to- night , M. Grenouille , " said the Count , whose acquaintance I had made a short time before ; " may I offer you a seat in my carriage ...
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... interest he took in the narrative , my natural fluency re- turned , and I told him of my hopes and aspirations for a distinguished lady , keeping only the secret of my relationship to Ninon , as I styled her throughout my narration ...
... interest he took in the narrative , my natural fluency re- turned , and I told him of my hopes and aspirations for a distinguished lady , keeping only the secret of my relationship to Ninon , as I styled her throughout my narration ...
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... , and the other to the trigger of one of the pistols , which he then handed to me . ' " Observe , " said my father , after completing these preliminaries , which we watched with silent interest 58 . [ Jan. The Last French Hero .
... , and the other to the trigger of one of the pistols , which he then handed to me . ' " Observe , " said my father , after completing these preliminaries , which we watched with silent interest 58 . [ Jan. The Last French Hero .
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Page 326 - With bated breath, and whispering humbleness, Say this: — "Fair sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last; You spurned me such a day ; another time You called me dog; and for these courtesies I'll lend you thus much moneys ?
Page 447 - We will return no more;" And all at once they sang, "Our island home Is far beyond the wave; we will no longer roam.
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Page 326 - Shylock, we would have moneys :" — you say so ; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold : moneys is your suit. What should I say to you ? Should I not say, " Hath a dog money ? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats...
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Page 136 - visits the sins of the fathers upon the children even to the third and fourth generations of them that hate him...
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Page 326 - About my moneys and my usances : Still have I borne it with a patient shrug, For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe. You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog, And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own. Well, then, it now appears you need my help. Go to, then ; you come to me, and you say, Shylock, we would have moneys...