Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 45W. Blackwood, 1839 |
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... Taken all in all , we are not convinced that there is any other body of national music in the world that surpasses that of Scotland , in force , in character , in versatility , or in genius . We certainly feel not a little exultation at ...
... Taken all in all , we are not convinced that there is any other body of national music in the world that surpasses that of Scotland , in force , in character , in versatility , or in genius . We certainly feel not a little exultation at ...
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... taken and well liked ; and Addison , in No. 29 of the Guardian , refers to it as the cause to which " so many rural squires in the remotest parts of this island are obliged for the dignity and state which corpulency gives them ...
... taken and well liked ; and Addison , in No. 29 of the Guardian , refers to it as the cause to which " so many rural squires in the remotest parts of this island are obliged for the dignity and state which corpulency gives them ...
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... taken as ancient which have been handed down to us as such , and then a theory is to be discovered which shall be ap- plicable to all those airs , at least in their prevailing and substantial pecu- liarities . No doubt , surely , can be ...
... taken as ancient which have been handed down to us as such , and then a theory is to be discovered which shall be ap- plicable to all those airs , at least in their prevailing and substantial pecu- liarities . No doubt , surely , can be ...
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... taken off ? " " Oh , no doubt there could . A rich country is sure to spend a deal of money foolishly , much as a rich man is . But suppose every thing of that kind were done , and that you , each of you , had twenty per cent a - year ...
... taken off ? " " Oh , no doubt there could . A rich country is sure to spend a deal of money foolishly , much as a rich man is . But suppose every thing of that kind were done , and that you , each of you , had twenty per cent a - year ...
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... taken . Her heart was full of the me- mory of Mrs Lascelles , who had been to her far more than a common mo- ther , and who had died in the belief that Maria was her child . But she knew that now was not the time for these feelings ...
... taken . Her heart was full of the me- mory of Mrs Lascelles , who had been to her far more than a common mo- ther , and who had died in the belief that Maria was her child . But she knew that now was not the time for these feelings ...
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Page 311 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a...
Page 313 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still : Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to death.
Page 310 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell, Of every star that Heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 483 - From Greenland's icy mountains ; From India's coral strand ; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river ; From many a palmy plain ; They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 311 - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath; Who envies none that chance doth raise...
Page 180 - Hey, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon!
Page 525 - If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
Page 130 - ... twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ! Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail...
Page 130 - A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure?
Page 130 - Pour'd through the mellow horn her pensive soul: And dashing soft from rocks around Bubbling runnels join'd the sound; Through glades and glooms the mingled measure stole, Or, o'er some haunted stream, with fond delay, Round an holy calm diffusing, Love of peace, and lonely musing, In hollow murmurs died away.