Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 114William Blackwood, 1873 |
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... ment as the most active and the most dangerous agent of the Pretender , and one whose name had even then great weight with the party . Representations of the most pressing kind were repeatedly made to the French Government . It was ...
... ment as the most active and the most dangerous agent of the Pretender , and one whose name had even then great weight with the party . Representations of the most pressing kind were repeatedly made to the French Government . It was ...
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... ment is only inflicted for offences of the most heinous character . " MANUEL SANTA CRUZ . " Buffon says , " le style c'est l'homme , " and the preceding justifi- cation shows as well as anything else the character of the fanatical ...
... ment is only inflicted for offences of the most heinous character . " MANUEL SANTA CRUZ . " Buffon says , " le style c'est l'homme , " and the preceding justifi- cation shows as well as anything else the character of the fanatical ...
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... ment the pelts are landed they are received by the " skinners , " each of whom , armed with a gigantic knife like a small sword , stands behind a board or dresser which shelves away from him . Upon this he draws a pelt . These are ...
... ment the pelts are landed they are received by the " skinners , " each of whom , armed with a gigantic knife like a small sword , stands behind a board or dresser which shelves away from him . Upon this he draws a pelt . These are ...
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... ment ; and an average of 600 tons per month is expected to be pro- duced throughout the present sum- Latterly this mine has turned out highly productive of nickel ore . This was found at one time in a vein where the " prill , " or solid ...
... ment ; and an average of 600 tons per month is expected to be pro- duced throughout the present sum- Latterly this mine has turned out highly productive of nickel ore . This was found at one time in a vein where the " prill , " or solid ...
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... ; justs , dances , and late vigils , and fair beds for refresh- ment ; and for my better repose a one vice needing time for its de- Worldliness is assumed to be the People's Magazine , February 1873 . 86 [ July The Four Ages .
... ; justs , dances , and late vigils , and fair beds for refresh- ment ; and for my better repose a one vice needing time for its de- Worldliness is assumed to be the People's Magazine , February 1873 . 86 [ July The Four Ages .
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Page 604 - Of this wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for art's sake, has most; for art comes to you professing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments
Page 261 - Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 604 - How shall we pass most swiftly from point to point, and be present always at the focus where the greatest number of vital forces unite in their purest energy? To burn always with this hard, gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.
Page 273 - That is found wandering and not having any home or settled place of abode, or proper guardianship, or visible means of subsistence...
Page 604 - The theory or idea or system which requires of us the sacrifice of any part of this experience, in consideration of some interest into which we cannot enter or some abstract theory we have not identified with ourselves or what is only conventional, has no real claim upon us.
Page 347 - The object of this essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether the means used be physical force in the form of legal penalties or the moral coercion of public opinion.
Page 75 - Even be it so ; yet still among your tribe, Our daily world's true Worldlings, rank not me ! Children are blest, and powerful; their world lies More justly balanced ; partly at their feet, And part far from them : sweetest melodies Are those that are by distance made more sweet; Whose mind is but the mind of his own eyes, He is a slave; the meanest we can meet!
Page 604 - ... we have an interval, and then our place knows us no more. Some spend this interval in listlessness, some in high passions, the wisest, at least among 'the children of this world,
Page 80 - My resolutions of growing old and staid are admirable: I wake with a sober plan, and intend to pass the day with my friends — then comes the Duke of Richmond...
Page 359 - The vilest malefactor has some wretched woman tied to him, against whom he can commit any atrocity except killing her, and, if tolerably cautious, can do that without much danger of the legal penalty.