Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 114William Blackwood, 1873 |
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Page 30
... true . The marriage - tie is vig- orously felt in France : husbands and wives cleave there to each other , and do not now seek for illicit joys , whatever some of them may have done in days gone by . Indeed , they point to England at ...
... true . The marriage - tie is vig- orously felt in France : husbands and wives cleave there to each other , and do not now seek for illicit joys , whatever some of them may have done in days gone by . Indeed , they point to England at ...
Page 34
... true appreciation of the relative values of the different ser- vices which a wife can render , of the different joys which she can provoke , can be more surely reached by the husband himself than by distant lookers - on , who , uncon ...
... true appreciation of the relative values of the different ser- vices which a wife can render , of the different joys which she can provoke , can be more surely reached by the husband himself than by distant lookers - on , who , uncon ...
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... we ought to own that a sys- to so much happiness , to such true home life , cannot be fundamentally wrong , whatever certain of its de- tails may incline us to suppose . THE CURÉ SANTA CRUZ AND THE CARLIST WAR . 38 ...
... we ought to own that a sys- to so much happiness , to such true home life , cannot be fundamentally wrong , whatever certain of its de- tails may incline us to suppose . THE CURÉ SANTA CRUZ AND THE CARLIST WAR . 38 ...
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... true heir to the crown of Spain , is his admiration of Zuma- lacarreguy , the famous champion of the Carlists in the former war , and who , like himself , was a na- tive of Guipuzcoa . The compan- ions of his school - days tell how he ...
... true heir to the crown of Spain , is his admiration of Zuma- lacarreguy , the famous champion of the Carlists in the former war , and who , like himself , was a na- tive of Guipuzcoa . The compan- ions of his school - days tell how he ...
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... true that in Biscay and a portion of Guipuzcoa and Alava order seemed to be restored ; but Saballs continued to hold his ground against all the force the Madrid Government could send against him . And whilst the official journal told ...
... true that in Biscay and a portion of Guipuzcoa and Alava order seemed to be restored ; but Saballs continued to hold his ground against all the force the Madrid Government could send against him . And whilst the official journal told ...
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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.