The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volumen90Archibald Constable and Company, 1822 |
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... Truth never dreamed ; but it seems we were mistaken . Surely , never before was Truth enwrapped in such a mystical and unintelligible jargon . We are told , " the Sun forsook his earth - borne Throne ; " that " the Evening was beauti ...
... Truth never dreamed ; but it seems we were mistaken . Surely , never before was Truth enwrapped in such a mystical and unintelligible jargon . We are told , " the Sun forsook his earth - borne Throne ; " that " the Evening was beauti ...
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... truth requires , that , with impartial hand , I take my facts as they recorded stand : My present extracts I with grief relate , The truth confirm , that Folly makes our Fate . With giddy head , light heart , and wayward mind , We ...
... truth requires , that , with impartial hand , I take my facts as they recorded stand : My present extracts I with grief relate , The truth confirm , that Folly makes our Fate . With giddy head , light heart , and wayward mind , We ...
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... truth . There is no violence of action , no extravagance of passion . The poor pale and bereaved daugh- ter is sitting silently beside her ne- glected wheel ; and the aged mother is holding her hand , and looking in her face , watching ...
... truth . There is no violence of action , no extravagance of passion . The poor pale and bereaved daugh- ter is sitting silently beside her ne- glected wheel ; and the aged mother is holding her hand , and looking in her face , watching ...
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... truth , they in some degree make up for his failure in Miss Foote - for 1 must hope that it is a failure . Miss Tree's likeness is a pleasing , but by no means a spirited one , of that gent- lest of ladies - that half - realization of ...
... truth , they in some degree make up for his failure in Miss Foote - for 1 must hope that it is a failure . Miss Tree's likeness is a pleasing , but by no means a spirited one , of that gent- lest of ladies - that half - realization of ...
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... truth is , in asking you to accompany me on this occa- sion , my object has been to promote our mutual amusement ; and it is for this reason that I took you to the Modern School of Art first . Au reste , as to the character of an ...
... truth is , in asking you to accompany me on this occa- sion , my object has been to promote our mutual amusement ; and it is for this reason that I took you to the Modern School of Art first . Au reste , as to the character of an ...
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Página 62 - When to myself I act and smile, With pleasing thoughts the time beguile, By a brook side, or wood so green, Unheard, unsought for, or unseen, A thousand pleasures do me bless, And crown my soul with happiness.
Página 53 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea -shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Página 94 - It argues, I think, a sweet and generous nature, to have this strong relish for the beauties of vegetation, and this friendship for the hardy and glorious sons of the forest. There is a grandeur of thought connected with this part of riral economy.
Página 164 - Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost.
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Página 75 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Página 94 - ... who plants an oak looks forward to future ages, and plants for posterity. Nothing can be less selfish than this. He cannot expect to sit in its shade, nor enjoy its shelter ; but he exults in the idea, that the acorn which he has buried in the earth shall grow up into a lofty pile, and shall keep on flourishing and increasing, and benefiting mankind, long after he shall have ceased to tread his paternal fields.
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Página 148 - ... Grouchy's corps. He replied, " certainly ; and I can now scarcely comprehend why it was a Prussian division and not that of Grouchy." I then took the liberty of asking, whether, if neither Grouchy nor the Prussians had arrived, it would not have been a drawn battle. Napoleon answered, "the English army would have been destroyed. They were defeated at mid-day. But accident, or more likely destiny, decided that Lord Wellington should gain it. I could scarcely believe that he would have given me...