The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 95Archibald Constable and Company, 1825 - English literature |
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... Perhaps , Sir , I need scarely observe , that nearly the whole of my time is dedicated to the pursuit of this great and admirable science . I allow it , to say the truth without restraint , to occupy and engross my whole soul . I am not ...
... Perhaps , Sir , I need scarely observe , that nearly the whole of my time is dedicated to the pursuit of this great and admirable science . I allow it , to say the truth without restraint , to occupy and engross my whole soul . I am not ...
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... Perhaps , indeed , as in the remote descendants of an ancient house , some scattered features may often be traced , which as- similate them to the parent stock , as something in the arch of the eye- brows , the play of the mouth , the ...
... Perhaps , indeed , as in the remote descendants of an ancient house , some scattered features may often be traced , which as- similate them to the parent stock , as something in the arch of the eye- brows , the play of the mouth , the ...
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... perhaps , from similar principles , also fors wear my religion . To say the truth , in- deed , this system has somewhat darkened , I fear , the purity of my former belief in the free agency and accountability of man ; and amidst all the ...
... perhaps , from similar principles , also fors wear my religion . To say the truth , in- deed , this system has somewhat darkened , I fear , the purity of my former belief in the free agency and accountability of man ; and amidst all the ...
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... perhaps too passive and torpid state of defence , and to adopt , through the press , a vigorous and appalling mode of rejoinder . We shall call into exertion that rich and unparalleled concentration of va- ried and elevated talent , so ...
... perhaps too passive and torpid state of defence , and to adopt , through the press , a vigorous and appalling mode of rejoinder . We shall call into exertion that rich and unparalleled concentration of va- ried and elevated talent , so ...
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... perhaps he carried ma- terials with him , " to catch the lu- ring image as it rose . " Sterne used horseback ; and the situation and to compose his sermons when on exercise are calculated to inspire the mind with a variety of ideas ...
... perhaps he carried ma- terials with him , " to catch the lu- ring image as it rose . " Sterne used horseback ; and the situation and to compose his sermons when on exercise are calculated to inspire the mind with a variety of ideas ...
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Page 547 - ... this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 134 - WHAT is truth ?" said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief, affecting free-will in thinking as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins, though there be not so...
Page 547 - I have of late — but wherefore I know not — lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory...
Page 549 - What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel, Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous, and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls ? Say, why is this?
Page 69 - Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.
Page 299 - Hark, his hands the lyre explore! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.
Page 299 - Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high To bitter Scorn a sacrifice And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try And hard Unkindness...
Page 411 - If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him : and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
Page 548 - With wondrous potency. Once more, good night, And when you are desirous to be blest, I'll blessing beg of you.
Page 416 - A set o' dull conceited hashes Confuse their brains in college classes ! They gang in stirks, and come out asses, Plain truth to speak; An' syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o