Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volumen72W. Blackwood & Sons, 1852 |
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... asked in Parliament , how it happens that , with the large sums annually voted in Parliament for the army , we have so few efficient men to produce ; and how does it hap- pen that , while a French soldier costs £ 38 per annum , an ...
... asked in Parliament , how it happens that , with the large sums annually voted in Parliament for the army , we have so few efficient men to produce ; and how does it hap- pen that , while a French soldier costs £ 38 per annum , an ...
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... asked the nurse . " Betty said I might get her if I liked . She'll no be angry . See , Nelly , John Stewart's standing at the door . " With reluctance the nurse obeyed ; and , leaving Lady Anne on the burn- side , advanced to John ...
... asked the nurse . " Betty said I might get her if I liked . She'll no be angry . See , Nelly , John Stewart's standing at the door . " With reluctance the nurse obeyed ; and , leaving Lady Anne on the burn- side , advanced to John ...
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... asked little Katie , after the first burst of admiration was over , and she stood at leisure contemplating the jewels of the Ladies Erskine - not a very brilliant display , for the house of Kellie was anything but rich . " If we had had ...
... asked little Katie , after the first burst of admiration was over , and she stood at leisure contemplating the jewels of the Ladies Erskine - not a very brilliant display , for the house of Kellie was anything but rich . " If we had had ...
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... asked to stay wi ' Lady Anne at the Castle ? " Katie made a long pause though the anxious questioning eyes of Anne were upon her , and her mother's im- perative fingers were beginning to tighten on her shoulder ; for Katie was wilful ...
... asked to stay wi ' Lady Anne at the Castle ? " Katie made a long pause though the anxious questioning eyes of Anne were upon her , and her mother's im- perative fingers were beginning to tighten on her shoulder ; for Katie was wilful ...
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... asked me , Katie ; will you come now for me ? " Again the sunny brows contracted -the little obstinate hand held fast by the book - and then Katie sud- denly sprang to her feet . " I'll do what you want me , Lady Anne - I'll aye do what ...
... asked me , Katie ; will you come now for me ? " Again the sunny brows contracted -the little obstinate hand held fast by the book - and then Katie sud- denly sprang to her feet . " I'll do what you want me , Lady Anne - I'll aye do what ...
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Página 112 - Sing heavenly muse ; that, on the secret top Of Oreb or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos. Or, if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook, that flow'd Fast by the Oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That, with no middle flight, intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.
Página 362 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Página 368 - Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Página 364 - Seest thou yon dreary plain, forlorn and wild, The seat of desolation, void of light, Save what the glimmering of these livid flames Casts pale and dreadful?
Página 362 - O prince, O chief of many throned powers, That led the embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds 130 Fearless, endangered heaven's perpetual king; And put to proof his high supremacy, Whether upheld by strength, or chance, or fate, Too well I see and rue the dire event, That with sad overthrow and foul defeat Hath lost us heaven, and all this mighty host In horrible destruction laid thus low, As far as gods and heavenly essences Can perish: for the mind and spirit remains...
Página 368 - Their dread commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appeared Less than arch-angel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Página 364 - Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land • He lights — if it were land that ever...
Página 364 - Is this the region, this the soil, the clime,' Said then the lost Archangel, ' this the seat That we must change for Heaven ? this mournful gloom For that celestial light ? Be it so, since he Who now is...
Página 364 - Farewell, happy fields, Where joy for ever dwells! Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal World! and thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor — one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
Página 368 - To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth : at last Words interwove with sighs found out their way.