Blackwood's Magazine, Volumen 76 |
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... still burning city , with his " plot " for a new London - it is impossible to mistake the readiness for emergencies , the strength of exer- tion , and quick perception of necessity which distinguished these most dis- similar men .
... still burning city , with his " plot " for a new London - it is impossible to mistake the readiness for emergencies , the strength of exer- tion , and quick perception of necessity which distinguished these most dis- similar men .
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upon his wife , to his intense satisfac- tion ; his dining - parlour is hung with green serge and gilded leather , and he grows a person of importance - yet we fear , by this token , is still only externally refined .
upon his wife , to his intense satisfac- tion ; his dining - parlour is hung with green serge and gilded leather , and he grows a person of importance - yet we fear , by this token , is still only externally refined .
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... and perhaps nothing less than the ascetic routine of perpetual devo- tion , the sad , self - absorbed , and self- inspecting pietism of Mrs Godolphin , could have preserved the heavenly principle alive in such a place .
... and perhaps nothing less than the ascetic routine of perpetual devo- tion , the sad , self - absorbed , and self- inspecting pietism of Mrs Godolphin , could have preserved the heavenly principle alive in such a place .
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The Earl of Oakleigh belonged to the great popular party , or combina- tion of the friends of privilege . He had been bred a lawyer , and had succeeded through forensic ability of no common kind , elicited by the events of the Jacobite ...
The Earl of Oakleigh belonged to the great popular party , or combina- tion of the friends of privilege . He had been bred a lawyer , and had succeeded through forensic ability of no common kind , elicited by the events of the Jacobite ...
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General Zanne combated this opinion , insist- ing that the sole object of their junc- tion was to go to the assistance of Cyprus , and that it were a stain upon their honour to ...
General Zanne combated this opinion , insist- ing that the sole object of their junc- tion was to go to the assistance of Cyprus , and that it were a stain upon their honour to ...
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Página 575 - Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.
Página 251 - And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel ; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea.
Página 575 - Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Página 401 - For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
Página 511 - I REQUIRE and charge you both, as ye will answer at the dreadful day of judgment when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed, that if either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in Matrimony, ye do now confess it. For be ye well assured, that so many as are coupled together otherwise than God's Word doth allow are not joined together by God; neither is their Matrimony lawful.
Página 295 - I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
Página 295 - Thus saith God the Lord, He that created the heavens, and stretched them out ; He that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it ; He that giveth breath unto the people upon it, And spirit to them that walk therein...
Página 295 - For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: 'I am the LORD: and there is none else.
Página 569 - The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Página 294 - The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S : but the earth hath he given to the children of men.