Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volumen 5William Blackwood, 1819 |
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... interest of the piece advanced . It was superiorly well acted , for it costs little to a Spanish actress to play empassioned parts , and an actor of that nation can easily perform a jealous hus- band . Gabrielle burst into tears , and ...
... interest of the piece advanced . It was superiorly well acted , for it costs little to a Spanish actress to play empassioned parts , and an actor of that nation can easily perform a jealous hus- band . Gabrielle burst into tears , and ...
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... interest , and is even conducted with great skill and judgment . The Pageant of Elysium might be so managed , as to produce an extremely striking effect in the represen- tation ; and the dialogue abounds with tender and poetical touches ...
... interest , and is even conducted with great skill and judgment . The Pageant of Elysium might be so managed , as to produce an extremely striking effect in the represen- tation ; and the dialogue abounds with tender and poetical touches ...
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... interest . “ On one occasion , I recollect a set of Eng- lish freemasons walking in procession at Lisbon , where freemasonry was prohibited under the heaviest penalties . Such an act as this we should have loudly condemned , if put in ...
... interest . “ On one occasion , I recollect a set of Eng- lish freemasons walking in procession at Lisbon , where freemasonry was prohibited under the heaviest penalties . Such an act as this we should have loudly condemned , if put in ...
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... interest ing period of publick events , and , as I wore a red coat , they might naturally conclude I was an English officer , and might have wish ed to gratify their curiosity , by asking me questions concerning the state of affairs in ...
... interest ing period of publick events , and , as I wore a red coat , they might naturally conclude I was an English officer , and might have wish ed to gratify their curiosity , by asking me questions concerning the state of affairs in ...
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... interest of the copious extracts we mean to borrow from him . Of these ( for , to reviewers as well as to poets , there is nothing like rushing in medias res ) , the first shall be Salamé's account of the destruction of the batteries ...
... interest of the copious extracts we mean to borrow from him . Of these ( for , to reviewers as well as to poets , there is nothing like rushing in medias res ) , the first shall be Salamé's account of the destruction of the batteries ...
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Página 414 - She should have died hereafter ; There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.
Página 297 - Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood ; in bulk as huge As whom the fables name of monstrous size, Titanian, or Earth-born, that warr'd on Jove ; Briareos or Typhon, whom the den By ancient Tarsus held ; or that seabeast Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugest that swim the ocean stream...
Página 388 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Página 298 - And time and place are lost ; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand...
Página 51 - While their sorrow's at the height, Lose discrimination quite, And their hasty wrath let fall, To appease their frantic gall, On the darling thing whatever Whence they feel it death to sever, Though it be, as they, perforce, Guiltless of the sad divorce. For I must (nor let it grieve thee, Friendliest of plants, that I must) leave thee. For thy sake, Tobacco, I, Would do anything but die, And but seek to extend my days Long enough to sing thy praise.
Página 431 - In one vast squadron they advance! I strove to cry - my lips were dumb. The steeds rush on in plunging pride; But where are they the reins to guide?
Página 436 - He grasp'd the mane with both his hands And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin neck or...
Página 438 - And gallop'd off with all his might As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig ; He lost them sooner than at first, For why ? they were too big. Now...
Página 431 - His first and last career is done! On came the troop - they saw him stoop, They saw me strangely bound along His back with many a bloody thong: They stop, they start, they snuff the air, Gallop a moment here and there, Approach, retire, wheel round and round, Then plunging back with sudden bound, Headed by one black mighty steed, Who...
Página 516 - There is a dangerous silence in that hour, A stillness which leaves room for the full soul To open all itself, without the power Of calling wholly back its self-control; The silver light which, hallowing tree and tower, Sheds beauty and deep softness o'er the whole Breathes also to the heart, and o'er it throws A loving languor, which is not repose.