The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volumen 71Archibald Constable and Company, 1809 |
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... racter . He had often listened to Neil Gow , while delighting the gay by his music he had seen him often in the midst of his family ; and he had con- versed with him , when , in sickness , he was anticipating the near approach of death ...
... racter . He had often listened to Neil Gow , while delighting the gay by his music he had seen him often in the midst of his family ; and he had con- versed with him , when , in sickness , he was anticipating the near approach of death ...
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... racter , a tribute of respect is justly due ; for while it recalls to remem- brance the talents and the virtues of the illustrious dead , it awakens a kin- dred flame in the youthful bosom , to emulate the same noble example , and to ...
... racter , a tribute of respect is justly due ; for while it recalls to remem- brance the talents and the virtues of the illustrious dead , it awakens a kin- dred flame in the youthful bosom , to emulate the same noble example , and to ...
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... racter and pursuits of her husband . What happiness , when philosophy is preached by such apostles ! This valuable and ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS . ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS . This college has no connection with the University ...
... racter and pursuits of her husband . What happiness , when philosophy is preached by such apostles ! This valuable and ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS . ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS . This college has no connection with the University ...
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... racter of the Scotch . Many of those speeches of Sir Pertinax , under the lash of which every Scotchman for- merly writhed , now excite only laugh- ter and applause . " Whether , by this manner of expression , the author means to except ...
... racter of the Scotch . Many of those speeches of Sir Pertinax , under the lash of which every Scotchman for- merly writhed , now excite only laugh- ter and applause . " Whether , by this manner of expression , the author means to except ...
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... racter , has been some time in the press . It is a work which has been long wanted , and the publication of this , with the grammar before prepared by Mr Carey , furnishing the means of acquiring a very useful language , will be found ...
... racter , has been some time in the press . It is a work which has been long wanted , and the publication of this , with the grammar before prepared by Mr Carey , furnishing the means of acquiring a very useful language , will be found ...
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Página 207 - I'll wage thee. Who shall say that Fortune grieves him, While the star of hope she leaves him? Me, nae cheerfu' twinkle lights me ; Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy ; But to see her was to love her; Love but her, and love for ever.
Página 37 - Liberty have ever found their first support, and their last asylum; a country, the birthplace of many famous Philosophers, Soldiers, and Statesmen, and the scene of many important events recorded in Scottish History, particularly a great many of the actions of the Glorious Wallace, the Saviour of his country; Yet, we have never had one Scotch Poet of any eminence, to make the fertile banks of Irvine, the romantic woodlands and sequestered scenes on Aire, and the heathy mountainous source, and winding...
Página 54 - It has demonstrated to foreign nations the moderation and firmness which govern our councils, and to our citizens the necessity of uniting in support of the laws and the rights of their country, and has thus long frustrated those usurpations and spoliations which, if resisted, involved war; if submitted to, sacrificed a vital principle of our national independence.
Página 301 - In these my confidence will under every difficulty be best placed, next to that which we have all been encouraged to feel in the guardianship and guidance of that Almighty Being whose power regulates the destiny of nations, whose blessings have been so conspicuously dispensed to this rising Republic, and to whom we are bound to address our devout gratitude for the past, as well as our fervent supplications and best hopes for the future.
Página 36 - Does any man tell me that my full efforts can be of no service; and that it does not belong to my humble station to meddle with the concerns of a nation?
Página 300 - States as the basis of their peace and happiness; to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities; to respect the rights and authorities reserved to the States and to the people...
Página 299 - Unwilling to depart from examples of the most revered authority, I avail myself of the occasion now presented, to express the profound impression made on me by the call of my country to the station, to the duties of which I am about to pledge myself by the most solemn of sanctions.
Página 657 - Allan, their grieve, who fainted away when he was told his master was in the house, and that he was to set out with him on horseback before day, and pretend to the rest of the servants, that he had orders to sell some horses at Morpeth Fair. Accordingly, my grandfather getting out at a window to the stables, they set out in the dark. Though, with good reason, it was a sorrowful parting, yet after he was fairly gone, they rejoiced, and thought themselves happy that he was in a way of being safe ;...
Página 56 - I cannot have escaped error. It is incident to our imperfect nature. But I may say with truth, my errors have been of the understanding, not of intention ; and that the advancement of their rights and interests has been the constant motive for every measure.
Página 54 - Instead of a pledge, therefore, of a suspension of the embargo as to her in case of such a repeal, it was presumed that a sufficient inducement might be found in other considerations, and particularly in the change produced by a compliance with our just demands by one belligerent, and a refusal by the other, in the relations between the other and the United States.