The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Band 90Archibald Constable and Company, 1822 |
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... French : " The person who introduces you possesses my unlimited esteem ; at this mo- ment I am unfortunately occupied with affairs of importance , but I shall be happy to have the honour of see- ing you this evening , provided you are ...
... French : " The person who introduces you possesses my unlimited esteem ; at this mo- ment I am unfortunately occupied with affairs of importance , but I shall be happy to have the honour of see- ing you this evening , provided you are ...
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... French fashion , according to the cos- tume of the late Augustus the Third . He then made his bow to the com- pany , and retreated to an inner apart- ment , which was occupied by his wife , who was just recovering from a fit of illness ...
... French fashion , according to the cos- tume of the late Augustus the Third . He then made his bow to the com- pany , and retreated to an inner apart- ment , which was occupied by his wife , who was just recovering from a fit of illness ...
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... French copies , from Raphael's four celebrated and magnificent works , known by the name of the " Madonna de la Pesce , " " the Spasimo " -the Holy Family called " the Pearl " -and " the Salu- tation . " The originals are at pre- sent ...
... French copies , from Raphael's four celebrated and magnificent works , known by the name of the " Madonna de la Pesce , " " the Spasimo " -the Holy Family called " the Pearl " -and " the Salu- tation . " The originals are at pre- sent ...
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... French flags , and in violation of the most solemn Treaties , we deem it a duty , both to Justice and Humanity , to lay before our readers a portion of the authentic information received up to the date of the Report of the Select ...
... French flags , and in violation of the most solemn Treaties , we deem it a duty , both to Justice and Humanity , to lay before our readers a portion of the authentic information received up to the date of the Report of the Select ...
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... French subjects who should be convicted of slave - dealing , -not- withstanding the repeated assur- ances of French statesmen , that mea- sures would be taken to bring con- victed offenders to justice , -notwith- standing the ...
... French subjects who should be convicted of slave - dealing , -not- withstanding the repeated assur- ances of French statesmen , that mea- sures would be taken to bring con- victed offenders to justice , -notwith- standing the ...
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Seite 62 - When to myself I act and smile, With pleasing thoughts the time beguile, By a brook side, or wood so green, Unheard, unsought for, or unseen, A thousand pleasures do me bless, And crown my soul with happiness.
Seite 53 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea -shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Seite 94 - It argues, I think, a sweet and generous nature, to have this strong relish for the beauties of vegetation, and this friendship for the hardy and glorious sons of the forest. There is a grandeur of thought connected with this part of riral economy.
Seite 164 - Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost.
Seite 609 - Historical Relation of the Military Government of Gloucester, from the beginning of the Civill Warre betweene King and Parliament, to the Removall of Colonel Massie from that Government to the Command of the Westerne Forces.
Seite 120 - London's Encyclopaedia of Agriculture: comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture. With 1,100 Woodcuts. 8vo. 21s. London's Encyclopaedia of Gardening: comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape Gardening.
Seite 75 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Seite 94 - ... who plants an oak looks forward to future ages, and plants for posterity. Nothing can be less selfish than this. He cannot expect to sit in its shade, nor enjoy its shelter ; but he exults in the idea, that the acorn which he has buried in the earth shall grow up into a lofty pile, and shall keep on flourishing and increasing, and benefiting mankind, long after he shall have ceased to tread his paternal fields.
Seite 250 - An Introduction to the Study of Fossil Organic Remains; Especially of Those Found in the British Strata: Intended to Aid the Student in His Inquiries Respecting the Nature of Fossils and Their Connection With the Formation of the Earth (London, 1822).
Seite 148 - ... Grouchy's corps. He replied, " certainly ; and I can now scarcely comprehend why it was a Prussian division and not that of Grouchy." I then took the liberty of asking, whether, if neither Grouchy nor the Prussians had arrived, it would not have been a drawn battle. Napoleon answered, "the English army would have been destroyed. They were defeated at mid-day. But accident, or more likely destiny, decided that Lord Wellington should gain it. I could scarcely believe that he would have given me...