Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 16W. Blackwood & Sons, 1824 - Scotland |
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Page 537 - And the poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies.
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Page 323 - There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body. O, these encounterers, so glib of tongue, That give a coasting welcome ere it comes.
Page 303 - AND now Olympus' shining gates unfold ; The gods, with Jove, assume their thrones of gold : Immortal Hebe, fresh with bloom divine, The golden goblet crowns with purple wine : While the full bowls flow round, the powers employ Their careful eyes on long-contended Troy. When Jove, disposed to tempt Saturnia's spleen, Thus waked the fury of his partial queen.