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Page 206
... and as that work , which , although recently published , is already extensively
circulated , must be in the hands of many of your readers , it would be useless to
occupy your interesting pages with a repetition of what is there advanced . It must
...
... and as that work , which , although recently published , is already extensively
circulated , must be in the hands of many of your readers , it would be useless to
occupy your interesting pages with a repetition of what is there advanced . It must
...
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WORKS of travellers and tourists , when written with taste and judgment ,
possess a jast claim to be ranked amongst the most useful , as they are certainly
the most interesting publications that issue from the press . The description of
country ...
WORKS of travellers and tourists , when written with taste and judgment ,
possess a jast claim to be ranked amongst the most useful , as they are certainly
the most interesting publications that issue from the press . The description of
country ...
Page 398
The most interesting chapter of these excursions is perhaps that on the little
village of Eyam , which contains an important portion of its local history at the time
it was visited by the plague in 1666. The account of the good Mompesson who
beld ...
The most interesting chapter of these excursions is perhaps that on the little
village of Eyam , which contains an important portion of its local history at the time
it was visited by the plague in 1666. The account of the good Mompesson who
beld ...
Page 477
His associations are always classical ; and though to the general reader they
may be less interesting than those which pervade the former cantos , they cannot
fail to delight the reader of true and genuine taste . We would add , however ...
His associations are always classical ; and though to the general reader they
may be less interesting than those which pervade the former cantos , they cannot
fail to delight the reader of true and genuine taste . We would add , however ...
Page 478
This long dissertation upon a subject , which , whatever interest it may excite on
the other side of the Tweed , furnishes very little to us , we consider one of the
least interesting passages in the work ; and we eagerly avail ourselves of the ...
This long dissertation upon a subject , which , whatever interest it may excite on
the other side of the Tweed , furnishes very little to us , we consider one of the
least interesting passages in the work ; and we eagerly avail ourselves of the ...
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Page 292 - nature. The man that hath not music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils : The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be
Page 201 - grounds; And, many a year elaps'd, return to view Where once the cottage stood, the hawthorn grew ; Here, as with doubtful, pensive steps I range, Trace every scene and wonder at the change, Remembrance wakes with all her busy train, Swells at my breast, and turns the past to pain.
Page 469 - womb of mountains by the throes Of a new world, than only thus to be Parent of rivers, which flow gushingly, With many windings, through the vale :—Look back ! l,o ; where it comes like an eternity, As if to sweep down all things in its track, Charming the eye with dread,—a matchless cataract,
Page 200 - And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a babe, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Page 345 - said unto him. Art thou an Ephraimite ? If he said nay, then said they unto him, say now Shibboleth : and he said, Sibboleth : for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him and slew him at the passages of Jordan.
Page 467 - rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they change ; a paler shadow strew« Its mantle o'er the mountains ; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away,
Page 469 - on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hnes with all their beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Page 465 - echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier ; Her palaces are crumbling to the shore, And music meets not always now the ear : Those days are gone— but Beauty still is here. States fall, arts fade— but Nature doth not die,
Page 466 - Existence may be borne, and the deep root Of life and sufferance make its firm abode In bare and desolate bosoms : mute The camel labours with the heaviest load, And the wolf dies in silence,—not bestow'd In vain should such example be ; if they, Things of ignoble or of
Page 14 - if the blood, ! In sluggish streams about my heart, forbid : That best ambition, under closing shades Inglorious lay me by the lowly brook, And whisper to my dreams. From Thee begin, Dwell all on Thee, with Thee conclude my song ; And let me never, never stray from Thee ! Autumn,
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| Title | The Northern star, or, Yorkshire magazine, Volume 2 |
| Editor | Arthur Jewitt |
| Published | 1818 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 2 May 2007 |
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