Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71William Blackwood, 1852 - England |
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... head of this article . Surely , it may be feared that such a title - page , so inscribed , constitutes , on the very view , a safe and speedy passport to neglect and oblivion ! We think , in- deed , that we have somewhere met with a ...
... head of this article . Surely , it may be feared that such a title - page , so inscribed , constitutes , on the very view , a safe and speedy passport to neglect and oblivion ! We think , in- deed , that we have somewhere met with a ...
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... head . Where the crevice was small , we contrived to jump over it with tolerable coolness ; and where it was over three or four feet in breadth , we made a bridge of the ladder , and walked over on the rounds . There is no great ...
... head . Where the crevice was small , we contrived to jump over it with tolerable coolness ; and where it was over three or four feet in breadth , we made a bridge of the ladder , and walked over on the rounds . There is no great ...
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... head of the Glacier des Bossons , and , were they loftier , would probably be termed aiguilles . They are visi- ble with the naked eye from Cha- mouni , appearing like little cones on the mountain side . Looking up to them , their left ...
... head of the Glacier des Bossons , and , were they loftier , would probably be termed aiguilles . They are visi- ble with the naked eye from Cha- mouni , appearing like little cones on the mountain side . Looking up to them , their left ...
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... head - over - heels , and nearly lost my baton ; so that I pre- ferred the more ignoble but equally exciting mode of transit first alluded to . Although our return to the Mulets was accomplished in about half the time of the ascent ...
... head - over - heels , and nearly lost my baton ; so that I pre- ferred the more ignoble but equally exciting mode of transit first alluded to . Although our return to the Mulets was accomplished in about half the time of the ascent ...
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... head , fixed its great mean- ingless eye upon the pale countenance of the patient , and enveloped her with the vapour of its potent breath . Fait- Tout approached the bed . " Well , marachaine , " said he , ' so the fever has knocked us ...
... head , fixed its great mean- ingless eye upon the pale countenance of the patient , and enveloped her with the vapour of its potent breath . Fait- Tout approached the bed . " Well , marachaine , " said he , ' so the fever has knocked us ...
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Page 323 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Page 503 - Lords and Commons of England, consider what nation it is whereof ye are and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to.
Page 79 - Let your women keep silence in the churches ; for it is not permitted unto them to speak : but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
Page 322 - ... some way related to the business that was to be done within it. If he was ambitious, I will say this for him, his ambition was of a noble and generous strain. It was to raise himself, not by the low pimping politics of a court, but to win his way to power, through the laborious gradations of public service; and to secure himself a well-earned rank in parliament, by a thorough knowledge of its constitution, and a perfect practice in all its business.
Page 148 - I know the danger, yet a battle is absolutely necessary, and I rely on the bravery and discipline of the troops, which will make amends for our disadvantages.
Page 79 - Let the woman learn in silence, with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Page 528 - THE TRUE USE OF GOLD is for paving streets, covering houses, and making culinary dishes ; and when the Saints shall have preached the Gospel, raised grain, and built up cities enough, the Lord will open up the way for a supply of gold, to the perfect satisfaction of his people. Until then, let them not be over-anxious, for the treasures of the earth are in the Lord's storehouse, and he will open the doors thereof when and where he pleases.
Page 322 - Undoubtedly Mr. Grenville was a first-rate figure in this country. With a masculine understanding, and a stout and resolute heart, he had an application undissipated and unwearied. He took public business, not as a duty which he...
Page 79 - Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church : and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Page 48 - I got ready for the climb. I have said the Mur de la Cote is some hundred feet high, and is an all but perpendicular iceberg. At one point you can reach it from the snow, but immediately after you begin to ascend it obliquely, there is nothing below but a chasm in the ice more frightful than anything yet passed. Should the foot slip, or the baton...