Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71William Blackwood, 1852 - England |
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... play - wrights ; they all exhibit high power , but of a somewhat sombre aspect , for which the author , perhaps of century . The leading characters are the youthful James II .; his sanguin- ary Chancellor , Sir William Crichton ...
... play - wrights ; they all exhibit high power , but of a somewhat sombre aspect , for which the author , perhaps of century . The leading characters are the youthful James II .; his sanguin- ary Chancellor , Sir William Crichton ...
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... play ends with the bitter soliloquy of Crichton , at the end of which it is that he falls on his sword . Such is an outline of Sir Wil- liam Crichton ; and whether with a view to actual representation , or to the formation of a ...
... play ends with the bitter soliloquy of Crichton , at the end of which it is that he falls on his sword . Such is an outline of Sir Wil- liam Crichton ; and whether with a view to actual representation , or to the formation of a ...
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... play is , of course , Crichton ; and here , again , we find it impossible to entertain any sympathy towards one who avows that , in the prosecu- tion of his political schemes for de- fending the Scottish monarchy against the overgrown ...
... play is , of course , Crichton ; and here , again , we find it impossible to entertain any sympathy towards one who avows that , in the prosecu- tion of his political schemes for de- fending the Scottish monarchy against the overgrown ...
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... play infinitely better suited to English taste , and exhibits far higher manifestations of the author's capabilities , than either of its associates , Crichton or Guidone . It has in it the warm and strong pulsation of active , ardent ...
... play infinitely better suited to English taste , and exhibits far higher manifestations of the author's capabilities , than either of its associates , Crichton or Guidone . It has in it the warm and strong pulsation of active , ardent ...
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... play than on that of Crichton . We are introduced , in the first in- stance , to a capital scene - Edgar in tender dalliance with his lovely mis- tress Edith , whom he had not long before carried off from a convent . They are ...
... play than on that of Crichton . We are introduced , in the first in- stance , to a capital scene - Edgar in tender dalliance with his lovely mis- tress Edith , whom he had not long before carried off from a convent . They are ...
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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...