Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 45W. Blackwood, 1839 - England |
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... kind- ness to a more diverting companion , or a more cheerful , honest , good - na- tured man . " It is not here exactly said that his life was a very regular one ' ; but if it was so , Tom was cer- tainly of the opinion expressed by Ca ...
... kind- ness to a more diverting companion , or a more cheerful , honest , good - na- tured man . " It is not here exactly said that his life was a very regular one ' ; but if it was so , Tom was cer- tainly of the opinion expressed by Ca ...
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... kind were done , and that you , each of you , had twenty per cent a - year more than you now have , do you believe you would be satisfied ? Think a little before you answer . " It is " No ; I do not believe we should . We are on the ...
... kind were done , and that you , each of you , had twenty per cent a - year more than you now have , do you believe you would be satisfied ? Think a little before you answer . " It is " No ; I do not believe we should . We are on the ...
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... kind which I before enjoyed , it has not brought me . Nor will a thousand years do that . You do not know- may you never learn ! -the continual subdued horror of remembering how the whole existence of another , and him one who relied on ...
... kind which I before enjoyed , it has not brought me . Nor will a thousand years do that . You do not know- may you never learn ! -the continual subdued horror of remembering how the whole existence of another , and him one who relied on ...
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... kind of tally other folk might have to show if they worked as many hours as I did , and cut as clean notches . ' Nay , I have a pretty good guess that there are some sullen , hard sort of men , I have seen in my time , that would be a ...
... kind of tally other folk might have to show if they worked as many hours as I did , and cut as clean notches . ' Nay , I have a pretty good guess that there are some sullen , hard sort of men , I have seen in my time , that would be a ...
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... kind . But I was not happy . My sorrow , however , was only one ingre- dient in a potion which contained much of passion , enthusiasm , romance , in a word , of deep , delightful , and , strange as it may seem , I will add , of ...
... kind . But I was not happy . My sorrow , however , was only one ingre- dient in a potion which contained much of passion , enthusiasm , romance , in a word , of deep , delightful , and , strange as it may seem , I will add , of ...
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Page 311 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a...
Page 313 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still : Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to death.
Page 310 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell, Of every star that Heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 483 - From Greenland's icy mountains ; From India's coral strand ; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river ; From many a palmy plain ; They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 311 - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath; Who envies none that chance doth raise...
Page 180 - Hey, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon!
Page 525 - If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
Page 130 - ... twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ! Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail...
Page 130 - A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure?
Page 130 - Pour'd through the mellow horn her pensive soul: And dashing soft from rocks around Bubbling runnels join'd the sound; Through glades and glooms the mingled measure stole, Or, o'er some haunted stream, with fond delay, Round an holy calm diffusing, Love of peace, and lonely musing, In hollow murmurs died away.