The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 84Archibald Constable and Company, 1819 |
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... London , 2d February 1819 . My Dear Friend , -In compliance with your request , I proceed to give you some account of the plague which prevailed at Malta during my resi- dence there . I must , however , pre- mise , that , having ...
... London , 2d February 1819 . My Dear Friend , -In compliance with your request , I proceed to give you some account of the plague which prevailed at Malta during my resi- dence there . I must , however , pre- mise , that , having ...
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... London . Our author sensible observations on the laws and politics of Britain , which show that his knowledge was by no means con- fined to his own profession . With all the merits of these pro- ductions , however , we are not sure is a ...
... London . Our author sensible observations on the laws and politics of Britain , which show that his knowledge was by no means con- fined to his own profession . With all the merits of these pro- ductions , however , we are not sure is a ...
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... London . It is evident that the sword shown to him as that sent by the Pope ( Leo X. ) to Henry VIII . was one sent by Julius III . to Philip , Prince of Spain , when he married Mary , Queen of England , and Popery was restored , to the ...
... London . It is evident that the sword shown to him as that sent by the Pope ( Leo X. ) to Henry VIII . was one sent by Julius III . to Philip , Prince of Spain , when he married Mary , Queen of England , and Popery was restored , to the ...
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... London silent as the country , not only from the departure of the court , but on account of the pestilence which had horribly augmented . To shun the danger , the queen had retired to one of her country houses , while the two young ...
... London silent as the country , not only from the departure of the court , but on account of the pestilence which had horribly augmented . To shun the danger , the queen had retired to one of her country houses , while the two young ...
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... London , on Saturday , June 5. The chair was filled by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , who was supported by Sir James Mackin- tosh , Sir Francis Burdett , the Rev. Mr Crabbe , Mr Thomas Moore , Dr Lindsay , and several other ...
... London , on Saturday , June 5. The chair was filled by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , who was supported by Sir James Mackin- tosh , Sir Francis Burdett , the Rev. Mr Crabbe , Mr Thomas Moore , Dr Lindsay , and several other ...
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Pagina 134 - Biron they call him; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest...
Pagina 326 - He now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn. But it, too, was gone. A large, rickety wooden building stood in its place, with great gaping windows, some of them broken and mended with old hats and petticoats, and over the door was painted, "The Union Hotel, by Jonathan Doolittle.
Pagina 325 - On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes — it was a bright sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling aloft, and breasting the pure mountain breeze. "Surely," thought Rip, "I have not slept here all night.
Pagina 252 - And, ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum, with furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.
Pagina 326 - ... at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done? the morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and gun; he dreaded to meet his wife; but it would not do to starve among the mountains.
Pagina 328 - Half-moon ; being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon the river and the great city called by his name.
Pagina 317 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant Nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Pagina 326 - The rocks presented a high impenetrable wall, over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest. Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog ; he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows...
Pagina 326 - ... gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had thought himself acquainted with every one in the country round.
Pagina 326 - He found the house gone to decay, the roof fallen in, the windows shattered, and the doors off the hinges. A half-starved dog that looked like Wolf was skulking about it. Rip called him by name ; but the cur snarled, showed his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed.