The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 84Archibald Constable and Company, 1819 |
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Pagina 18
... head of steel so well tempered , that no mail , however wrought , could resist its point . Richard receives the steed , obeys the angel's command , and stops up the horse's ears with wax . rather preposterously says , of Middle Earth ...
... head of steel so well tempered , that no mail , however wrought , could resist its point . Richard receives the steed , obeys the angel's command , and stops up the horse's ears with wax . rather preposterously says , of Middle Earth ...
Pagina 19
... head to invade the fairies proper- ty , and , contrary to the remonstrances of his neighbours , ploughed up the ring . The peasants who relate his conduct shake their heads , and add , with a significant tone of voice , that in half a ...
... head to invade the fairies proper- ty , and , contrary to the remonstrances of his neighbours , ploughed up the ring . The peasants who relate his conduct shake their heads , and add , with a significant tone of voice , that in half a ...
Pagina 26
... head priest of the temple is Chao Sieu . His dis- ciples are called Yue . The total number of priests on the establish- ment is eight hundred and fifty . The family name of the head mason of the building was Yao , his personal name Sieu ...
... head priest of the temple is Chao Sieu . His dis- ciples are called Yue . The total number of priests on the establish- ment is eight hundred and fifty . The family name of the head mason of the building was Yao , his personal name Sieu ...
Pagina 27
... head to the ground , according to the established forms ; how , indeed , on such an occasion , could any change be allowed ! 27 Your ambassador then told my great officers , face to face , that , when the proper time came , he would com ...
... head to the ground , according to the established forms ; how , indeed , on such an occasion , could any change be allowed ! 27 Your ambassador then told my great officers , face to face , that , when the proper time came , he would com ...
Pagina 30
... head . This shell , to continue the metaphor , consists of fragments of the learned languages , neither rich or rare , " but of sufficient power to stag- ger and bewilder the unlearned read- er by their frequency and obscurity . This ...
... head . This shell , to continue the metaphor , consists of fragments of the learned languages , neither rich or rare , " but of sufficient power to stag- ger and bewilder the unlearned read- er by their frequency and obscurity . This ...
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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.