The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 84Archibald Constable and Company, 1819 |
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Pagina 11
... heart . My friend Dr Lister became alarmed at my situation , and strongly urged my remaining quiet , as he thought it impossible I should survive more than a few months . Upon receiving this opinion , I set about immediately compos- ing ...
... heart . My friend Dr Lister became alarmed at my situation , and strongly urged my remaining quiet , as he thought it impossible I should survive more than a few months . Upon receiving this opinion , I set about immediately compos- ing ...
Pagina 13
... heart , ( like the ruffling of the feathers of the robin - redbreast , ) which complete- ly gave back all the uneasy and thril- ling voluptuousness of the sentiment ; and I contend that the person on whom not a particie of this ...
... heart , ( like the ruffling of the feathers of the robin - redbreast , ) which complete- ly gave back all the uneasy and thril- ling voluptuousness of the sentiment ; and I contend that the person on whom not a particie of this ...
Pagina 14
... heart untouched and his looks un- altered as the marble statue on the wall ? * - Again , if any one , in look- ing at Rembrandt's picture of Jacob's Dream , should not be struck with the solemn awe that surrounds it , and with the ...
... heart untouched and his looks un- altered as the marble statue on the wall ? * - Again , if any one , in look- ing at Rembrandt's picture of Jacob's Dream , should not be struck with the solemn awe that surrounds it , and with the ...
Pagina 27
... heart , and from feelings of respect and obedience , rejoiced ex- ceedingly at this intelligence ; I caus- ed forthwith the former records to be examined ; and I ordered the proper number of officers of state to await the arrival of ...
... heart , and from feelings of respect and obedience , rejoiced ex- ceedingly at this intelligence ; I caus- ed forthwith the former records to be examined ; and I ordered the proper number of officers of state to await the arrival of ...
Pagina 28
... heart in du- tiful obedience , it is by no means ne- cessary , at any stated time , to come to the celestial presence , ere it be pro- nounced , that you turn towards the transforming influences which ema- nate from this empire . This ...
... heart in du- tiful obedience , it is by no means ne- cessary , at any stated time , to come to the celestial presence , ere it be pro- nounced , that you turn towards the transforming influences which ema- nate from this empire . 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.