The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 84Archibald Constable and Company, 1819 |
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Pagina 4
... less , wise and salutary ; but , unfor- tunately , their efficacy was greatly counteracted by the incredulity of the Maltese . Naturally averse to believe what they could not contemplate with- out horror , the people listened with ...
... less , wise and salutary ; but , unfor- tunately , their efficacy was greatly counteracted by the incredulity of the Maltese . Naturally averse to believe what they could not contemplate with- out horror , the people listened with ...
Pagina 5
... less diffi- culty in procuring more responsible persons for such services , either from amongst those who had recovered from the disease , or from the numerous Levantines who resorted to the island from motives of interest . Several ...
... less diffi- culty in procuring more responsible persons for such services , either from amongst those who had recovered from the disease , or from the numerous Levantines who resorted to the island from motives of interest . Several ...
Pagina 11
... less than would have occurred , if the exposure to the sky had been complete . ' He observed , that ou a cloudy night , a piece of glass , laid over an earthen pan containing water , and placed upon the ground , to be wet on its lower ...
... less than would have occurred , if the exposure to the sky had been complete . ' He observed , that ou a cloudy night , a piece of glass , laid over an earthen pan containing water , and placed upon the ground , to be wet on its lower ...
Pagina 13
... less degrees of excellence is only excusable , as it arises from a knowledge and admiration of higher ones ; and a readiness in the detec tion of faults should pass for refine- ment only as it is owing to a quick sense and impatient ...
... less degrees of excellence is only excusable , as it arises from a knowledge and admiration of higher ones ; and a readiness in the detec tion of faults should pass for refine- ment only as it is owing to a quick sense and impatient ...
Pagina 15
... Less than archangel ruin'd , and the excess Of glory obscur'd , " till he felt a certain faintness come over his mind from a sense of beauty and grandeur , I saw no extravagance in this , but the utmost truth of feel- ing . When the ...
... Less than archangel ruin'd , and the excess Of glory obscur'd , " till he felt a certain faintness come over his mind from a sense of beauty and grandeur , I saw no extravagance in this , but the utmost truth of feel- ing . When the ...
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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.