Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 90W. Blackwood., 1861 |
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Pagina 1
... learned much which could not have been gained elsewhere , he will find the facts put together in a clear and pleasant narrative . With the mira- culous element , that sore stumbling- block to all who have to deal with the old ...
... learned much which could not have been gained elsewhere , he will find the facts put together in a clear and pleasant narrative . With the mira- culous element , that sore stumbling- block to all who have to deal with the old ...
Pagina 2
... to him all that Archæological Institutes and Arun- del Societies are to modern ecclesi- astics ; pious and learned divines , like Bregwin the German , loth to quit his studies 2 [ July , Hook's Archbishops of Canterbury .
... to him all that Archæological Institutes and Arun- del Societies are to modern ecclesi- astics ; pious and learned divines , like Bregwin the German , loth to quit his studies 2 [ July , Hook's Archbishops of Canterbury .
Pagina 5
... learned and accurate a writer as Dr Stanley contributing uncon- sciously to strengthen the common misapprehension . Throughout the whole of his picturesque and inte- resting account of the " Landing of Augustine , " there is nothing ...
... learned and accurate a writer as Dr Stanley contributing uncon- sciously to strengthen the common misapprehension . Throughout the whole of his picturesque and inte- resting account of the " Landing of Augustine , " there is nothing ...
Pagina 7
... learned arguments only push to extremities . There appears to have been no archiepis- copal dignity claimed at this time by any of the seven British bishops who were assembled to discuss their line of action previous to a second ...
... learned arguments only push to extremities . There appears to have been no archiepis- copal dignity claimed at this time by any of the seven British bishops who were assembled to discuss their line of action previous to a second ...
Pagina 15
... learned the old sinful heathen spells that lay buried , as all men knew , in the charmed island of Avalon , and which had doubtless been revived in the college of Glastonbury - the Eton of those days , where Dunstan had been edu- cated ...
... learned the old sinful heathen spells that lay buried , as all men knew , in the charmed island of Avalon , and which had doubtless been revived in the college of Glastonbury - the Eton of those days , where Dunstan had been edu- cated ...
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Pagina 79 - So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Pagina 395 - There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
Pagina 594 - When I remember all The friends so linked together I've seen around me fall, Like leaves in wintry weather, I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed.
Pagina 228 - Tread softly — bow the head — In reverent silence bow — No passing bell doth toll, — Yet an immortal soul Is passing now. Stranger ! however great, With lowly reverence bow ; There's one in that poor shed — One by that paltry bed — Greater than thou.
Pagina 227 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Pagina 322 - Church often say, that his company was very merry, facete, and juvenile; and no man in his time did surpass him for his ready and dexterous interlarding his common discourses among them with verses from the poets, or sentences from classic authors ; which being then all the fashion in the University, made his company the more acceptable.
Pagina 610 - THERE lies a vale in Ida, lovelier Than all the valleys of Ionian hills. The swimming vapour slopes athwart the glen, Puts forth an arm, and creeps from pine to pine, And loiters, slowly drawn. On either hand The lawns and meadow-ledges midway down Hang rich in flowers, and far below them roars The long brook falling thro' the clov'n ravine In cataract after cataract to the sea.
Pagina 322 - Wood's character of him is, that " he was an exact mathematician, a curious calculator of nativities, a general read scholar, a thorough-paced philologist, and one that understood the surveying of lands well. As he was by many accounted a severe student, a devourer of authors, a melancholy and humorous person ; so by others, who knew him well, a person of great honesty, plain dealing and charity.
Pagina 226 - In her right hand the lily, in her left The letter — all her bright hair streaming down — And all the coverlid was cloth of gold Drawn to her waist, and she herself in white All but her face, and that clear-featured face Was lovely, for she did not seem as dead, But fast asleep, and lay as tho
Pagina 396 - Governments of a monarchical cast, patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favour, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in Governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands...