The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Bind 90Archibald Constable and Company, 1822 |
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Side 30
... land , Where the sire's quarrels descend upon The second scene opens with the Council of the Scottish Nobles and by the Regent Douglas . Here all is Chiefs , called , upon the emergency , confusion , jealousy , rivalry , and keen and ...
... land , Where the sire's quarrels descend upon The second scene opens with the Council of the Scottish Nobles and by the Regent Douglas . Here all is Chiefs , called , upon the emergency , confusion , jealousy , rivalry , and keen and ...
Side 42
... land , The mair is the shame , " quoth she . " Our black - hooded Friars , and grey - hood- ed Friars , As thrang as the sea wash'd sand , Lie doun i ' the bield o ' our bonniest bowers , And feed on the fat o ' the land . " And ...
... land , The mair is the shame , " quoth she . " Our black - hooded Friars , and grey - hood- ed Friars , As thrang as the sea wash'd sand , Lie doun i ' the bield o ' our bonniest bowers , And feed on the fat o ' the land . " And ...
Side 43
... land is fitter , I ween , Nor better devis'd can be , To heeze the heart o ' a dying saint On the bourn of eternitie . “ Bring hither a quegh , " quo ' the douce auld man , And stroak'd his beard sae grey , Syne pour'd out the cordial ...
... land is fitter , I ween , Nor better devis'd can be , To heeze the heart o ' a dying saint On the bourn of eternitie . “ Bring hither a quegh , " quo ' the douce auld man , And stroak'd his beard sae grey , Syne pour'd out the cordial ...
Side 46
... land , believe i ' the fairies ; and I ha'e read a black prented beuk mysel ' , that ga'e a true and faithfu ' account o ' Brownie , or Billie - Blin , as they ca ' him in Gallowa ' , a beuk that might satisfy the most scruplous ...
... land , believe i ' the fairies ; and I ha'e read a black prented beuk mysel ' , that ga'e a true and faithfu ' account o ' Brownie , or Billie - Blin , as they ca ' him in Gallowa ' , a beuk that might satisfy the most scruplous ...
Side 47
... land , And he has won thy virgin heart , And he shall ha'e thy hand . Nor shall the skill o ' Carlinclough Against his suit prevail , Though cap - a - pee the wizard woos , In a ' his warlock mail . " " There's a wheen verses here and ...
... land , And he has won thy virgin heart , And he shall ha'e thy hand . Nor shall the skill o ' Carlinclough Against his suit prevail , Though cap - a - pee the wizard woos , In a ' his warlock mail . " " There's a wheen verses here and ...
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Side 62 - When to myself I act and smile, With pleasing thoughts the time beguile, By a brook side, or wood so green, Unheard, unsought for, or unseen, A thousand pleasures do me bless, And crown my soul with happiness.
Side 53 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea -shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Side 94 - It argues, I think, a sweet and generous nature, to have this strong relish for the beauties of vegetation, and this friendship for the hardy and glorious sons of the forest. There is a grandeur of thought connected with this part of riral economy.
Side 164 - Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost.
Side 609 - Historical Relation of the Military Government of Gloucester, from the beginning of the Civill Warre betweene King and Parliament, to the Removall of Colonel Massie from that Government to the Command of the Westerne Forces.
Side 120 - London's Encyclopaedia of Agriculture: comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture. With 1,100 Woodcuts. 8vo. 21s. London's Encyclopaedia of Gardening: comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape Gardening.
Side 75 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Side 94 - ... who plants an oak looks forward to future ages, and plants for posterity. Nothing can be less selfish than this. He cannot expect to sit in its shade, nor enjoy its shelter ; but he exults in the idea, that the acorn which he has buried in the earth shall grow up into a lofty pile, and shall keep on flourishing and increasing, and benefiting mankind, long after he shall have ceased to tread his paternal fields.
Side 250 - An Introduction to the Study of Fossil Organic Remains; Especially of Those Found in the British Strata: Intended to Aid the Student in His Inquiries Respecting the Nature of Fossils and Their Connection With the Formation of the Earth (London, 1822).
Side 148 - ... Grouchy's corps. He replied, " certainly ; and I can now scarcely comprehend why it was a Prussian division and not that of Grouchy." I then took the liberty of asking, whether, if neither Grouchy nor the Prussians had arrived, it would not have been a drawn battle. Napoleon answered, "the English army would have been destroyed. They were defeated at mid-day. But accident, or more likely destiny, decided that Lord Wellington should gain it. I could scarcely believe that he would have given me...