Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66William Blackwood, 1849 - England |
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Shaw , ii . 147 , DOMINIQUE . A SKETCH FROM LIFE . TWO STUdents . most childish trifling , and unworthy of a moment's serious notice . There is not a single sentence in any lease that may not be set aside on the very same grounds ; and ...
Shaw , ii . 147 , DOMINIQUE . A SKETCH FROM LIFE . TWO STUdents . most childish trifling , and unworthy of a moment's serious notice . There is not a single sentence in any lease that may not be set aside on the very same grounds ; and ...
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DOMINIQUE . A SKETCH FROM LIFE . TWO STUdents . MOTHER AND SON . sure , would be regarded generally by the benches of county magistrates as a most desirable relief from one of the most invidious and embarrassing duties they have to ...
DOMINIQUE . A SKETCH FROM LIFE . TWO STUdents . MOTHER AND SON . sure , would be regarded generally by the benches of county magistrates as a most desirable relief from one of the most invidious and embarrassing duties they have to ...
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... Dominique , " may console himself with the consciousness of his innocence , which an act of rancorous revenge would induce many to doubt . The suffering victim finds sympathy ; the fierce avenger excites horror and reprobation ...
... Dominique , " may console himself with the consciousness of his innocence , which an act of rancorous revenge would induce many to doubt . The suffering victim finds sympathy ; the fierce avenger excites horror and reprobation ...
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... Dominique , who now take so lofty a tone , and who feel , I am quite sure , exactly as you speak - you yourself , if I am not greatly mistaken in your character , would be the last man to sit down quietly under injustice . Your natural ...
... Dominique , who now take so lofty a tone , and who feel , I am quite sure , exactly as you speak - you yourself , if I am not greatly mistaken in your character , would be the last man to sit down quietly under injustice . Your natural ...
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... Dominique's father . The intelligence of this event was conveyed to the young student in a few despairing lines from his mother , whose health , already very precarious , had suddenly given way under the shock of her husband's ...
... Dominique's father . The intelligence of this event was conveyed to the young student in a few despairing lines from his mother , whose health , already very precarious , had suddenly given way under the shock of her husband's ...
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Page 20 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Page 608 - Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, Not cast aside so soon. Lady M. Was the hope drunk Wherein you dress'd yourself ? hath it slept since ? And wakes it now, to look so green and pale At what it did so freely ? From this time Such I account thy love. Art thou...
Page 621 - Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind.
Page 630 - She should have died hereafter ; There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.
Page 629 - Nought's had, all's spent, Where our desire is got without content : 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy, Than, by destruction, dwell in doubtful joy.
Page 612 - Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips. — You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so.
Page 335 - we are long alone; The sea grows stormy, the little ones moan.
Page 244 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Page 607 - Be innocent of the knowledge , dearest chuck , Till thou applaud the deed. — Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale!
Page 360 - Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes while all around is torn ' By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn ; Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.