Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66William Blackwood, 1849 - England |
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... close and sultry . The interior must be , as Wordsworth says , " Like a Lion's den . " Did you whisper , sir ? NORTH . No. But something did . Look at the quicksilver , Buller . BULLER . Thermometer 85. Barometer I can say nothing about ...
... close and sultry . The interior must be , as Wordsworth says , " Like a Lion's den . " Did you whisper , sir ? NORTH . No. But something did . Look at the quicksilver , Buller . BULLER . Thermometer 85. Barometer I can say nothing about ...
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... close - the last line being great as the first - and all between accordant , and all true to nature . Without rain and wind , what would be a thunder - storm ? The " densissimus imber " obeys the laws - and so do the ingeminanting ...
... close - the last line being great as the first - and all between accordant , and all true to nature . Without rain and wind , what would be a thunder - storm ? The " densissimus imber " obeys the laws - and so do the ingeminanting ...
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... close to us and near ; and our sympathies with its inhabitants - human or brute - comprehend the very attitudes or pos- tures in which the lightning found and left them ; but the final verses waft us away from all that terror and pity ...
... close to us and near ; and our sympathies with its inhabitants - human or brute - comprehend the very attitudes or pos- tures in which the lightning found and left them ; but the final verses waft us away from all that terror and pity ...
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... close to your eyes - or lying on banks a - dose or poetising - or facetious with the Old Man - or with the Old Man serious - and sometimes more than serious , as , sauntering along our winding way , we conversed of man , of nature , and ...
... close to your eyes - or lying on banks a - dose or poetising - or facetious with the Old Man - or with the Old Man serious - and sometimes more than serious , as , sauntering along our winding way , we conversed of man , of nature , and ...
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... close con- finement at Cagliari . " Finally , these terms of peace , so honourable to her , were signed by Don Juan I. , who succeeded his brother Pedro , who died in 1387 . " The peace was but ill kept , for Bran- caleone , when at ...
... close con- finement at Cagliari . " Finally , these terms of peace , so honourable to her , were signed by Don Juan I. , who succeeded his brother Pedro , who died in 1387 . " The peace was but ill kept , for Bran- caleone , when at ...
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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.