Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66William Blackwood, 1849 - England |
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... Father . TALBOYS . And if they no longer have immortal souls ! NORTH . Oh ! my friends - if this winged and swift life be all our life , what a mourn- ful taste have we had of possible happiness ? We have , as it were , from some dark ...
... Father . TALBOYS . And if they no longer have immortal souls ! NORTH . Oh ! my friends - if this winged and swift life be all our life , what a mourn- ful taste have we had of possible happiness ? We have , as it were , from some dark ...
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... father the Emperor's death , and the saints ' day of his beloved Lucia . He was buried magnificently at the expense of the republic . It might have been recorded of him , that he possessed every virtue , had not his conduct to his wife ...
... father the Emperor's death , and the saints ' day of his beloved Lucia . He was buried magnificently at the expense of the republic . It might have been recorded of him , that he possessed every virtue , had not his conduct to his wife ...
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... father was ill ; I was on my way to him : that man met me here , and dared to " - " Miss Trevanion - yes , I dared ... father's curse . Violator of the hearth ! Baffled ravisher - go thy way to the doom which thou hast chosen for thyself ...
... father was ill ; I was on my way to him : that man met me here , and dared to " - " Miss Trevanion - yes , I dared ... father's curse . Violator of the hearth ! Baffled ravisher - go thy way to the doom which thou hast chosen for thyself ...
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... father and son , and- " Fanny sprang forward . " Do not provoke this bad , dangerous man . I fear him not . Sir , I will hear you , and alone . " " Never ! " cried I and Roland sim- ultaneously . Vivian turned his look fiercely to me ...
... father and son , and- " Fanny sprang forward . " Do not provoke this bad , dangerous man . I fear him not . Sir , I will hear you , and alone . " " Never ! " cried I and Roland sim- ultaneously . Vivian turned his look fiercely to me ...
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... father , should not have been despised by the woman who pardoned my presumption , -nor by the man who now tramples ... father's idol , Roland placed his hand before the eyes that he had previously , as if spell- bound , fixed on the ...
... father , should not have been despised by the woman who pardoned my presumption , -nor by the man who now tramples ... father's idol , Roland placed his hand before the eyes that he had previously , as if spell- bound , fixed on the ...
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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.