Calcutta Magazine and Monthly Register, Volumes 7-9S. Smith & Company, 1830 |
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... tion ; Kneading of Bread by Machinery ; Quarrels of Friends ; Waterproof Glue ; Books ; Wine ; The Gentleman and the Mere Citizen ; Chinese Physicians ; Re- serve ; On the Test of Popular Opinion ; Dr. Woodeson ; Vinerian Professor of ...
... tion ; Kneading of Bread by Machinery ; Quarrels of Friends ; Waterproof Glue ; Books ; Wine ; The Gentleman and the Mere Citizen ; Chinese Physicians ; Re- serve ; On the Test of Popular Opinion ; Dr. Woodeson ; Vinerian Professor of ...
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... tion ; The Cosmorama ; Absence of Mind ; Maria Louisa ; Proof against Fire ; The Mexican Miners ; Subjects for Painting ; Libraries at Copenhagen ; Value of Man- ner ; Longevity of Trees ; Francis I. , Emperor of Austria ; Natural ...
... tion ; The Cosmorama ; Absence of Mind ; Maria Louisa ; Proof against Fire ; The Mexican Miners ; Subjects for Painting ; Libraries at Copenhagen ; Value of Man- ner ; Longevity of Trees ; Francis I. , Emperor of Austria ; Natural ...
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... tion but education . People have likewise become convinced , that a blind belief in any system is not to be applauded ; a lively faith must rest on conviction , and conviction can alone proceed from enquiry , comparison and deduction ...
... tion but education . People have likewise become convinced , that a blind belief in any system is not to be applauded ; a lively faith must rest on conviction , and conviction can alone proceed from enquiry , comparison and deduction ...
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... tion , the lucre of gain has excited some , and hungry need com- pelled others . And what do the attainments of these persons generally amount to ? Something resembling the skill of a parrot who speaks by rote , they can copy out , not ...
... tion , the lucre of gain has excited some , and hungry need com- pelled others . And what do the attainments of these persons generally amount to ? Something resembling the skill of a parrot who speaks by rote , they can copy out , not ...
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... tion . In the arrangement of this work Mr. Moore has followed the excellent example of Mason in his life of Gray and of Hayley in his life of Cowper , and by the frequent introduction of Lord Byron's letters , has rendered the noble ...
... tion . In the arrangement of this work Mr. Moore has followed the excellent example of Mason in his life of Gray and of Hayley in his life of Cowper , and by the frequent introduction of Lord Byron's letters , has rendered the noble ...
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Page 541 - To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: attention held them mute. Thrice he assayed, and thrice in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth...
Page 542 - The intricate wards, and every bolt and bar Of massy iron or solid rock with ease Unfastens : on a sudden open fly, With impetuous recoil and jarring sound The infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus.
Page 380 - Is she for tropic suns, or polar snow? What boots the inquiry? Neither friend nor foe She cares for; let her travel where she may, She finds familiar names, a beaten way Ever before her, and a wind to blow. Yet still I ask, what haven is her mark? And, almost as it was when ships were rare, (From time to time, like pilgrims, here and there Crossing the waters) doubt, and something dark, Of the old sea some reverential- fear, Is with me at thy farewell, joyous bark...
Page 541 - With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms.
Page 541 - Reserved him to more wrath; for now the thought Both of lost happiness and lasting pain Torments him : round he throws his baleful eyes That witnessed huge affliction and dismay, Mixed with obdurate pride and steadfast hate. At once, as far as Angels ken, he views The dismal situation waste and wild.
Page 436 - Critic — it is only too good for an after-piece), and the best Address (Monologue on Garrick), — and, to crown all, delivered the very best oration (the famous Begum Speech) ever conceived or heard in this country.
Page 541 - Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms. Nine times the space that measures day and night To mortal men, he, with his horrid crew, Lay vanquished, rolling in the fiery gulf, Confounded, though immortal.
Page 403 - These devils of Grub Street rogues, that write the Flying Post and Medley in one paper, will not be quiet. They are always mauling Lord Treasurer, Lord Bolingbroke, and me. We have the dog under prosecution, but Bolingbroke is not active enough ; but I hope to swinge him. He is a Scotch rogue, one Ridpath. They get out upon bail, and write on. We take them again, and get fresh bail; so it goes round.
Page 470 - The fact, then, appears to be, that we are constituted so as to condemn falsehood, unprovoked violence, injustice, and to approve of benevolence to some preferably to others, abstracted from all consideration, which conduct is likeliest to produce an overbalance of happiness or misery.
Page 543 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar: When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow: Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th...