Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 38W. Blackwood., 1835 - England |
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... England their party was most dreadfully in the minority ; they ought now to be a- ware that the vast majority of the aristocracy , of the landed gentry , and all the clergy , to a man , were their de- termined and irreconcilable foes ...
... England their party was most dreadfully in the minority ; they ought now to be a- ware that the vast majority of the aristocracy , of the landed gentry , and all the clergy , to a man , were their de- termined and irreconcilable foes ...
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... England , and such aid is of the utmost import- ance ; and from the vital interests which all members of the legal pro- fession have in the maintenance of order , and the honourable feelings by which they are actuated , we are sure that ...
... England , and such aid is of the utmost import- ance ; and from the vital interests which all members of the legal pro- fession have in the maintenance of order , and the honourable feelings by which they are actuated , we are sure that ...
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... England . The case , however , in France is very different . There the great mass of the population has ever been a dor- mant population . The provinces , cities ( excepting Paris ) , towns , and villages of that country , have never ...
... England . The case , however , in France is very different . There the great mass of the population has ever been a dor- mant population . The provinces , cities ( excepting Paris ) , towns , and villages of that country , have never ...
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... England now stands in the same position with France in the year 1789 , is a point of the most serious consideration . In the na- tional habits and character there are undoubtedly striking distinctions . There is much religious feeling ...
... England now stands in the same position with France in the year 1789 , is a point of the most serious consideration . In the na- tional habits and character there are undoubtedly striking distinctions . There is much religious feeling ...
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... England speed- ing headlong to republicanism . It should be equally a lesson to our wisdom and our fears , that in such a crisis the government of England was saved by the intrepi- dity of one man , while by one the government of France ...
... England speed- ing headlong to republicanism . It should be equally a lesson to our wisdom and our fears , that in such a crisis the government of England was saved by the intrepi- dity of one man , while by one the government of France ...
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Page 143 - On every side, In a thousand valleys far and wide, Fresh flowers ; while the sun shines warm, And the babe leaps up on his mother's arm...
Page 284 - My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Page 284 - And being but one, she can do all things: and remaining in herself, she maketh all things new: and in all ages entering into holy souls, she maketh them friends of God, and prophets. For God loveth none but him that dwelleth with wisdom. For she is more beautiful than the sun, and above all the order of stars: being compared with the light, she is found before it.
Page 264 - The voice was like the mastertone Of a rich instrument, most strangely sweet, And the dull pulses of disease awoke, And for a moment beat beneath the hot And leprous scales with a restoring thrill. " Helon, arise !" and he forgot his curse And rose and stood before him.
Page 262 - Room for the leper!" — And aside they stood — matron, and child, and pitiless manhood, — all who met him on his way — and let him pass. And onward through the open gate he came, a leper with the ashes on his brow, sackcloth about his loins, and on his lip a covering, — stepping painfully and slow ; and, with a difficult utterance, like one whose heart is with an iron nerve put down, crying,
Page 284 - When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee...
Page 354 - I would not exclude alteration neither ; but even when I changed, it should be to preserve. I should be led to my remedy by a great grievance. In what I did, I should follow the example of our ancestors. I would make the reparation as nearly as possible in the style of the building. A politic caution, a guarded circumspection, a moral rather than a complexional timidity, were among the ruling principles of our forefathers in their most decided conduct.
Page 229 - I love at early morn, from new mown swath, To see the startled frog his route pursue ; To mark while, leaping o'er the dripping path, His bright sides scatter dew, The early lark that, from its bustle flies, To hail his matin new ; And watch him to the skies.
Page 229 - To note on hedgerow baulks, in moisture sprent, The jetty snail creep from the mossy thorn, With earnest heed, and tremulous intent, Frail brother of the morn, That from the tiny bents and misted leaves Withdraws his timid horn, And fearful vision weaves...
Page 143 - No more shall grief of mine the season wrong; I hear the Echoes through the mountains throng, The Winds come to me from the fields of sleep, And all the earth is gay; Land and sea Give themselves up to jollity, And with the heart of May Doth every Beast keep holiday...