Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 60William Blackwood, 1846 |
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... head . Their voracity is prodigions . One of them ate eighteen pounds of meat in the course of a day , without at all impair- ing his appetite for the next morning's breakfast . Dr Tschudi measured one , and found it fourteen English ...
... head . Their voracity is prodigions . One of them ate eighteen pounds of meat in the course of a day , without at all impair- ing his appetite for the next morning's breakfast . Dr Tschudi measured one , and found it fourteen English ...
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... head of the troops , and com- manded an orderly retreat , the only means by which to save herself and the remainder of the army . A by- stander having ventured to utter some insolent remark , she rode up to him , and threatened that ...
... head of the troops , and com- manded an orderly retreat , the only means by which to save herself and the remainder of the army . A by- stander having ventured to utter some insolent remark , she rode up to him , and threatened that ...
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... head of a hundred thousand combatants . But Marlborough was not discouraged ; on the contrary , he built on the ene- my's early successes a course of man- œuvres , which in the end wrested all his conquests from him , and inflicted a ...
... head of a hundred thousand combatants . But Marlborough was not discouraged ; on the contrary , he built on the ene- my's early successes a course of man- œuvres , which in the end wrested all his conquests from him , and inflicted a ...
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... head of 112,000 men . With this im- posing force , he took a position , strong both by nature and art , extending from Douay to the Lye ; the right resting on the canal of Douay , the centre covered by the village of La Bassie , the ...
... head of 112,000 men . With this im- posing force , he took a position , strong both by nature and art , extending from Douay to the Lye ; the right resting on the canal of Douay , the centre covered by the village of La Bassie , the ...
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... head of every regiment , and listened to by the soldiers , after the example of their chief , with the most devout attention . The awful nature of the occasion , the momentous interests at stake , the un- certainty who might survive to ...
... head of every regiment , and listened to by the soldiers , after the example of their chief , with the most devout attention . The awful nature of the occasion , the momentous interests at stake , the un- certainty who might survive to ...
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Página 380 - O ! mickle is the powerful grace that lies In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities : For nought so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give...
Página 330 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful jollity, Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek : Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Página 378 - We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne. We twa hae run about the braes, And pu'd the gowans fine ; But we've wandered mony a weary foot, Sin auld lang syne. We twa hae paidl't i' the burn, Frae mornin' sun till dine ; But seas between us braid hae roar'd, Sin auld lang syne.
Página 177 - Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites, When to repress, and when indulge our flights : High on Parnassus' top her sons she show'd, And pointed out those arduous paths they trod ; Held from afar, aloft, th' immortal prize, And urged the rest by equal steps to rise.
Página 474 - THE breaking waves dash'd high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches toss'd ; And the heavy night hung dark, The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moor'd their bark On the wild New England shore.
Página 407 - ... in hunting about the grass and stones at the edge of the loch ; presently another, and another, appeared in a little grassy glade which ran...
Página 82 - Then welcome business, welcome strife, Welcome the cares, the thorns, of life, The visage wan, the pore-blind sight, The toil by day, the lamp at night, The tedious forms, the solemn prate, The pert dispute, the dull debate, The drowsy bench, the babbling hall, For thee, fair Justice, welcome all...
Página 591 - To yield thy muse just half-a-crown per line? No! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear, their former laurels fade. Let such forego the poet's sacred name, Who rack their brains for lucre, not for fame: Still for stern mammon may they toil in vain!
Página 120 - the most powerful, the most constant, and the most generous of his enemies.
Página 488 - Unless you can think, when the song is done, No other is soft in the rhythm ; Unless you can feel, when left by one, That all men else go with him; Unless you can know, when unpraised by his breath, That your beauty itself wants proving; Unless you can swear, "For life, for death ! " — Oh fear to call it loving ! v.