The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 84Archibald Constable and Company, 1819 |
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... spirit of uncommon per- severance , he must have abandoned the attempt . This spirit , however , carried him through every difficulty , and in 1814 he published the results in a very modest and philosophical essay , republished in this ...
... spirit of uncommon per- severance , he must have abandoned the attempt . This spirit , however , carried him through every difficulty , and in 1814 he published the results in a very modest and philosophical essay , republished in this ...
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... spirit hovering be- tween earth and sky , and should ob- serve very wisely that Jacob was thrown in one corner of the picture like a bundle of clothes , without power , form , or motion , and should think this a defect , I should say ...
... spirit hovering be- tween earth and sky , and should ob- serve very wisely that Jacob was thrown in one corner of the picture like a bundle of clothes , without power , form , or motion , and should think this a defect , I should say ...
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... we have for their vindictive spirit . He wha gaes by the fairy green , Nae dule nor pine sall see , An ' he wha cleans the fairy ring An easy death sall dee , nor of the Kingdom of Scotland . " in Latin 1819 . 19 On Good and Bad Fairies .
... we have for their vindictive spirit . He wha gaes by the fairy green , Nae dule nor pine sall see , An ' he wha cleans the fairy ring An easy death sall dee , nor of the Kingdom of Scotland . " in Latin 1819 . 19 On Good and Bad Fairies .
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... spirit , inflex- ible integrity , and cordial warmth of heart of honest Dandie Dinmont , and even before the stern commanding spirit of old Elspet , though dark with participated guilt , ordinary minds bow with unconscious homage ...
... spirit , inflex- ible integrity , and cordial warmth of heart of honest Dandie Dinmont , and even before the stern commanding spirit of old Elspet , though dark with participated guilt , ordinary minds bow with unconscious homage ...
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... spirit as any of the author's former productions . His usual power of painting battle scenes in all the vivid colours of poe- try , while he adheres strictly to the historical details , does not fail him here , thus adding the glow and ...
... spirit as any of the author's former productions . His usual power of painting battle scenes in all the vivid colours of poe- try , while he adheres strictly to the historical details , does not fail him here , thus adding the glow and ...
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Página 134 - Biron they call him; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest...
Página 326 - He now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn. But it, too, was gone. A large, rickety wooden building stood in its place, with great gaping windows, some of them broken and mended with old hats and petticoats, and over the door was painted, "The Union Hotel, by Jonathan Doolittle.
Página 325 - On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes — it was a bright sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling aloft, and breasting the pure mountain breeze. "Surely," thought Rip, "I have not slept here all night.
Página 252 - And, ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum, with furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.
Página 326 - ... at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done? the morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and gun; he dreaded to meet his wife; but it would not do to starve among the mountains.
Página 328 - Half-moon ; being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon the river and the great city called by his name.
Página 317 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant Nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Página 326 - The rocks presented a high impenetrable wall, over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest. Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog ; he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows...
Página 326 - ... gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had thought himself acquainted with every one in the country round.
Página 326 - He found the house gone to decay, the roof fallen in, the windows shattered, and the doors off the hinges. A half-starved dog that looked like Wolf was skulking about it. Rip called him by name ; but the cur snarled, showed his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed.