The Poetical Works of David Macbeth Moir, Volume 1W. Blackwood and sons, 1852 |
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... less for poetry , still they go on with the series of their magazine , clinging to it as their first love and its continued poetry , the while , is attracting another generation of young readers . This , by the way , as a hint to ...
... less for poetry , still they go on with the series of their magazine , clinging to it as their first love and its continued poetry , the while , is attracting another generation of young readers . This , by the way , as a hint to ...
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... less to blush for , when I look back upon my early lucubrations . " Whether or not this sensible resolution was fully kept I do not know , nor am I acquainted with the various stages of Picken's his- tory ; but we find him very soon ...
... less to blush for , when I look back upon my early lucubrations . " Whether or not this sensible resolution was fully kept I do not know , nor am I acquainted with the various stages of Picken's his- tory ; but we find him very soon ...
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... ; and I daresay few individuals in society would regret less than I , if every liquid stronger than small beer were exploded for ever . The only remedy from sorrow which I would ask , is a reciprocal sympathy , MEMOIR xxxix.
... ; and I daresay few individuals in society would regret less than I , if every liquid stronger than small beer were exploded for ever . The only remedy from sorrow which I would ask , is a reciprocal sympathy , MEMOIR xxxix.
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... less as the means for securing a competency for himself , than as an art which he was privileged to practise for the good of his fellow- men , and for the alleviation of their sufferings ; and numerous are the instances which might be ...
... less as the means for securing a competency for himself , than as an art which he was privileged to practise for the good of his fellow- men , and for the alleviation of their sufferings ; and numerous are the instances which might be ...
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... less than a sonnet from you on the occasion . Both mother and child are doing well , which has made me very happy . About a fortnight ago , a young sculptor , Ritchie , a pupil of Thorwaldsen , who has recently come from Rome , and who ...
... less than a sonnet from you on the occasion . Both mother and child are doing well , which has made me very happy . About a fortnight ago , a young sculptor , Ritchie , a pupil of Thorwaldsen , who has recently come from Rome , and who ...
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Página 52 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Página 15 - The Moor and the Loch. Containing Minute Instructions in all Highland Sports, with Wanderings over Crag and Corrie, Flood and Fell. By JOHN COLQUHOUN.
Página 51 - Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. 20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
Página 7 - Lives of the Queens of Scotland, and English Princesses connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain.
Página 18 - Do what I may, go where I will, Thou meet'st my sight; There dost thou glide before me still — A form of light! I feel thy breath upon my cheek, I see thee smile, I hear thee speak, Till oh! my heart is like to break, Casa Wappy! Methinks thou smil'st before me now, With glance of stealth; The hair thrown back from thy full brow, In buoyant health : I see thine eyes' deep violet light, Thy dimpled cheek carnatiou'd bright, Thy clasping arms so round and white, Casa Wappy!
Página 16 - And hast thou sought thy heavenly home, Our fond, dear boy — The realms where sorrow dare not come, Where life is joy? Pure at thy death as at thy birth, Thy spirit caught no taint from earth ; Even by its bliss, we mete our...
Página 20 - And though, perchance, a smile may gleam Of casual mirth, It doth not own, whate'er may seem, An inward birth : We miss thy small step on the stair ; We miss thee at thine evening prayer ; All day we miss thee — everywhere — Casa Wappy ! Snows muffled earth when thou did'st go, In life's spring-bloom, Down to the appointed house below — The silent tomb.
Página 21 - tis sweet balm to our despair, Fond, fairest boy, That heaven is God's, and thou art there, With Him in joy : There past are death and all...
Página 63 - Like long-link'd, shadeless months of Polar light ; Like Music floating o'er a waveless lake, While Echo answers from the flowery brake : Weep not for her ! Weep not for her ! — She died in early youth, Ere Hope had lost its rich romantic hues ; When human bosoms seem'd the homes of truth, And earth still gleam'd with beauty's radiant dews.
Página 8 - THE YOUTH AND MANHOOD OF CYRIL THORNTON. By the Author of "Men and Manners in America." Foolscap 8vo, 3s. 6d. VALERIUS. A ROMAN STORY. Foolscap 8vo, 2s. 6d. REGINALD DALTON. By the Author of