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... died before any preparation had been made for carrying the proposed work into execution . In the present Edition the greatest pains have been taken to repair the effects of this procrastination , in so far as they are reme- diable ; and ...
... died before any preparation had been made for carrying the proposed work into execution . In the present Edition the greatest pains have been taken to repair the effects of this procrastination , in so far as they are reme- diable ; and ...
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... died in 1844 at the age of ninety - four , having retained to the last the full possession of his faculties , and enjoyed uninterrupted good health to within a very few years of his decease . He followed the profession of Writer to the ...
... died in 1844 at the age of ninety - four , having retained to the last the full possession of his faculties , and enjoyed uninterrupted good health to within a very few years of his decease . He followed the profession of Writer to the ...
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... died at Altrive , near St Mary's Loch - a lake in the same district - in 1835. His early years were spent in the humblest pastoral avocations , and he scarcely received even the rudiments of the most ordinary education . For long ...
... died at Altrive , near St Mary's Loch - a lake in the same district - in 1835. His early years were spent in the humblest pastoral avocations , and he scarcely received even the rudiments of the most ordinary education . For long ...
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... predecessor of Professor Wilson in the chair of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh ; born in 1778 , died in 1820 . APPARITIONS . 9 would become of the Doctor's theory , Hibbert on Apparitions, Apparitions,
... predecessor of Professor Wilson in the chair of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh ; born in 1778 , died in 1820 . APPARITIONS . 9 would become of the Doctor's theory , Hibbert on Apparitions, Apparitions,
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... dying words of the Rev. William Lisle Bowles ! Shepherd . What ! a new poem ? I houp it is . Lisle Bolls is a poet o ' real genius . I never could thole a sonnet till I read his . Is the pamphlet a poem ? North . No , Shepherd . It is ...
... dying words of the Rev. William Lisle Bowles ! Shepherd . What ! a new poem ? I houp it is . Lisle Bolls is a poet o ' real genius . I never could thole a sonnet till I read his . Is the pamphlet a poem ? North . No , Shepherd . It is ...
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Página 354 - Memoir of Sir William Hamilton, Bart., Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the University of Edinburgh. By Professor VEITCH of the University of Glasgow. 8vo, with Portrait, 18s.
Página 46 - Disuse in him forgetfulness had wrought, In Latin he composed his history ; A garrulous, but a lively tale, and fraught With matter of delight, and food for thought. And if he could in Merlin's glass have seen By whom his tomes to speak our tongue were taught, The old man would have felt as pleased, I ween, As when he won the ear of that great empress- queen.
Página 18 - To what a low state knowledge of the most obvious and important phenomena had sunk, is evident from the style in which Dryden has executed a description of Night in one of his Tragedies, and Pope his translation of the celebrated moon-light scene in the Iliad.
Página 18 - Pope still retain their hold upon public estimation,— nay, there is not a passage of descriptive poetry which at this day finds so many and such ardent admirers. Strange to think of an enthusiast, as may have been the case with thousands, reciting those verses under the cope of a moon-light sky, without having his raptures in the least disturbed by a suspicion of their absurdity.
Página 195 - Rich as a rainbow with its hues of light, Pure as the moonshine of an autumn night : Weep not for Her ' Weep not for her ! — There is no cause for woe"; But rather nerve the spirit that it walk Unshrinking o'er the thorny paths below, And from earth's low defilements keep thee back : So, when a few fleet severing years have flown, She'll meet thee at heaven's gate — and lead thee on ! Weep not for Her.