The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 91Archibald Constable and Company, 1823 |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 28
Página 54
... VOLS . EDINBURGH : CONSTABLE AND COMPANY . 1822 . To write a regular review of a " new novel , by the author of Wa- verley , " would , at this time of day , be a great bêtise ; we shall not , therefore , attempt it . The position which ...
... VOLS . EDINBURGH : CONSTABLE AND COMPANY . 1822 . To write a regular review of a " new novel , by the author of Wa- verley , " would , at this time of day , be a great bêtise ; we shall not , therefore , attempt it . The position which ...
Página 105
... VOL . XII . progress of the governments of France and the Netherlands , will appear very shortly , and the remaining ... vols . octavo , with the addition of nearly four hundred new lives , communicated expressly for this work to the ...
... VOL . XII . progress of the governments of France and the Netherlands , will appear very shortly , and the remaining ... vols . octavo , with the addition of nearly four hundred new lives , communicated expressly for this work to the ...
Página 107
... vols . folio . £ 18-18s . Description of the Ruins of an Ancient City discovered near Palengue , in the Kingdom of Guatemala . 4to . £ .18s . Part I. of a Series of Views of the most Interesting Remains of the Ancient Castles of England ...
... vols . folio . £ 18-18s . Description of the Ruins of an Ancient City discovered near Palengue , in the Kingdom of Guatemala . 4to . £ .18s . Part I. of a Series of Views of the most Interesting Remains of the Ancient Castles of England ...
Página 108
... vols . 12mo . 163 . Pignotti's History of Tuscany . Trans- kated from the Italian by J. Browning , Esq . 4 vol . 8vo . £ .28s . Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots , with Anecdotes of the Court of Henry II . by Miss Benger . 2 vols . 8vo ...
... vols . 12mo . 163 . Pignotti's History of Tuscany . Trans- kated from the Italian by J. Browning , Esq . 4 vol . 8vo . £ .28s . Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots , with Anecdotes of the Court of Henry II . by Miss Benger . 2 vols . 8vo ...
Página 109
... vols . 8vo . £ .1.16s . A Memoir of the Operations of the Allied Armies under Prince Schwartzenberg and Marshall Blucher , in 1813-14 . By a general officer . 8vo . £ .11s . A Comment on the Divine Comedy of Dante Alghieri . 8vo . 18s ...
... vols . 8vo . £ .1.16s . A Memoir of the Operations of the Allied Armies under Prince Schwartzenberg and Marshall Blucher , in 1813-14 . By a general officer . 8vo . £ .11s . A Comment on the Divine Comedy of Dante Alghieri . 8vo . 18s ...
Outras edições - Ver tudo
Palavras e frases frequentes
appear army Baillie of Jerviswood beauty body Brakenfell British called Capt character Clergy Countess of Derby daugh daughter death delight Dumfries Earl Edinburgh Elspa enemy fair father favour feel frae France French George give Glasgow Government ha'e hand happy head heart Holy Alliance honour hope hour James Joe Reid King Lady land late Lieut living London look Lord Madrid manner means ment merchant mind Ministers Miss morning mother mountain nation nature neral ness never night o'er observed opinion Oswald parish poor Portugal present Prince purch racter rendered Robert rock Royal ruins scene Scotland seems sent Shiraz sion Sir John Moore snow soon Spain Spanish spirit tain Teinds ther thing thou thought tion took ture whilst whole wife young
Passagens conhecidas
Página 423 - That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking can ever fall iuto it.
Página 7 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening" mild; then silent night With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
Página 31 - God loves from whole to parts: but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake; The centre moved, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace; His country next; and next all human race...
Página 41 - And the war-horse dash'd to the reddening lake From the reapers of the field ! The field— but not of sheaves — Proud crests and pennons lay, Strewn o'er it thick as the birch-wood leaves, In the autumn tempest's way. Oh ! the sun in heaven fierce havoc view'd, When the Austrian turn'd to fly, And the brave, in the trampling multitude, Had a fearful death to die ! And the leader...
Página 266 - THE power of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished...
Página 547 - we will live " on the past: there is enough in it to satisfy us. " Do we not enjoy the life of Caesar and that of " Alexander ? We shall possess still more, you will " re-peruse yourself, Sire!" " Be it so !" rejoined Napoleon ;
Página 548 - Very true," rejoined the Admiral; and this officer, who possesses good sense, a becoming pliability of manners, and sometimes much elegance, did his utmost from that moment to accommodate the Emperor in his habits. He shortened the time of sitting at table, ordering coffee for Napoleon and those who accompanied him, even before the rest of the company had finished their dinner. The...
Página 135 - ... for her father, she stumbled over the graves every night alone without fear of any kind entering her thoughts but for soldiers and parties in search of him, which the least noise or motion of a leaf put her in terror for. The minister's house was near the church. The first night she went, his dogs kept such a barking as put her in the utmost fear of a discovery. My grandmother sent for the minister next day, and upon pretence of a mad dog, got him to hang all his dogs.
Página 348 - Castilian pennons Pelayo did uphold ; But if my strain were lowly, as it is high and clear, Thou still shouldst prop the feeble, and the afflicted hear. ' For thee, fierce homicide ! draw, draw thy sword once more, And pierce the breast which wide I spread thy stroke before ; Because I am a woman, my life thou need'st not spare : I am Ximena Gomez, my slaughtered father's heir.
Página 485 - With the sound arise, 3g0 Like Samuel's shade to Saul's monarchic eyes, The prophets of young Freedom, summon'd far From climes of Washington and Bolivar; Henry, the forest-born Demosthenes, Whose thunder shook the Philip of the seas...