Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volumes 9-10W. Orr, 1848 - Edinburgh (Scotland) |
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... usual . In a little while , however , his meditations were dis- turbed by a smart rap at the street - door ; and on the principle that it never rains but it pours , a second lodger made his appearance . This was a middle - aged ...
... usual . In a little while , however , his meditations were dis- turbed by a smart rap at the street - door ; and on the principle that it never rains but it pours , a second lodger made his appearance . This was a middle - aged ...
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... usual sense , will find the in- formation best suited to his circumstances ; there is , however , a large class of ' poor genteel ' individuals , who are painfully struggling , with insufficient means , to main- tain themselves in the ...
... usual sense , will find the in- formation best suited to his circumstances ; there is , however , a large class of ' poor genteel ' individuals , who are painfully struggling , with insufficient means , to main- tain themselves in the ...
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... usual , and we all observed that something disturbed the equanimity of his temper that evening . Next day the stranger called again , when the back parlour was free . The bookseller saluted him as an acquaintance ; and great was my ...
... usual , and we all observed that something disturbed the equanimity of his temper that evening . Next day the stranger called again , when the back parlour was free . The bookseller saluted him as an acquaintance ; and great was my ...
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... usual cautious manner . ' Ahem , what's the name ? ' ' Dugald M'Dougal ! ' shouted the stranger , raising the hat , and turning full upon him . Are all the copies sold yet ? ' " We all knew the voice and figure , and with one accord ...
... usual cautious manner . ' Ahem , what's the name ? ' ' Dugald M'Dougal ! ' shouted the stranger , raising the hat , and turning full upon him . Are all the copies sold yet ? ' " We all knew the voice and figure , and with one accord ...
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... usual decorum in this place . Was he thinking of the old Roman luxury , or of a gaudy day at Cambridge ? This was a temptation fitter for a Heliogabalus . The whole banquet is too civic and culinary , and the accom- paniments altogether ...
... usual decorum in this place . Was he thinking of the old Roman luxury , or of a gaudy day at Cambridge ? This was a temptation fitter for a Heliogabalus . The whole banquet is too civic and culinary , and the accom- paniments altogether ...
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Page 75 - The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
Page 90 - The happiness of London is not to be conceived but by those who have been in it. I will venture to say, there is more learning and science within the circumference of ten miles from where we now sit, than in all the rest of the kingdom.
Page 160 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 295 - Our sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of King George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the King.
Page 306 - OH ! that the Chemist's magic art Could crystallize this sacred treasure ! Long should it glitter near my heart, A secret source of pensive pleasure. The little brilliant, ere it fell, Its lustre caught from CHLOE'S eye; Then, trembling, left its coral cell — The spring of Sensibility ! Sweet drop of pure and pearly light! In thee the rays of Virtue shine; More calmly clear, more mildly bright, Than any gem that gilds the mine. Benign restorer...
Page 26 - What choice to choose for delicacy best, What order so contrived as not to mix Tastes, not well joined, inelegant, but bring Taste after taste upheld with kindliest change : Bestirs her then, and from each tender stalk Whatever Earth, all-bearing mother, yields In India East or West, or middle shore In Pontus or the Punic coast, or where...
Page 27 - While he from forth the closet brought a heap Of candied apple, quince, and plum, and gourd; With jellies soother than the creamy curd, And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon; Manna and dates, in argosy transferr'd From Fez; and spiced dainties, every one, From silken Samarcand to cedared Lebanon.
Page 295 - ... by this act to make the said proclamation shall, among the said rioters, or as near to them as he can safely come, with a loud voice command, or cause to be commanded silence to be, while proclamation is making, and after that, shall openly and with loud voice make or cause to be made proclamation in these words, or like in effect...
Page 252 - See yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil ; And see his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, though a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn.
Page 211 - In his domesticated state, when he commences his career of song, it is impossible to stand by uninterested. He whistles for the dog ; Caesar starts up, wags his tail, and runs to meet his master.