The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 9J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1797 - Books and bookselling |
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... she had weakened ; certain- ly had endangered , by cutting off a very large , and by far the most grow ing part of her Empire . In that its acmé of human prosperity and great- ness , in the high and palmy state of the monarchy of France ...
... she had weakened ; certain- ly had endangered , by cutting off a very large , and by far the most grow ing part of her Empire . In that its acmé of human prosperity and great- ness , in the high and palmy state of the monarchy of France ...
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... she did not fend them to market , because it was the cuftom for numbers of people to come from Clifton , in the fummer time , to eat ftrawberries and cream at the gardens in Ashton . Now the widow Prefton was fo oblig- ing , active ...
... she did not fend them to market , because it was the cuftom for numbers of people to come from Clifton , in the fummer time , to eat ftrawberries and cream at the gardens in Ashton . Now the widow Prefton was fo oblig- ing , active ...
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... she had done . Early in the morning he wakened full of this fcheme , jumped up , dreffed him- felf , and , having given one look at poor Lightfoot in his ftable , fet off to Clifton in fearch of the old woman , to enquire where the ...
... she had done . Early in the morning he wakened full of this fcheme , jumped up , dreffed him- felf , and , having given one look at poor Lightfoot in his ftable , fet off to Clifton in fearch of the old woman , to enquire where the ...
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... She will very likely buy your ftones into the bargain : come along , my lad ; we can but try . " The lady lived but a very little way off , fo that they were foon at her houfe . She was alone in her parlour , and was forting a bundle of ...
... She will very likely buy your ftones into the bargain : come along , my lad ; we can but try . " The lady lived but a very little way off , fo that they were foon at her houfe . She was alone in her parlour , and was forting a bundle of ...
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... She was bufy weighing out fome plums , fo he was obliged to wait ; and , whilft he was waiting , he heard fome people near him talking and laughing very loud . The fruit woman's ftall was at the gate of an inn - yard ; and peeping ...
... She was bufy weighing out fome plums , fo he was obliged to wait ; and , whilft he was waiting , he heard fome people near him talking and laughing very loud . The fruit woman's ftall was at the gate of an inn - yard ; and peeping ...
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Page 143 - O happy age ! when Hope's unclouded ray Lights their green path, and prompts their simple mirth; Ere yet they feel the thorns that lurking lay To wound the wretched pilgrims of the earth, Making them rue the hour that gave them birth And threw them on a world so full of pain, Where prosperous folly treads on patient worth, And to deaf pride misfortune pleads in vain ! Ah! for their future fate how many fears Oppress my heart and fill mine eyes with tears ! CHARLOTTE SMITH : Happiness of Childhood.
Page 145 - Behind a wide column, half breathless with fear, She crept to conceal herself there : That instant the moon o'er a dark cloud shone clear, And she saw in the moonlight two ruffians appear, And between them a corpse did they bear.
Page 248 - Old and young, high and low, grave and gay, learned or ignorant, all were alike delighted, agitated, transported. I was at that time...
Page 124 - For my own part, I used to think myself in company as much above me, when I was with Mr. Addison and Mr. Pope, as if I had been with all the Princes in Europe.
Page 454 - I walk in spirit, and disport in its beloved gloom. This country I am in, is not very entertaining ; no variety but that of woods, and them we have in abundance ; but where is the living stream ? the airy mountain ? and the hanging rock ? with twenty other things that elegantly please the lover of nature.
Page 145 - O'er the path so well known still proceeded the maid, Where the abbey rose dim on the sight ; Through the gateway she entered, she...
Page 298 - Unbroken by the plough, undelv'd by hand Of patient rustic ; where for lowing herds, And for the music of the bleating flocks, Alone is heard the kangaroo's sad note Deepening in distance. Welcome ye rude climes, The realm of Nature ! for as yet unknown The crimes and comforts of luxurious life, Nature benignly gives to all enough, Denies to all a superfluity. What tho' the garb of infamy I wear, Tho...
Page 397 - Sir, — I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that...
Page 283 - I at first took this to be a regulation of the police ; but, on further inquiry, find it is a religious rite preparatory to the Sabbath ; and is, I believe, the only religious rite, in which the numerous sectaries of this city perfectly agree. The ceremony begins about sunset, and continues till about ten or eleven at night. It is very difficult for a stranger to walk the streets...
Page 145 - I'll warrant she'd fancy a ghost by her side, And faint if she saw a white cow.