The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volume 76Archibald Constable and Company, 1814 - English literature |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 7
... ment of the late Lord Mansfield , when an effort was formerly made to build on its south side . But , even granting the sovereign power of an Act of Par liament to remove these objections , there are others to be encountered , which are ...
... ment of the late Lord Mansfield , when an effort was formerly made to build on its south side . But , even granting the sovereign power of an Act of Par liament to remove these objections , there are others to be encountered , which are ...
Page 9
... ment . 8. Usual earnings . 9. Legal profligate , who made a trade of beg - parish . 10. What aid from parish , ging , from those whose necessities had club , or individuals . 11. References forced them to a mode of life they rec- as to ...
... ment . 8. Usual earnings . 9. Legal profligate , who made a trade of beg - parish . 10. What aid from parish , ging , from those whose necessities had club , or individuals . 11. References forced them to a mode of life they rec- as to ...
Page 11
... ment duty alone . These instances of public and individual confidence the Society takes this opportunity of recording ; and , at the same time , of offering their warmest acknowledge- ments for the liberality thus manifes- ted . 1 The ...
... ment duty alone . These instances of public and individual confidence the Society takes this opportunity of recording ; and , at the same time , of offering their warmest acknowledge- ments for the liberality thus manifes- ted . 1 The ...
Page 31
... ment is fixed into a bamboo handle about as thick as the finger , with which the puncturer , by means of an- other cane , strikes so gently and so dexterously , that it scarcely pierces through the skin . The principal strokes of the ...
... ment is fixed into a bamboo handle about as thick as the finger , with which the puncturer , by means of an- other cane , strikes so gently and so dexterously , that it scarcely pierces through the skin . The principal strokes of the ...
Page 43
... ment , the herrings furnish food for the whale , the shark , the grampus , the cod , and almost all the larger kind of fishes ; and they are followed in the air by flocks of gulls , gannets , and o- ther marine birds , which continually ...
... ment , the herrings furnish food for the whale , the shark , the grampus , the cod , and almost all the larger kind of fishes ; and they are followed in the air by flocks of gulls , gannets , and o- ther marine birds , which continually ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Alexander allies appears army arrived artillery Assembly attack bank Berenger Blucher Bonaparte bridge Britain British Calton Hill Captain cavalry Church Colonel command Committee consequence considerable corps Cossacks Court daugh daughter Ditto Duke duty Earl Edinburgh Emperor enemy enemy's expence France French Glasgow guard honour House James John Jury King Lady land late Leith letter Lieutenant London Lord Castlereagh Lord Cochrane Lord Justice Clerk Lord Provost Lord Wellington Lordship Louis XVIII Magistrates Majesty Majesty's March Marshal ment military minister morning motion night o'clock observed officers pannel Paris passed peace persons possession Presbytery present Prince Regent Princess Princess of Wales prisoners received regiment Reverend road Royal Highness Russian Scotland sent ship sion Society tain ther tion town troops whole William witness wounded
Popular passages
Page 391 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Page 40 - Who hath not proved how feebly words essay To fix one spark of Beauty's heavenly ray ? Who doth not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight, His changing cheek, his sinking heart confess The might — the majesty of Loveliness?
Page 583 - And half mistook for fate the acts of will : Too high for common selfishness, he could At times resign his own for others' good, But not in pity, not because he ought, But in some strange perversity of thought, That...
Page 115 - There, in its centre, a sepulchral lamp Burns the slow flame, eternal — but unseen ; Which not the darkness of despair can damp, Though vain its ray as it had never been.
Page 583 - There was in him a vital scorn of all ; As if the worst had fall'n which could befall, He stood a stranger in this breathing world. An erring spirit from another hurled...
Page 242 - The allied powers having proclaimed that the Emperor Napoleon is the only obstacle to the re-establishment of peace in Europe, the Emperor Napoleon, faithful to his oath, declares that he renounces for himself and his heirs, the thrones of France and Italy, and that there is no personal sacrifice, even that of life, which he is not ready to make for the interests of France.
Page 116 - Oh ! o'er the eye death most exerts his might, And hurls the spirit from her throne of light ! Sinks those blue orbs in that long last eclipse, But spares, as yet, the charm around her lips...
Page 583 - A thing of dark imaginings, that shaped By choice the perils he by chance escaped ; But 'scaped in vain, for in their memory yet His mind would half exult and half regret : With more capacity for love than earth Bestows on most of mortal mould and birth...
Page 40 - The light of love, the purity of grace, The mind, the Music breathing from her face, The heart whose softness harmonized the whole, And oh! that eye was in itself a Soul...
Page 88 - And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.