Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 69William Blackwood, 1851 |
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Page 371
... Lord John Russell is prepared to assent to the opening of the ports , and to the fiscal relief which it was intended to afford . " On that evening , ( 22d January 1846. ) Lord John was in a peculiarly communicative mood ; for , besides ...
... Lord John Russell is prepared to assent to the opening of the ports , and to the fiscal relief which it was intended to afford . " On that evening , ( 22d January 1846. ) Lord John was in a peculiarly communicative mood ; for , besides ...
Page 373
... Sir Robert Peel and Lord John Russell , burdens from which the agriculturists ought in common justice to be freed- or rather , from which they ought to have been freed long ago ; and yet even this poor modicum or instalment of justice ...
... Sir Robert Peel and Lord John Russell , burdens from which the agriculturists ought in common justice to be freed- or rather , from which they ought to have been freed long ago ; and yet even this poor modicum or instalment of justice ...
Page 374
... Sir Charles Wood , is to create a great and increasing demand for British agricultural pro- duce ! We may say frankly ... Lord John Russell , in his forcible sketch of the awful consequences of any return to the protective system , did ...
... Sir Charles Wood , is to create a great and increasing demand for British agricultural pro- duce ! We may say frankly ... Lord John Russell , in his forcible sketch of the awful consequences of any return to the protective system , did ...
Page 375
... Sir James Graham , who preceded him in the debate , to utter a harangue upon the dangers to which the country would be exposed should protection carry the day . Now , we have nothing whatever to say upon the subject of Lord John Russell's ...
... Sir James Graham , who preceded him in the debate , to utter a harangue upon the dangers to which the country would be exposed should protection carry the day . Now , we have nothing whatever to say upon the subject of Lord John Russell's ...
Page 376
... Lord John Russell has predicted as the conse- quence of a constitutional return to the protective system . But , to ... Lord John Russell's opinion in 1851 , contrasted with his opinion in 1846. He thus speaks in reply to Mr Disraeli ...
... Lord John Russell has predicted as the conse- quence of a constitutional return to the protective system . But , to ... Lord John Russell's opinion in 1851 , contrasted with his opinion in 1846. He thus speaks in reply to Mr Disraeli ...
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Page 518 - UNION, strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope...
Page 444 - I have been in the deep : in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren : in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 518 - Tis of the wave and not the rock ; ,Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar. In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea ! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee...
Page 529 - The Holy Supper is kept, indeed, In whatso we share with another's need; Not what we give, but what we share, For the gift without the giver is bare; Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.
Page 577 - See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Page 443 - ... to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men: as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of State, for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention ; or a shop, for profit or sale ; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 518 - O gentle, loving, trusting wife, And safe from all adversity Upon the bosom of that sea Thy comings and thy goings be!
Page 133 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 519 - Halfway up the stairs it stands, And points and beckons with its hands From its case of massive oak, Like a monk, who, under his cloak, Crosses himself, and sighs, alas ' With sorrowful voice to all who pass, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever...
Page 443 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention ; or a shop, for profit or sale ; and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.