Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 69William Blackwood, 1851 |
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... cause , which operated mense an increment was going forward since the peace of 1815 in withdraw- in the numbers and transactions of ing the precious metals from the globe , the most active part of mankind , con- arising from the very ...
... cause , which operated mense an increment was going forward since the peace of 1815 in withdraw- in the numbers and transactions of ing the precious metals from the globe , the most active part of mankind , con- arising from the very ...
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... cause for the losses I then sustained , but the de- preciation of the value of the articles in warehouse in my hands . What I wish particularly to show , is the defenceless condition in which we manufacturers are placed , and how ...
... cause for the losses I then sustained , but the de- preciation of the value of the articles in warehouse in my hands . What I wish particularly to show , is the defenceless condition in which we manufacturers are placed , and how ...
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... cause which has spread ruin so generally around them . When it is said that the effect of Californian gold will be to reverse all this to reduce gradually , and proba- bly before twenty years have elapsed , half the weight of debt and ...
... cause which has spread ruin so generally around them . When it is said that the effect of Californian gold will be to reverse all this to reduce gradually , and proba- bly before twenty years have elapsed , half the weight of debt and ...
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... causes , among which Californian gold bears a prominent place . Free Trade has tended only to continue and ... cause which again raised the amount of our exports to the Old World . This appears deci- sively in the returns : the ...
... causes , among which Californian gold bears a prominent place . Free Trade has tended only to continue and ... cause which again raised the amount of our exports to the Old World . This appears deci- sively in the returns : the ...
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... Cause I did as he told me , and fought a boy as was trespassing on these very Stocks ; and he beat me- but I don't care for that ; and that boy was a young gentleman , and going to visit the Squire ; and so Nick Stirn- " Lenny stopped ...
... Cause I did as he told me , and fought a boy as was trespassing on these very Stocks ; and he beat me- but I don't care for that ; and that boy was a young gentleman , and going to visit the Squire ; and so Nick Stirn- " Lenny stopped ...
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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.
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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.