Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 94W. Blackwood & Sons, 1863 |
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Page 169
... illustrates strangely enough what we may call the police - court aspect of modern fiction . Matters bave manifestly changed much since the days of Jeanie Deans . Murder has become , with a quaint real isation of De 1863. ] 169 Novels .
... illustrates strangely enough what we may call the police - court aspect of modern fiction . Matters bave manifestly changed much since the days of Jeanie Deans . Murder has become , with a quaint real isation of De 1863. ] 169 Novels .
Page 273
... bave become almost tragically pain- Tartuffe , he does not betray himself ful . We could never have quite to the audience by soliloquy . But forgiven her for subjecting herself in Joseph's mysteriousness there is to it - it is her ...
... bave become almost tragically pain- Tartuffe , he does not betray himself ful . We could never have quite to the audience by soliloquy . But forgiven her for subjecting herself in Joseph's mysteriousness there is to it - it is her ...
Page 422
... bave been a Bacon . If , on the other hand , you had said to Bacon , " Friend , you have very great genius , especially in the study of nature . But see how all schools of philosophy perish . You are destroying the authority of ...
... bave been a Bacon . If , on the other hand , you had said to Bacon , " Friend , you have very great genius , especially in the study of nature . But see how all schools of philosophy perish . You are destroying the authority of ...
Page 570
... bave been a sharer in these deeds ; it is enough to say that he was one of a little knot who had free access to the palace , and enjoyed constant intercourse with the King - free to tell him of all that went on in his brilliant capital ...
... bave been a sharer in these deeds ; it is enough to say that he was one of a little knot who had free access to the palace , and enjoyed constant intercourse with the King - free to tell him of all that went on in his brilliant capital ...
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... bave still , could explain the apparently un- perhaps , to determine . Thus much limited supply of beat he obtained is certain , that no one who holds - ' Heat considered as a Mode of Motion : Being a Course of Twelve Lectures delivered ...
... bave still , could explain the apparently un- perhaps , to determine . Thus much limited supply of beat he obtained is certain , that no one who holds - ' Heat considered as a Mode of Motion : Being a Course of Twelve Lectures delivered ...
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Page 336 - Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
Page 121 - The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments ' and other rites and ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England, together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches ; and the form or manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons.
Page 59 - But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, Arise, and take the young child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.
Page 374 - ... to the rear. His face, which is always placid and cheerful, did not show signs of the slightest disappointment, care, or annoyance, and he was addressing to every soldier he met a few words of encouragement, such as, 'All this will come right in the end ; we'll talk it over afterwards ; but, in the meantime, all good men must rally. We want all good and true men just now,
Page 60 - Thus saith the Lord , Hast thou killed , and also taken possession ? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
Page 373 - The devil you wouldn't! I would like to have missed it very much; we've attacked and been repulsed; look there!' For the first time I then had a view of the open space between the two positions and saw it covered with Confederates, slowly and sulkily returning towards us in small broken parties, under a heavy fire of artillery.
Page 602 - ... it is very possible that I may have said things which a profound observer of national character would hesitate to sanction, though never any, I verily believe, that had not more or less of truth. If they be true, there is no reason in the world why they should not be said. Not an Englishman of them all ever spared America for courtesy's sake or kindness...
Page 340 - So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
Page 373 - After passing General Lee and his Staff, I rode on through the woods in the direction in which I had left Longstreet. I soon began to meet many wounded men returning from the front; many of them asked in piteous tones the way to a doctor or an ambulance. The further I got, the greater became the number of the wounded. At last I came to a perfect stream of them...