Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 94W. Blackwood & Sons, 1863 |
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... feels only the unalloyed satisfaction of belief in his merits . And thus , having cited one traditional anec dote of ... feel quite sure that his faith in posterity is a sound one . Granted that he have an internal conviction , which ap ...
... feels only the unalloyed satisfaction of belief in his merits . And thus , having cited one traditional anec dote of ... feel quite sure that his faith in posterity is a sound one . Granted that he have an internal conviction , which ap ...
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... feel much de- light in his palaces if he built them of snow ; and even should he build . them of marble , his anguish , as artist , would be keen if he dis- covered that he had committed some so great fault in mechanics , that his ...
... feel much de- light in his palaces if he built them of snow ; and even should he build . them of marble , his anguish , as artist , would be keen if he dis- covered that he had committed some so great fault in mechanics , that his ...
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... feel any very sensible called our moral qualities -- while joy . the desire of renown among those For indeed it does happen to not endeared to us by personal love many of us to be told in middle and esteem , for qualities purely life or ...
... feel any very sensible called our moral qualities -- while joy . the desire of renown among those For indeed it does happen to not endeared to us by personal love many of us to be told in middle and esteem , for qualities purely life or ...
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... feel the weight of their obligations out arrière pensée to visit them , to France little less oppressive than and have no reason to disguise the tyranny from which they es- their feelings on political subjects . caped , if they owed ...
... feel the weight of their obligations out arrière pensée to visit them , to France little less oppressive than and have no reason to disguise the tyranny from which they es- their feelings on political subjects . caped , if they owed ...
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... feel the same confidence in being able to elude the vigilance of the fron- tier officials , though had I pos- sessed my subsequent experience , I need not have been so prudent . The force of circumstances has obliged the Poles , when ...
... feel the same confidence in being able to elude the vigilance of the fron- tier officials , though had I pos- sessed my subsequent experience , I need not have been so prudent . The force of circumstances has obliged the Poles , when ...
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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...