Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 29W. Blackwood & Sons, 1831 |
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Page 178
... existence who gained most by the revolution , Napoleon Bonaparte . " The con- cessions of Neckar , were the work of a man ignorant of the first prin- ciples of the government of mankind . It was he who overturned the mo- narchy , and ...
... existence who gained most by the revolution , Napoleon Bonaparte . " The con- cessions of Neckar , were the work of a man ignorant of the first prin- ciples of the government of mankind . It was he who overturned the mo- narchy , and ...
Page 179
... existence of a general clamour in newspapers , orators , and public meetings , proves that the passions are afloat , not that reason is predo- minant . During the whole of 1828 , the journals , not only of England , but of Europe , were ...
... existence of a general clamour in newspapers , orators , and public meetings , proves that the passions are afloat , not that reason is predo- minant . During the whole of 1828 , the journals , not only of England , but of Europe , were ...
Page 181
... existence of public excite- ment is a sufficient reason for select- ing this as the period for the most anxious examination into any real grievances that may oppress the peo ple , and the immediate repeal of all restrictions on , or ...
... existence of public excite- ment is a sufficient reason for select- ing this as the period for the most anxious examination into any real grievances that may oppress the peo ple , and the immediate repeal of all restrictions on , or ...
Page 186
... existence and support of millions of individuals dependent upon these , shall be protected and preserved , or abandoned and destroyed . This is the real point at issue ; nor is the question confined to the state of things in the ...
... existence and support of millions of individuals dependent upon these , shall be protected and preserved , or abandoned and destroyed . This is the real point at issue ; nor is the question confined to the state of things in the ...
Page 196
... existence of personal slavery amongst any people , degrades and debases alike the nation and the individuals . Where is the understanding of my countrymen supposed to be fled to ? Does history say this ? Is the Creole slave in our ...
... existence of personal slavery amongst any people , degrades and debases alike the nation and the individuals . Where is the understanding of my countrymen supposed to be fled to ? Does history say this ? Is the Creole slave in our ...
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Page 445 - And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren ; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit.
Page 279 - The Lord giveth, and the Lord ' taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Page 292 - Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave ! Wave, Munich ! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry.
Page 183 - If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve : and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
Page 279 - The hour of my departure's come; I hear the voice that calls me home: Now, O my God ! let trouble cease.
Page 291 - Thy most magnificent and mighty freak, The wonder of the North. No forest fell, When thou wouldst build ; no quarry sent its stores T' enrich thy walls : but thou didst hew the floods, And make thy marble of the glassy wave.
Page 283 - Smooth'd up with snow ; and what is land, unknown, What water, of the still unfrozen spring, In the loose marsh or solitary lake, Where the fresh fountain from the bottom boils.
Page 184 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever...
Page 30 - ... illegal violence, with whatever pretences it may be covered, and whatever object it may pursue, must inevitably end at last in the arbitrary and despotic government of a single person.
Page 302 - At the dead hour of night was heard the cry Of one in jeopardy. I rose, and ran To where the circling eddy of a pool Beneath the ford, us'd oft to bring within My reach whatever floating thing the stream Had caught.