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... tain favourite theories . We shall , however , reach something like good sense on money at length , perhaps . I say good , and not common sense ; for the common sense on the subject of money , as on many others , has a good deal of that ...
... tain favourite theories . We shall , however , reach something like good sense on money at length , perhaps . I say good , and not common sense ; for the common sense on the subject of money , as on many others , has a good deal of that ...
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... tain . Latterly , he became an abso- lute mendicant , and I saw him refu- sed quarters at the house of my uncle , Mrat ( himself a most ex- cellent Border piper . ) I begged hard to have him let in , but my uncle was inexorable ...
... tain . Latterly , he became an abso- lute mendicant , and I saw him refu- sed quarters at the house of my uncle , Mrat ( himself a most ex- cellent Border piper . ) I begged hard to have him let in , but my uncle was inexorable ...
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... tain about the nature of their separate language . They certainly do frequent- ly converse in such a way as complete- ly to conceal their meaning from other people ; but it seems doubtful whe- ther the jargon they use , on such oc ...
... tain about the nature of their separate language . They certainly do frequent- ly converse in such a way as complete- ly to conceal their meaning from other people ; but it seems doubtful whe- ther the jargon they use , on such oc ...
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... tain , in a state of barbarism and wretchedness scarcely equalled by that of their brethren in India . From such of our readers as may have had opportunities of observing the man- ners , or investigating the origin and peculiar dialect ...
... tain , in a state of barbarism and wretchedness scarcely equalled by that of their brethren in India . From such of our readers as may have had opportunities of observing the man- ners , or investigating the origin and peculiar dialect ...
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... tain . Were the taste of the author equal to his genius , and his judgment always sufficient to control the fervours of his imagination , the labours of Dr Chalmers could not fail to be infinitely beneficial . But here lies our author's ...
... tain . Were the taste of the author equal to his genius , and his judgment always sufficient to control the fervours of his imagination , the labours of Dr Chalmers could not fail to be infinitely beneficial . But here lies our author's ...
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Page 365 - Appear like mice; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight: The murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high: — I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.
Page 449 - Duncan is in his grave; After life's fitful fever he sleeps well; Treason has done his worst: nor steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing Can touch him further.
Page 365 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 270 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him.
Page 284 - Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains: They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.
Page 483 - Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest; with, such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Page 277 - There was a time," he said, in mild, Heart-humbled tones, "thou blessed child! When, young and haply pure as thou, I looked and prayed like thee; but now — " He hung his head ; each nobler aim And hope and feeling, which had slept From boyhood's hour, that instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence; In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only sense Of guiltless joy that guilt can know. "There's a drop...
Page 278 - Then to advise how war may, best upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage...
Page 286 - I do bear This punishment for both — that thou wilt be One of the blessed — and that I shall die ; For hitherto all hateful things conspire To bind me in existence — in a life Which makes me shrink from immortality — A future like the past.
Page 502 - Alas! — how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm, when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships that have gone down at sea, When heaven was all tranquillity...