Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 69W. Blackwood., 1851 |
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... continued working , and the extreme hardness of the rock in which they were imbedded farther down , which seems to be a general law of nature all over the world , * and which rendered working them , to any con- siderable depth , no ...
... continued working , and the extreme hardness of the rock in which they were imbedded farther down , which seems to be a general law of nature all over the world , * and which rendered working them , to any con- siderable depth , no ...
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... continued prosperity which the progressive rise of prices consequent on the discovery of the South American mines produced dur- ing the sixteenth and seventeenth cen- turies . It was 4 [ Jan. The Currency Extension Act of Nature .
... continued prosperity which the progressive rise of prices consequent on the discovery of the South American mines produced dur- ing the sixteenth and seventeenth cen- turies . It was 4 [ Jan. The Currency Extension Act of Nature .
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... continued until the remuneration it affords for la- bour is brought to a level with the advan- tages offered elsewhere , there is no reason , so long as we are without accounts of an apparent limit to the field of operations , to ...
... continued until the remuneration it affords for la- bour is brought to a level with the advan- tages offered elsewhere , there is no reason , so long as we are without accounts of an apparent limit to the field of operations , to ...
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... continued increase in their supply in any part of the world . But in a commercial and opulent community such as Great Britain , where the greater part of its undertakings are carried on by means of money advanced by banks in their own ...
... continued increase in their supply in any part of the world . But in a commercial and opulent community such as Great Britain , where the greater part of its undertakings are carried on by means of money advanced by banks in their own ...
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... continued depression and agony , interrupted only by fleeting gleams of prosperity , of the last thirty years , as the sudden expansion and contraction of the currency conse- quent on its being made dependent on the presence or absence ...
... continued depression and agony , interrupted only by fleeting gleams of prosperity , of the last thirty years , as the sudden expansion and contraction of the currency conse- quent on its being made dependent on the presence or absence ...
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Page 441 - For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men...
Page 131 - 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 442 - 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.
Page 529 - This water his blood that died on the tree; 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...
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 576 - And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul : but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Page 520 - Forever — never! Never — forever!" There groups of merry children played, There youths and maidens dreaming strayed; O precious hours! O golden prime, And affluence of love and time! Even as a miser counts his gold, Those hours the ancient timepiece told, — "Forever — never! Never — forever!
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 528 - And there's never a leaf or a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives...
Page 518 - Then the Master, With a gesture of command, Waved his hand; And at the word, Loud and sudden there was heard, All around them and below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see! she stirs! She starts,— she moves,— she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And, spurning with her foot the ground, With one exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms!