Blackwood's Magazine, Volumen77W. Blackwood, 1855 |
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... able men - or , if we are wrong in using the plural number , we may employ the singular , when we indicate Lord Palmerston . He , at least , was equal to the emergency , but he was no longer Secretary for Foreign Affairs . The house ...
... able men - or , if we are wrong in using the plural number , we may employ the singular , when we indicate Lord Palmerston . He , at least , was equal to the emergency , but he was no longer Secretary for Foreign Affairs . The house ...
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... able to the military spirit . In the last war the Highlands of Scotland presented an unrivalled recruiting field , for the population was then greater than the capital expended in those districts could employ , and the warlike spirit of ...
... able to the military spirit . In the last war the Highlands of Scotland presented an unrivalled recruiting field , for the population was then greater than the capital expended in those districts could employ , and the warlike spirit of ...
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... able to command of an unlimited number of cars and cattle , that march was effected at such a rapid rate , that on one day a march of forty - two miles was actually effected . Now , I may be imprudent in making these confessions , but I ...
... able to command of an unlimited number of cars and cattle , that march was effected at such a rapid rate , that on one day a march of forty - two miles was actually effected . Now , I may be imprudent in making these confessions , but I ...
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... able is their other blunder , in hav- ing omitted to provide a sufficient reserve force in the Mediterranean , to strengthen our army as soon as the siege of Sebastopol was begun . They failed in doing this ; and the conse- quence has ...
... able is their other blunder , in hav- ing omitted to provide a sufficient reserve force in the Mediterranean , to strengthen our army as soon as the siege of Sebastopol was begun . They failed in doing this ; and the conse- quence has ...
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... able ? " Improvident economy " in- deed ! Highly complimentary this to Lord John Russell , the former reducer of the forces ; and to Mr Gladstone , who , no later than eight months ago , stated that he did not require more money ! But ...
... able ? " Improvident economy " in- deed ! Highly complimentary this to Lord John Russell , the former reducer of the forces ; and to Mr Gladstone , who , no later than eight months ago , stated that he did not require more money ! But ...
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Página 37 - ... to do my duty in that state of life, unto which it shall please God to call me.
Página 37 - My duty towards my neighbour is, to love him as myself, and to do to all men as I would they should do unto me...
Página 225 - ... keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the hope" — we have presumed to court the assistance of the friends of the drama to strengthen our infant institution.
Página 252 - His house was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain ; The long-remember'd beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; The ruin'd spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claim'd kindred there, and had his claims allow'd...
Página 212 - The village communities are little republics, having nearly everything that they want within themselves, and almost independent of any foreign relations. They seem to last where nothing else lasts. Dynasty after dynasty tumbles down : revolution succeeds to revolution; Hindu, Pathan, Moghul, Mahratta, Sikh, English are masters in turn ; but the village communities remain the same...
Página 109 - Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head...
Página 314 - I remember a mass of things, but nothing distinctly ; a quarrel, but nothing wherefore. — O, that men should put an enemy in their mouths, to steal away their brains ! that we should, with joy, revel, pleasure, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts ! lago.
Página 212 - English, are all masters in turn, but the village communities remain the same. In times of trouble they arm and fortify themselves : a hostile army passes through the country : the village communities collect their cattle within their walls and let the enemy pass unprovoked.
Página 313 - Then to the well-trod stage anon If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild.
Página 261 - OLD as I am, for ladies' love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet, Which once inflam'd my soul, and still inspires my wit.