Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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... vast talent which was engulfed in the contention ; the accession of a more virtuous age buries in the dust the fancy which was enlisted in the cause of corruption ; while these illustrious men, whose writings have struck root in the ...
... vast talent which was engulfed in the contention ; the accession of a more virtuous age buries in the dust the fancy which was enlisted in the cause of corruption ; while these illustrious men, whose writings have struck root in the ...
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... vast charnel - houses ; marriage was contracted before a civil magistrate ; and infancy , untaught to pronounce the name of God , longed only for the period when the passions and indulgences of life were to com- mence . It was in these ...
... vast charnel - houses ; marriage was contracted before a civil magistrate ; and infancy , untaught to pronounce the name of God , longed only for the period when the passions and indulgences of life were to com- mence . It was in these ...
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... vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps , And throned eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity , where forms and falls The avalanche - the thunderbolt of snow , - " Even these , the most glorious objects which the eye of ...
... vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps , And throned eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity , where forms and falls The avalanche - the thunderbolt of snow , - " Even these , the most glorious objects which the eye of ...
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... vast labyrinth of foliage which lies beneath his feet . And , at the moment that the forests are rejoicing at the sight of their new inmate , an aged bird , who feels himself abandoned by his wings , quietly rests beside a stream ...
... vast labyrinth of foliage which lies beneath his feet . And , at the moment that the forests are rejoicing at the sight of their new inmate , an aged bird , who feels himself abandoned by his wings , quietly rests beside a stream ...
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... vast temple , at which the Athenians toiled for seven centuries , which all the kings of Asia laboured to finish , which Adrian , the ruler of the world , had first the glory to com- plete , has sunk under the hand of time , and the ...
... vast temple , at which the Athenians toiled for seven centuries , which all the kings of Asia laboured to finish , which Adrian , the ruler of the world , had first the glory to com- plete , has sunk under the hand of time , and the ...
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Sivu 350 - Nearer to the beach, the tide rippled onward in waves of sparkling silver, that imperceptibly, yet rapidly, gained upon the sand. With a mind employed in admiration of the romantic scene, or perhaps on some more agitating topic, Miss Wardour advanced in silence by her father's side, whose recently offended dignity did not stoop to open any conversation. Following the windings of the beach, they passed one projecting point or headland of rock after another, and now found themselves under a huge and...