The Metropolitan Magazine, Volumen28Saunders and Otley, 1840 |
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... looked upon as a living personification of Scott's romantic hero of the anvil and ham- mer , the knightly armourer Gow Chrom , in the " Fair Maid of Perth , " a novel which had recently risen into public favour among us , through the ...
... looked upon as a living personification of Scott's romantic hero of the anvil and ham- mer , the knightly armourer Gow Chrom , in the " Fair Maid of Perth , " a novel which had recently risen into public favour among us , through the ...
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... looked a felonious thrust awkwardly aimed at my nether limbs , rather , I suppose , through ignorance than malice , the hostile sword plunged freely and deeply into my right thigh , and a few drops of blood streaked the unspotted ...
... looked a felonious thrust awkwardly aimed at my nether limbs , rather , I suppose , through ignorance than malice , the hostile sword plunged freely and deeply into my right thigh , and a few drops of blood streaked the unspotted ...
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... looked , in this instance , unusually gloomy . The insurrection of July , and the thundering tidings of Belgian , German , and Polish revolutions , had thrown all Italy into a frantic convulsion . Austria , and her dependent states ...
... looked , in this instance , unusually gloomy . The insurrection of July , and the thundering tidings of Belgian , German , and Polish revolutions , had thrown all Italy into a frantic convulsion . Austria , and her dependent states ...
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... looked with a guilty complacency on the wrongs of my bleeding country , cherishing in my heart the idea that I had been appointed , by the wisdom of Providence , to the great task of a redeeming avenger . I had thought that evil had ...
... looked with a guilty complacency on the wrongs of my bleeding country , cherishing in my heart the idea that I had been appointed , by the wisdom of Providence , to the great task of a redeeming avenger . I had thought that evil had ...
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... should dawn only to demolish at one stroke that castle of cards which had cost me and my friends so much pain , and which looked so fair and luminous on the eve . EJUS CRUX . BY EDWARD HOWARD , AUTHOR OF " 24 Memoirs of an Italian Exile .
... should dawn only to demolish at one stroke that castle of cards which had cost me and my friends so much pain , and which looked so fair and luminous on the eve . EJUS CRUX . BY EDWARD HOWARD , AUTHOR OF " 24 Memoirs of an Italian Exile .
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Página 61 - Americans of all ages, all conditions, and all dispositions constantly form associations. They have not only commercial and manufacturing companies, in which all take part, but associations of a thousand other kinds, religious, moral, serious, futile, general or restricted, enormous or diminutive.
Página 94 - Rebellion ! foul, dishonouring word, Whose wrongful blight so oft has stain'd The holiest cause that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gain'd. How many a spirit, born to bless, Hath sunk beneath that withering name, Whom but a day's — an hour's success Had wafted to eternal fame...
Página 30 - I am persuaded, his power and interest, at that time, was greater to do, good or hurt, than any man's in the kingdom, or than any man of his rank hath had in any time : for his reputation of honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so publicly guided, that no corrupt or private ends could bias them.
Página 14 - Year Book of Facts in Science and Art, exhibiting the most important Discoveries and Improvements in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Meteorology, Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Geography, Antiquities, etc.
Página 62 - As soon as several of the inhabitants of the United States have taken up an opinion or a feeling which they wish to promote in the world, they look out for mutual assistance; and as soon as they have found one another out, they combine. From that moment they are no longer isolated men, but a power seen from afar, whose actions serve for an example and whose language is listened to.
Página 368 - They were put to death with exquisite cruelty, and to their sufferings Nero added mockery and derision. Some were covered with the skins of wild beasts, and left to be devoured by dogs ; others were nailed to the cross ; numbers were burnt alive ; and many, covered over with inflammable matter, were lighted up, when the day declined, to serve as torches during the night.
Página 61 - They have not only commercial and manufacturing companies, in which all take part, but associations of a thousand other kinds, religious, moral, serious, futile, general or restricted, enormous or diminutive. The Americans make associations to give entertainments, to found seminaries, to build inns, to construct churches, to diffuse books, to send missionaries to the antipodes; in this manner they found hospitals, prisons, and schools.
Página 62 - It is easy to foresee that the time is drawing near when man will be less and less able to produce, of himself alone, the commonest necessaries of life. The task of the governing power will therefore perpetually increase, and its very efforts will extend it every day.
Página 63 - The first time I heard in the United States that a hundred thousand men had bound themselves publicly to abstain from spirituous liquors, it appeared to me more like a joke than a serious engagement ; and I did not at once perceive why these temperate citizens could not content themselves with drinking water by their own firesides.
Página 62 - ... manage all the speculations of productive industry. No sooner does a government attempt to go beyond its political sphere and to enter upon this new track, than it exercises, even unintentionally, an insupportable tyranny ; for a government can only dictate strict rules, the opinions which it favours are rigidly enforced, and it is never easy to discriminate between its advice and its commands. Worse still will be the case if the government really believes itself interested in preventing all...