The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volumen84Archibald Constable and Company, 1819 |
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of Government . Of this I witnessed the following instance . In a district called the Manderaggio , inhabited only by the very lowest order of the people , the streets were so exceedingly narrow , and the houses contained so many ...
of Government . Of this I witnessed the following instance . In a district called the Manderaggio , inhabited only by the very lowest order of the people , the streets were so exceedingly narrow , and the houses contained so many ...
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... called " Bills of Redemption , " to be retired by a sort of sinking fund for- med by the sale of ecclesiastical pro- perty . The misery and destruction of property that was thus occasioned may be conceived , but cannot be de- scribed ...
... called " Bills of Redemption , " to be retired by a sort of sinking fund for- med by the sale of ecclesiastical pro- perty . The misery and destruction of property that was thus occasioned may be conceived , but cannot be de- scribed ...
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... called upon her citizens to arm in their de- fence , and a corps of volunteers was immediately established . " The coun- try at large ardently followed her ex- ample . Forty thousand volunteers were on foot with incredible rapidity ...
... called upon her citizens to arm in their de- fence , and a corps of volunteers was immediately established . " The coun- try at large ardently followed her ex- ample . Forty thousand volunteers were on foot with incredible rapidity ...
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... called upon to give a ver- dict that every man of us , and every man of you , know , by the testimony of your own eyes , to be utterly and absolutely clanations for informers with a promise of false ? I speak not now of the public pro ...
... called upon to give a ver- dict that every man of us , and every man of you , know , by the testimony of your own eyes , to be utterly and absolutely clanations for informers with a promise of false ? I speak not now of the public pro ...
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... called Théné . 66 He was a long time before he could prevail upon his guide to conduct him to Timbou , the principal town of Fouta - Dyallou . Almany , " said the guide to him , " will put me to death for having introduced a white man ...
... called Théné . 66 He was a long time before he could prevail upon his guide to conduct him to Timbou , the principal town of Fouta - Dyallou . Almany , " said the guide to him , " will put me to death for having introduced a white man ...
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Página 134 - Biron they call him; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest...
Página 326 - He now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn. But it, too, was gone. A large, rickety wooden building stood in its place, with great gaping windows, some of them broken and mended with old hats and petticoats, and over the door was painted, "The Union Hotel, by Jonathan Doolittle.
Página 325 - On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes — it was a bright sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling aloft, and breasting the pure mountain breeze. "Surely," thought Rip, "I have not slept here all night.
Página 252 - And, ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum, with furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.
Página 326 - ... at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done? the morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and gun; he dreaded to meet his wife; but it would not do to starve among the mountains.
Página 328 - Half-moon ; being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon the river and the great city called by his name.
Página 317 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant Nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Página 326 - The rocks presented a high impenetrable wall, over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest. Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog ; he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows...
Página 326 - ... gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had thought himself acquainted with every one in the country round.
Página 326 - He found the house gone to decay, the roof fallen in, the windows shattered, and the doors off the hinges. A half-starved dog that looked like Wolf was skulking about it. Rip called him by name ; but the cur snarled, showed his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed.