The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volumen84Archibald Constable and Company, 1819 |
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... ministers and advisers of this un- fortunate princess , as being in fact her enemies , as well as of their country . " They persuaded her that Cologne would be a more agreeable residence than the palace of Luxenbourg , which she had ...
... ministers and advisers of this un- fortunate princess , as being in fact her enemies , as well as of their country . " They persuaded her that Cologne would be a more agreeable residence than the palace of Luxenbourg , which she had ...
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... Minister , M. Gourieff , dated 9th April last , it appears that about 118 millions of assignats have already been withdrawn from circulation , and it is estimated that in the next two years an additional 100 millions will be cancelled ...
... Minister , M. Gourieff , dated 9th April last , it appears that about 118 millions of assignats have already been withdrawn from circulation , and it is estimated that in the next two years an additional 100 millions will be cancelled ...
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... Ministry had emp- tied their coffers , and multiplied their notes - increased their debts , and lessened their means of payment . " It was then owing , " says Mr Ricar- do , " to the too intimate connection between the Bank and ...
... Ministry had emp- tied their coffers , and multiplied their notes - increased their debts , and lessened their means of payment . " It was then owing , " says Mr Ricar- do , " to the too intimate connection between the Bank and ...
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... ministers sprang up within the land , of no public virtue , no ex- panded thought , utterly unconscious that man can be improved ; exhibiting in their heartless measures that practical ferocity 4 . • against his life ; that you had seen ...
... ministers sprang up within the land , of no public virtue , no ex- panded thought , utterly unconscious that man can be improved ; exhibiting in their heartless measures that practical ferocity 4 . • against his life ; that you had seen ...
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... ministry , whose infatuated counsels had lost America , and whose tardiness and in- sincerity with respect to Ireland had been encouraging the spirit of resistance there , were removed , and successors appointed with instructions to ...
... ministry , whose infatuated counsels had lost America , and whose tardiness and in- sincerity with respect to Ireland had been encouraging the spirit of resistance there , were removed , and successors appointed with instructions to ...
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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.