Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volumen6W. Blackwood & Sons, 1820 |
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... Hill , ( if it is the Calton now that it once was , for I cannot look out at any window and see the tricks which improvement has been playing with this admired rock ) , would be too large a base for this building , the mountain would ...
... Hill , ( if it is the Calton now that it once was , for I cannot look out at any window and see the tricks which improvement has been playing with this admired rock ) , would be too large a base for this building , the mountain would ...
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... Calton - hill . N.B. - The Observations are made twice every day , at nine o'clock , forenoon , and four o'clock , after . noon . The second Observation in the afternoon , in the first column , is taken by the Register Thermometer ...
... Calton - hill . N.B. - The Observations are made twice every day , at nine o'clock , forenoon , and four o'clock , after . noon . The second Observation in the afternoon , in the first column , is taken by the Register Thermometer ...
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... Calton Hill seems calculated , in a most re- markable and fortunate manner , for the attainment of this object . The striking similarity of this hill to the Acropolis , has been observed by every traveller , and may be perceived , in ...
... Calton Hill seems calculated , in a most re- markable and fortunate manner , for the attainment of this object . The striking similarity of this hill to the Acropolis , has been observed by every traveller , and may be perceived , in ...
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... Calton Hill , on the same dimensions with the original , for £ 40,000 . In making this estimate , we have reason to believe , that we are ra- ther beyond than within the mark . It is 240 feet long , 120 broad , and some- what under 60 ...
... Calton Hill , on the same dimensions with the original , for £ 40,000 . In making this estimate , we have reason to believe , that we are ra- ther beyond than within the mark . It is 240 feet long , 120 broad , and some- what under 60 ...
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... Calton Hill , it proceeds entirely on a misapprehen- sion of the fact . The Calton Hill is in fact larger than the Acropolis of Athens ; the situation which Pericles and Phidias selected for the Temple of Minerva , and to the admirable ...
... Calton Hill , it proceeds entirely on a misapprehen- sion of the fact . The Calton Hill is in fact larger than the Acropolis of Athens ; the situation which Pericles and Phidias selected for the Temple of Minerva , and to the admirable ...
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Página 271 - And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. 30 And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: 31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
Página 354 - Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe; He was not of an age, but for all time! And all the Muses still were in their prime When like Apollo he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm! Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines!
Página 2 - Few sorrows hath she of her own, My hope ! my joy ! my Genevieve ! She loves me best whene'er I sing The songs that make her grieve. I played a soft and doleful air, I sang an old and moving story — An old, rude song that suited well That ruin wild and hoary.
Página 57 - I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news ; Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet) Told of a many thousand warlike French, That were embattailed and rank'd in Kent.
Página 139 - More graceful than her own. His wandering step Obedient to high thoughts, has visited The awful ruins of the days of old : Athens, and Tyre, and Balbec, and the waste Where stood Jerusalem, the fallen towers Of Babylon, the eternal pyramids, Memphis and Thebes, and whatsoe'er of strange Sculptured on alabaster obelisk, Or jasper tomb, or mutilated sphynx, Dark /Ethiopia in her desert hills Conceals.
Página 179 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but the impression deeper makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.