The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volumen84Archibald Constable and Company, 1819 |
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... important constitu- tional acts were passed in Ireland during this short administration . A habeas cor- pus act , the repeal of the perpetual mutiny bill , the act for the independence of the judges , an act in favour of dissenting Pro ...
... important constitu- tional acts were passed in Ireland during this short administration . A habeas cor- pus act , the repeal of the perpetual mutiny bill , the act for the independence of the judges , an act in favour of dissenting Pro ...
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... important a discovery ; for , although he had not the means of making astronomical observations , ît appears that his views bring the three sources of the Senegal , the Gambia , and the Rio Grande , much nearer to each other than the ...
... important a discovery ; for , although he had not the means of making astronomical observations , ît appears that his views bring the three sources of the Senegal , the Gambia , and the Rio Grande , much nearer to each other than the ...
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... important question between the Earl of Fife and Sir James Duff and others , the trustees of the late Lord Fife , the Second Division of the Court of Session did , on Tuesday , the 8th instant , on advising informations for the parties ...
... important question between the Earl of Fife and Sir James Duff and others , the trustees of the late Lord Fife , the Second Division of the Court of Session did , on Tuesday , the 8th instant , on advising informations for the parties ...
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... important appeal cause , respecting the old leases of Panmure and rechin Castle , was decided on Friday last by the House of Lords in favour of the Hon . Wil- liam Maule . rooms . Dreadful Fire . An alarming fire broke out on Saturday ...
... important appeal cause , respecting the old leases of Panmure and rechin Castle , was decided on Friday last by the House of Lords in favour of the Hon . Wil- liam Maule . rooms . Dreadful Fire . An alarming fire broke out on Saturday ...
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... important towns , the number of persons assembled has averaged from 10,000 to 15,000 ; at all the meetings a large portion of ardour and ignorance has been displayed by the speakers . The attractive doctrine of annual parliaments and ...
... important towns , the number of persons assembled has averaged from 10,000 to 15,000 ; at all the meetings a large portion of ardour and ignorance has been displayed by the speakers . The attractive doctrine of annual parliaments and ...
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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.