Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 7W. Blackwood & Sons, 1820 - Scotland |
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... fair race of reputation , and public criticism compels genius to finish her labours with an elegant and scrupulous exact- ness . Not so with sketches and draw- ings . Simplicity is the presiding star of art - a simple design has a mean ...
... fair race of reputation , and public criticism compels genius to finish her labours with an elegant and scrupulous exact- ness . Not so with sketches and draw- ings . Simplicity is the presiding star of art - a simple design has a mean ...
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... fair reputation of themselves . We have confined our- selves to those with which we are most conversant . In the conception and in the finish of his works , the artist is extremely fastidious , and meditates with a care , and works with ...
... fair reputation of themselves . We have confined our- selves to those with which we are most conversant . In the conception and in the finish of his works , the artist is extremely fastidious , and meditates with a care , and works with ...
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... fair and open with the Re- formers on this point as I am . And why , gentlemen , is it that I am satisfied with a system which , it is said , no man can support who is not in love with corruption ? Is it that I , more than any other man ...
... fair and open with the Re- formers on this point as I am . And why , gentlemen , is it that I am satisfied with a system which , it is said , no man can support who is not in love with corruption ? Is it that I , more than any other man ...
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... fair dis- cussion , between the contending par- ties which we denominate , ( for want of more proper terms of distinction ) Whig and Tory ? Let us first calmly consider what is the actual situation of the country , and then , if we can ...
... fair dis- cussion , between the contending par- ties which we denominate , ( for want of more proper terms of distinction ) Whig and Tory ? Let us first calmly consider what is the actual situation of the country , and then , if we can ...
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... fair and well - judging part of the community , that very abuse and misrepresentation are instruments of no potency in their hands when opposed to similar weapons in the grasp of their antagonists . The world , which looks upon the ...
... fair and well - judging part of the community , that very abuse and misrepresentation are instruments of no potency in their hands when opposed to similar weapons in the grasp of their antagonists . The world , which looks upon the ...
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Page 166 - Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome! those caves of ice!
Page 149 - Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Page 166 - In the touch of this bosom there worketh a spell, Which is lord of thy utterance, Christabel...
Page 269 - The parties broke up without noise and without confusion. They were carried home by their own carriages; that is to say, by the vehicles Nature had provided them, excepting such of the wealthy as could afford to keep a wagon.
Page 436 - Katterfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread.
Page 269 - ... monkey divertisements of smart young gentlemen, with no brains at all. On the contrary, the young ladies seated themselves demurely in their rush-bottomed chairs, and knit their own woollen stockings; nor ever opened their lips, excepting to say yah Mynheer...
Page 202 - THE FANCY: A Selection from the Poetical Remains of the late Peter Corcoran, of Gray's Inn, student at law. With a brief Memoir of his life.
Page 141 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Page 75 - With cool and verdant gardens interspersed ; Here towers of war that frown in massy strength. While over all hangs the rich purple eve, As conscious of its being her last farewell Of light and glory to that fated city. And. as our clouds of battle dust and smoke Are melted into air, behold the Temple...
Page 269 - The company being seated around the genial board, and each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in lanching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises at sea, or our Indians spear salmon in the lakes.