The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 85Archibald Constable and Company, 1820 - English literature |
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... town by porters , who surround- ed us in great numbers , and although the canals always pass through the towns of Holland , yet by some unac- countable mismanagement in the con- struction of the navigation , which is much narrowed on ...
... town by porters , who surround- ed us in great numbers , and although the canals always pass through the towns of Holland , yet by some unac- countable mismanagement in the con- struction of the navigation , which is much narrowed on ...
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... town of Ryswick , where the famous peace was signed ; and at half past eight we enter the Hague , and stop at the hotel called the " Parliament of England . " ( To be continued . ) S. general character which we form of the Dutch nation ...
... town of Ryswick , where the famous peace was signed ; and at half past eight we enter the Hague , and stop at the hotel called the " Parliament of England . " ( To be continued . ) S. general character which we form of the Dutch nation ...
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... town may be produced a few years before any au- thentic ones can be produced for the University , viz . under Henry I. and King John ; as for those of Arthur Cadwallador , and the Bulls of Hono- rius and Sergius , which relate to the ...
... town may be produced a few years before any au- thentic ones can be produced for the University , viz . under Henry I. and King John ; as for those of Arthur Cadwallador , and the Bulls of Hono- rius and Sergius , which relate to the ...
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... town . These houses were called halls , hostles , or inns , hospitia studiosorum : princi- pals were the persons presiding in them ; the magistri were the tutors , the rest were scholares , scholars , or students . The chancellor , who ...
... town . These houses were called halls , hostles , or inns , hospitia studiosorum : princi- pals were the persons presiding in them ; the magistri were the tutors , the rest were scholares , scholars , or students . The chancellor , who ...
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... - tenham , a few miles from Cambridge , whence his monks used to come re- gularly to that town to give lectures . Their scholars were divided into clas- ses , and their first lecture - room was a University of Cambridge . [ Jan.
... - tenham , a few miles from Cambridge , whence his monks used to come re- gularly to that town to give lectures . Their scholars were divided into clas- ses , and their first lecture - room was a University of Cambridge . [ Jan.
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Page 244 - Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
Page 245 - If music be the food of love, play on ; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.
Page 243 - We, that are of purer fire, Imitate the starry quire ; Who, in their nightly watchful spheres, Lead in swift round the months and years.
Page 46 - And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
Page 243 - We that are of purer fire Imitate the starry quire. Who in their nightly watchful spheres Lead in swift round the months and years. The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the moon in wavering morrice move ; And on the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves.
Page 245 - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids, that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Page 244 - And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The virtuous mind, that ever walks attended By a strong siding champion, Conscience.
Page 243 - Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves, And ye that on the sands with printless foot Do chase the ebbing Neptune and do fly him When he comes back...
Page 242 - And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon. Mortals, that would follow me, Love Virtue ; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
Page 29 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...