The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volume 71Archibald Constable and Company, 1809 - English literature |
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... cause , or exciting prin- ciple of all genuine poetry , consists of certain qualities , powers , and passions , in the human mind , which may be comprehended under the following heads : namely , sensibility ; --- fancy or imagination ...
... cause , or exciting prin- ciple of all genuine poetry , consists of certain qualities , powers , and passions , in the human mind , which may be comprehended under the following heads : namely , sensibility ; --- fancy or imagination ...
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... causes which lead mankind to such absurdity and error , concluding with some observations on the conse- quences or ... cause is vanity , of which all mankind possess less or more . To be silent on any subject started in con- versation ...
... causes which lead mankind to such absurdity and error , concluding with some observations on the conse- quences or ... cause is vanity , of which all mankind possess less or more . To be silent on any subject started in con- versation ...
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... cause to re- joice at the limited and just proportion allotted to him . But , unfortunately , for the progress of science , and the im- provement of true taste , literary and professional men , instead of prosecut- ing studies ...
... cause to re- joice at the limited and just proportion allotted to him . But , unfortunately , for the progress of science , and the im- provement of true taste , literary and professional men , instead of prosecut- ing studies ...
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... cause they were Frenchmen born . The incapacity and baseness of a General had put into your power troops who had surrendered on the field of battle , and the capitulation has been violated . You , M. Morla , what sort of an epistle did ...
... cause they were Frenchmen born . The incapacity and baseness of a General had put into your power troops who had surrendered on the field of battle , and the capitulation has been violated . You , M. Morla , what sort of an epistle did ...
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... cause it to be respected by the guilty ; for God hath given me power and inclination to surmount all obstacles ! ” Given at our Imperial Camp at Madrid , Dec. 7. 1808 . Next to this proclamation come the pro- ceedings of a municipal ...
... cause it to be respected by the guilty ; for God hath given me power and inclination to surmount all obstacles ! ” Given at our Imperial Camp at Madrid , Dec. 7. 1808 . Next to this proclamation come the pro- ceedings of a municipal ...
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Page 207 - I'll wage thee. Who shall say that Fortune grieves him, While the star of hope she leaves him? Me, nae cheerfu' twinkle lights me ; Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy ; But to see her was to love her; Love but her, and love for ever.
Page 37 - Liberty have ever found their first support, and their last asylum; a country, the birthplace of many famous Philosophers, Soldiers, and Statesmen, and the scene of many important events recorded in Scottish History, particularly a great many of the actions of the Glorious Wallace, the Saviour of his country; Yet, we have never had one Scotch Poet of any eminence, to make the fertile banks of Irvine, the romantic woodlands and sequestered scenes on Aire, and the heathy mountainous source, and winding...
Page 54 - It has demonstrated to foreign nations the moderation and firmness which govern our councils, and to our citizens the necessity of uniting in support of the laws and the rights of their country, and has thus long frustrated those usurpations and spoliations which, if resisted, involved war; if submitted to, sacrificed a vital principle of our national independence.
Page 301 - In these my confidence will under every difficulty be best placed, next to that which we have all been encouraged to feel in the guardianship and guidance of that Almighty Being whose power regulates the destiny of nations, whose blessings have been so conspicuously dispensed to this rising Republic, and to whom we are bound to address our devout gratitude for the past, as well as our fervent supplications and best hopes for the future.
Page 36 - Does any man tell me that my full efforts can be of no service; and that it does not belong to my humble station to meddle with the concerns of a nation?
Page 300 - States as the basis of their peace and happiness; to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities; to respect the rights and authorities reserved to the States and to the people...
Page 299 - Unwilling to depart from examples of the most revered authority, I avail myself of the occasion now presented, to express the profound impression made on me by the call of my country to the station, to the duties of which I am about to pledge myself by the most solemn of sanctions.
Page 657 - Allan, their grieve, who fainted away when he was told his master was in the house, and that he was to set out with him on horseback before day, and pretend to the rest of the servants, that he had orders to sell some horses at Morpeth Fair. Accordingly, my grandfather getting out at a window to the stables, they set out in the dark. Though, with good reason, it was a sorrowful parting, yet after he was fairly gone, they rejoiced, and thought themselves happy that he was in a way of being safe ;...
Page 56 - I cannot have escaped error. It is incident to our imperfect nature. But I may say with truth, my errors have been of the understanding, not of intention ; and that the advancement of their rights and interests has been the constant motive for every measure.
Page 54 - Instead of a pledge, therefore, of a suspension of the embargo as to her in case of such a repeal, it was presumed that a sufficient inducement might be found in other considerations, and particularly in the change produced by a compliance with our just demands by one belligerent, and a refusal by the other, in the relations between the other and the United States.