Tait's Edinburgh magazine, Volume 241857 |
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... means of the great body of the people , it would be cheerfully paid ; and would produce a large revenue , easily collected ; and if the intellectual part of the quali- fication were rendered plain , as it might be , reading and writing ...
... means of the great body of the people , it would be cheerfully paid ; and would produce a large revenue , easily collected ; and if the intellectual part of the quali- fication were rendered plain , as it might be , reading and writing ...
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... means of intellectual enjoyment . The metropolis has not yet a single hall equal to either of the towns named , or to halls in half a dozen more that might be named . The Crystal Palace is not in London , and does not supply the want ...
... means of intellectual enjoyment . The metropolis has not yet a single hall equal to either of the towns named , or to halls in half a dozen more that might be named . The Crystal Palace is not in London , and does not supply the want ...
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... means of living , and thoughtless of their assistants and their comforts , or even their existence , beyond the passing hour . A strange race line the London streets with stalls , containing sometimes considerable value , but chiefly in ...
... means of living , and thoughtless of their assistants and their comforts , or even their existence , beyond the passing hour . A strange race line the London streets with stalls , containing sometimes considerable value , but chiefly in ...
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... means of support . For the withdrawal of this temptation they are in- debted to Sir John Malcolm , who was , doubtless , rendered more active in the cause from a recollec- tion of his own trials . He had written to his uncle , Mr. John ...
... means of support . For the withdrawal of this temptation they are in- debted to Sir John Malcolm , who was , doubtless , rendered more active in the cause from a recollec- tion of his own trials . He had written to his uncle , Mr. John ...
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... means of obtaining in- formation . To his father , at Burnfoot , Sir John Malcolm had previously written- " The climate of this country is delightful . Had it the constitution of Great Britain , its inhabitants need not sigh for ...
... means of obtaining in- formation . To his father , at Burnfoot , Sir John Malcolm had previously written- " The climate of this country is delightful . Had it the constitution of Great Britain , its inhabitants need not sigh for ...
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Page 99 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee ; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest, I will lodge ; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God ; where thou diest I will die, and there will I be buried ; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 141 - s thousands o' my mind. [The first recruiting sergeant on record I conceive to have been that individual who is mentioned in the Book of Job as going to and fro in the earth , and walking up and down in it.
Page 335 - Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.
Page 17 - WHEN the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight; Ere the evening lamps...
Page 99 - And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.
Page 459 - Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to stray upon the line and get in the way of the engine ; would not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance ? "
Page 273 - But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; Oh, God!
Page 207 - The Karens are a meek, peaceful race, simple and credulous, with many of the softer virtues, and few flagrant vices. Though greatly addicted to drunkenness, extremely filthy and indolent in their habits, their morals, in other respects, are superior to many more civilized races.
Page 427 - I was in education, and made up my mind that he should not labour under the same defect, but that I would put him to a good school, and give him a liberal training. I was, however, a poor man; and how do you think I managed ? I betook myself to mending my neighbours...
Page 20 - It is the same ! — for, be it joy or sorrow, The path of its departure still is free ; Man's yesterday may ne'er be like his morrow ; Nought may endure but Mutability.