Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 65. kötetWilliam Blackwood, 1849 |
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11. oldal
... given to the mercantile navy , you would suppose it had been chiefly directed by shipowners . If you cast your eyes on the protection constantly given by discriminating fiscal duties to colonial industry , and the vast efforts made ...
... given to the mercantile navy , you would suppose it had been chiefly directed by shipowners . If you cast your eyes on the protection constantly given by discriminating fiscal duties to colonial industry , and the vast efforts made ...
80. oldal
... given from Mr. Stirling's work will have suffi- ciently shown the scope of the Annals , and the spirit and style in which they are written . There is no tedious , inflexible , though often un- manageable leading idea , or theory of art ...
... given from Mr. Stirling's work will have suffi- ciently shown the scope of the Annals , and the spirit and style in which they are written . There is no tedious , inflexible , though often un- manageable leading idea , or theory of art ...
84. oldal
... given of them by early navigators were long regarded as fabulous or exaggerated ; and these birds , almost contemporaries of our great- grandfathers , became associated in the minds of many persons with the griffin and the phoenix of ...
... given of them by early navigators were long regarded as fabulous or exaggerated ; and these birds , almost contemporaries of our great- grandfathers , became associated in the minds of many persons with the griffin and the phoenix of ...
85. oldal
... given in the accompanying plate ; they have great heads , with hoods thereon ; they are without wings or tail , and have only little winglets on their sides , and four or five feathers behind , more elevated than the rest ; they have ...
... given in the accompanying plate ; they have great heads , with hoods thereon ; they are without wings or tail , and have only little winglets on their sides , and four or five feathers behind , more elevated than the rest ; they have ...
87. oldal
... given rise to a false or phantom species , called Didus Nazarenus in systematic works , and is supposed to have been derived from the small island or sandbank of Nazareth , to the north - east of Madagascar . Now Dr. Hamel has recently ...
... given rise to a false or phantom species , called Didus Nazarenus in systematic works , and is supposed to have been derived from the small island or sandbank of Nazareth , to the north - east of Madagascar . Now Dr. Hamel has recently ...
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382. oldal - That the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished:" and Mr Burke's bill of reform was framed with skill, introduced with eloquence, and supported by numbers.
81. oldal - He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
201. oldal - And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
385. oldal - ... were joking ; and, being in high spirits on account of the promise of the Nabob to spare their lives, they laughed and jested at the absurdity of the notion. They soon discovered their mistake. They expostulated ; they entreated ; but in vain. The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the door was instantly shut and locked upon them. Nothing in history or fiction...
25. oldal - And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite : let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity : slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women : but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary.
385. oldal - Nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry if anybody woke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair. They trampled each other down, fought for the places at the windows, fought for the pittance of water with which the cruel mercy of the murderers mocked their agonies, raved, prayed, blasphemed, implored the guards to fire among them.
385. oldal - When they were ordered to enter the cell, they imagined that the soldiers were joking ; and being in high spirits on account of the promise of the Nabob to spare their lives they laughed and jested at the absurdity of the notion. They soon discovered their mistake. They expostulated ; they entreated ; but in vain. The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the door was instantly shut and locked upon them.
385. oldal - Then was committed that great crime, memorable for its singular atrocity, memorable for the tremendous retribution by which it was followed. The English captives were left to the mercy of the guards, and the guards determined to secure them for the night in the prison of the garrison, a chamber known by the fearful name of the Black Hole. Even for a single European malefactor, that dungeon would, in such a climate, have been too close and narrow.
198. oldal - And did not he make one ? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one ? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
5. oldal - All around us the world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. Governments which lately seemed likely to stand during ages have been on a sudden shaken and overthrown. The proudest capitals of Western Europe have streamed with civil blood.