Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 102W. Blackwood, 1867 - Scotland |
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Page 66
... king ; " but from the commencement of his command , that Buonaparte , though a consummate captain , was never to be looked upon as a hero in the just sense of the word . " Our re- lations at that time with Venice were such as serve best ...
... king ; " but from the commencement of his command , that Buonaparte , though a consummate captain , was never to be looked upon as a hero in the just sense of the word . " Our re- lations at that time with Venice were such as serve best ...
Page 76
... kings and con- querors , which the disciple of Vol- taire despised , and by despising gained a vast accession of power . It was reserved for the grandson of the great Frederick to improve on his atheistic principles by investing ...
... kings and con- querors , which the disciple of Vol- taire despised , and by despising gained a vast accession of power . It was reserved for the grandson of the great Frederick to improve on his atheistic principles by investing ...
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... king , his ministers and court- iers . For all this painters are not so much to blame as the public , taught by ... King's enter- tainment , a French youth sings love- songs . In the background are desperate gamblers , with " a bank of ...
... king , his ministers and court- iers . For all this painters are not so much to blame as the public , taught by ... King's enter- tainment , a French youth sings love- songs . In the background are desperate gamblers , with " a bank of ...
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... King Edmund . The day dawns which is to close with capture and martyrdom . The plain is covered with armed Danes , and battle is imminent . The King kneeling by his tent , with out- stretched hands and upgazing eyes , makes earnest ...
... King Edmund . The day dawns which is to close with capture and martyrdom . The plain is covered with armed Danes , and battle is imminent . The King kneeling by his tent , with out- stretched hands and upgazing eyes , makes earnest ...
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... king over Egypt , which knew not Joseph . And he set over Israel taskmasters to afflict them with burdens . And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour : all their service wherein they made them to serve was with ...
... king over Egypt , which knew not Joseph . And he set over Israel taskmasters to afflict them with burdens . And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour : all their service wherein they made them to serve was with ...
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Page 615 - But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
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Page 189 - Ay, now am I in Arden ; the more fool I : when I was at home, I was in a better place : but travellers must be content.
Page 177 - ... as loathing that milk wherewith we were nourished there, but, blessing God for the parentage and education, as members of the same body, shall always rejoice in her good...
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Page 177 - ... we desire you would be pleased to take notice of the principals and body of our company, as those who esteem it our honor to call the Church of England, from whence we rise, our dear mother ; and cannot part from our native country, where she specially resideth, without much sadness of heart, and many tears in our eyes, ever acknowledging that such hope and part as we have obtained in the common salvation, we have received in her bosom, and sucked it from her breasts.
Page 640 - race is not always to the swift, or the battle to the strong.