The Edinburgh Observer: Or, Town and Country Magazine, الأعداد 1-11J. Moir, printer, 1817 |
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... seems to have secured , as far as hu- man foresight could reach , an undisturbed possession : on a large flat stone is recorded , that the person under- neath had left a bursary to the College of Edinburgh , burdened with a feu - duty ...
... seems to have secured , as far as hu- man foresight could reach , an undisturbed possession : on a large flat stone is recorded , that the person under- neath had left a bursary to the College of Edinburgh , burdened with a feu - duty ...
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... seem to bear , we shall renounce a great part of the sum , and say , that Ireland could have afforded from twelve to fifteen millions of net revenue , if her moral and physi- cal resources had been properly applied . But Ireland , it is ...
... seem to bear , we shall renounce a great part of the sum , and say , that Ireland could have afforded from twelve to fifteen millions of net revenue , if her moral and physi- cal resources had been properly applied . But Ireland , it is ...
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... seem'd too fair to die ! The stranger treads my haunts at morn ; And stops , to scan upon the tree The words , by Time's rudc finger worn , That bore the earthly name of thee . To him ' tis all unknown ; and he Strays on amid the ...
... seem'd too fair to die ! The stranger treads my haunts at morn ; And stops , to scan upon the tree The words , by Time's rudc finger worn , That bore the earthly name of thee . To him ' tis all unknown ; and he Strays on amid the ...
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... seems scarcely doubtful , " the committee conclude , " whether the whole process for private debts ( i . e . extents in aid ) might not be abolished without any dis . advantage to the public interest ; while it will be worth consider ...
... seems scarcely doubtful , " the committee conclude , " whether the whole process for private debts ( i . e . extents in aid ) might not be abolished without any dis . advantage to the public interest ; while it will be worth consider ...
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... seems likely to prove an average crop , granting a favourable latter harvest . Potatoes and turnips are almost every where fine crops . The weather for some days past has been universally favourable [ 13th Sept. 1817 . for the harvest ...
... seems likely to prove an average crop , granting a favourable latter harvest . Potatoes and turnips are almost every where fine crops . The weather for some days past has been universally favourable [ 13th Sept. 1817 . for the harvest ...
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الصفحة 190 - We were all at the first night of it, in great uncertainty of the event; till we were very much encouraged by overhearing the Duke of Argyle, who sat in the next box to us, say, 'it will do — it must do! — I see it in the eyes of them!
الصفحة 166 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
الصفحة 121 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
الصفحة 166 - Come, my Corinna, come; and, coming, mark How each field turns a street, each street a park Made green and trimmed with trees; see how Devotion gives each house a bough Or branch: each porch, each door, ere this, An ark, a tabernacle is, Made up of white-thorn, neatly interwove; As if here were those cooler shades of love.
الصفحة 190 - The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers; her life written, books of letters and verses to her published, and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests. Futhermore, it drove out of England (for that season) the Italian Opera, which had carried all before it for ten years.
الصفحة 121 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
الصفحة 196 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
الصفحة 57 - There is an old tale goes, that Herne the hunter, Sometime a keeper here in Windsor forest, Doth all the winter-time, at still midnight, Walk round about an oak, with great ragg'd horns ; And there he blasts the tree, and takes the cattle ; And makes milch-kine yield blood, and shakes a chain In a most hideous and dreadful manner...
الصفحة 144 - ... attended at his lodgings, and followed him with huzzas, as he went to court, or returned from it. As he was a man of humour, he would always thank them for their civilities, when he left them at the door, to go in to the king ; and would let them know exactly at what hour he intended to come out again, and return to his lodgings.
الصفحة 263 - Mr. Osbaldistone, save me ! — save me ! " I was so much moved by this horrid spectacle, that, although in momentary expectation of sharing his fate, I did attempt to speak in his behalf, but, as might have been expected, my interference was sternly disregarded. The victim was held fast by some, while others, binding a large heavy stone in a plaid, tied it round his neck, and otherg again eagerly stripped him of some part of his dress.