Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 69W. Blackwood., 1851 |
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... Britain emerged victorious from the strife , chiefly from the powerful in- fluence of the same omnipotent agent . Vain would have been the constancy of Pitt , the genius of Nelson , or the wisdom of Wellington , if the paper currency ...
... Britain emerged victorious from the strife , chiefly from the powerful in- fluence of the same omnipotent agent . Vain would have been the constancy of Pitt , the genius of Nelson , or the wisdom of Wellington , if the paper currency ...
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... Britain did so much to promote , was , during the thirty years which elapsed from 1810 to 1840 , certainly not less than £ 150,000,000 sterling . Contem- poraneous with this immense reduc- tion , took place the great contraction of the ...
... Britain did so much to promote , was , during the thirty years which elapsed from 1810 to 1840 , certainly not less than £ 150,000,000 sterling . Contem- poraneous with this immense reduc- tion , took place the great contraction of the ...
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... Britain , with its po- pulation of 29,000,000 doubling in about the same time , and its exports and imports tripling in thirty years , were in a state of full and undiminished activity - there had been no addition made to the ...
... Britain , with its po- pulation of 29,000,000 doubling in about the same time , and its exports and imports tripling in thirty years , were in a state of full and undiminished activity - there had been no addition made to the ...
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... Britain after the peace , the paper cir- culation of the British Empire was rendered the instrument of destruction of property as great , and misery as wide - spread and universal , among its inhabitants , as the assignats or con ...
... Britain after the peace , the paper cir- culation of the British Empire was rendered the instrument of destruction of property as great , and misery as wide - spread and universal , among its inhabitants , as the assignats or con ...
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... Britain , simultaneously with the ruin of the South American mines by the revolutions of its vast regions , which we laboured so assiduously to promote , have produced , they would have been doubly severe if the Ural and Altai Mountains ...
... Britain , simultaneously with the ruin of the South American mines by the revolutions of its vast regions , which we laboured so assiduously to promote , have produced , they would have been doubly severe if the Ural and Altai Mountains ...
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Page 441 - For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men...
Page 131 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 442 - I have been in the deep : in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren : in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 529 - This water his blood that died on the tree; The Holy Supper is kept, indeed, In whatso we share with another's need; Not what we give, but what we share, For the gift without the giver is bare...
Page 577 - See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Page 576 - And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul : but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Page 520 - Forever — never! Never — forever!" There groups of merry children played, There youths and maidens dreaming strayed; O precious hours! O golden prime, And affluence of love and time! Even as a miser counts his gold, Those hours the ancient timepiece told, — "Forever — never! Never — forever!
Page 519 - Halfway up the stairs it stands, And points and beckons with its hands From its case of massive oak, Like a monk, who, under his cloak, Crosses himself, and sighs, alas ' With sorrowful voice to all who pass, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever...
Page 528 - And there's never a leaf or a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives...
Page 518 - Then the Master, With a gesture of command, Waved his hand; And at the word, Loud and sudden there was heard, All around them and below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see! she stirs! She starts,— she moves,— she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And, spurning with her foot the ground, With one exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms!