Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
If, as Wordsworth, that arch-priest of poesy, expresses it, I could place the gentle reader "_atween the downy wings_" of some beneficent and willing angel, in one brief instant of time should he be deposited on the little hill that first discovers the smiling, quiet village o...
"Have I not in my time heard lions roar? Have I not heard the sea, puft up with wind, Rage like an angry boar chafed with sweat? Have I not heard great ordinance in the field, A...
7. Chapter 7Abraham Allcraft, with all his base and sordid habits, was a beggar. His gluttony had been too powerful for his judgment, and he had speculated beyond all computation. His first...
2. Chapter 2James Mildred was a noble-hearted gentleman. At the age of eighteen he quitted England to undertake an appointment in India, which he had obtained through the interest of his un...
5. Chapter 5Margaret Mildred had not failed to note the impression which had been made upon the warm and youthful heart of Michael; she was not displeased to note it; and from her couch she...
4. Chapter 4Reader, I have no heart to proceed; I am sorry that I began at all--that I have got thus far. I love Margaret, the beautiful and gentle--Margaret, the heart-broken penitent. I l...
1. Chapter 1If, as Wordsworth, that arch-priest of poesy, expresses it, I could place the gentle reader "_atween the downy wings_" of some beneficent and willing angel, in one brief instant...
3. Chapter 3Doctor Chalmers was right. The discovery of the telescope was very fine in its way; but the invention of the microscope was, after all, a much more sensible affair. We may look...
6. Chapter 6I am really inclined to believe, after all, that the best mode of finally extinguishing sorrow for a dead husband, is to listen quietly to the reasonable pleas of a live lover....