Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
The genius of America seems hitherto disposed to manifest itself rather in works of reason and reflection than in those displays of poetic fervour which are usually looked for in a nascent literature. And a little consideration would lead us, probably, to expect this. America...
M. Van Amberg, who had continued his walk, now stopped short, and coldly replied to his brother's accusations; "Christine is only fifteen, and I do my duty by curbing the foolis...
9. Part 9Annunciata interrupted herself by a cry of terror; a hand rudely grasped her arm; M. Van Amberg, without uttering a word, dragged her to the house door, compelled her to enter,...
10. Part 10A cautious oar skimmed the water; a well known voice replied. The boat approached the willow; the young student stood up and held out his arms to Christine, who leaped lightly i...
6. Part 6I never quite recovered this; but there did come days of philandering, when I mended a little, and occasionally appeared thus. Behold me entering the ball-room--coat, blue, meta...
1. Part 1The genius of America seems hitherto disposed to manifest itself rather in works of reason and reflection than in those displays of poetic fervour which are usually looked for i...
17. Part 17In this country, Parliament, in the shape of its three estates, rules every thing. In making any man a member of Parliament, we, in a certain degree, make him our master--we giv...
7. Part 7Herbert looked at his mistress with astonishment. "Child!" he exclaimed, "such consent will never leave your mother's lips. There are cases where strength and resolution must be...
2. Part 2When we accuse Mr Emerson of obscurity, it is not obscurity of style that we mean. His style often rises--as our readers have had already opportunities of judging--into a vivid,...
4. Part 4The son of Japetus admired not more his man-invention, than does the tailor. The fleshly life which he condescends to stuff into his manufacture, is with him but a secondary con...
19. Part 19It will not do merely to extricate the nation from its immediate dilemma, for which task we observe there is already a sufficient number of volunteers; but we must absolutely se...
3. Part 3"That we must leave a too close and lingering adherence to the actual, to facts, and study the sentiment as it appeared in _hope_, and not in _history_. Let any man go back to t...
18. Part 18The system, too, of rowing with outriggers, which has lately been adopted in the boat-races on the Tyne, and thence in those of the Thames and Cam, suggests another mode by whic...
14. Part 14On his way from Barcelona, Baron Vaerst met his brother-baron, De Meer, then captain-general of Catalonia, who swayed the province with an iron rule that made him alike dreaded...
15. Part 15Baron Vaerst indulges in some curious speculations as to the origin of this flourishing and unmixed race of mountaineers. "Some say they are an aboriginal tribe, and that their...
11. Part 11"Karl Van Amberg gives, but God refuses her to you!" replied William, mournfully. Then he told Herbert what had passed at the convent, and since their arrival at the house: he g...
21. Part 21It would follow, then, as a matter of necessity, that we must be infinitely poorer now than we were thirty years ago. Let us see how that matter stands. The net rental of the re...
16. Part 16We disclaim all exclusiveness in the exercise of the common rights of man; we denounce all bigotry as a folly, and abhor all persecution as a crime; but we cannot venture an acq...
20. Part 20This is, in reality, a subject of the gravest nature, and it should not be passed over by the legislature without remark. The Whigs, in all probability, hail such successive imp...
5. Part 5And your Aristippus was not quite to my mind; for though there was a show of wisdom in his carelessness, it was the very show that was displeasing, and the easy putting on of ot...
13. Part 13Marseilles, the most flourishing of French seaports, is also one of the gayest and most agreeable of French provincial towns. Its inhabitants, active and industrious, have been...
12. Part 12Do not lift him from the bracken, Leave him lying where he fell-- Better bier ye cannot fashion: None beseems him half so well, As the bare and broken heather, And the hard and...
23. Part 23This state of things cannot be allowed to continue. If our exports are ever to revive--nay, if they are merely to continue at their present ebb without further declension--money...
22. Part 22| | 1845. | 1846. | 1847. | | | | | | | Cotton Manufactures, | £14,761,236 | £13,632,880 | £13,682,095 | | Ditto Yarn, | 5,379,400 | 6,112,918 | 4,601,180 | | Linen Manufactures...