Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 18

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W. Blackwood & Sons, 1825

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Pagina 559 - OUR Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his church to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him, of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences ! And by his authority committed to me, I absolve thee from all thy sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Pagina 125 - O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child, To bless the bow of God. Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The first-made anthem rang On earth, delivered from the deep, And the first poet sang. Nor ever shall the Muse's...
Pagina 103 - This true catholic faith, out of which none can be saved, which I now freely profess, and truly hold, I, N. promise, vow and swear most constantly to hold and profess the same whole and entire, with God's assistance, to the end of my life...
Pagina 125 - Still seem as to my childhood's sight, A midway station given, For happy spirits to alight . Betwixt the earth and heaven.
Pagina 165 - Think of a genius not born in every country, or every time ; a man gifted by nature with a penetrating aquiline eye ; with a judgment prepared with the most extensive erudition ; with an herculean robustness of mind, and nerves not to be broken with labour ; a man who could spend twenty years in one pursuit.
Pagina 227 - MEMOIRS OF SAMUEL PEPYS, ESQ., FRS Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. and James II.; comprising his Diary from 1659 to 1669, deciphered by the Rev.
Pagina 483 - Where now thy might, which all those kings subdued ? No martial myriads muster in thy gate ; No suppliant nations in thy temple wait : No...
Pagina 125 - The youthful world's grey fathers in one knot, Did with intentive looks watch every hour For thy new light, and trembled at each shower...
Pagina 483 - While suns unblest their angry lustre fling, And wayworn pilgrims seek the scanty spring ? Where now thy pomp which kings with envy...
Pagina 403 - I, make your demands. Why, half a pss. of eight and a dram, sais John. I agreed, and gave him a Dram (now) in hand to bind the bargain. My hostess catechis'd John for going so...

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