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Title: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXII.
June, 1843.,Vol. LIII.

Author: Various

Release Date: June 4, 2004 [EBook #12511]

Language: English

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BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE

NO. CCCXXXII. JUNE, 1843. VOL. LIII.

CONTENTS.

MARSTON; OR, THE MEMOIRS OF A STATESMAN
THE VIGIL OF VENUS. TRANSLATION FROM THE LATIN
CHAPTERS OF TURKISH HISTORY. RISE OF THE KIUPRILI FAMILY
SIEGE OF CANDIA.--NO. IX.
A PASSAGE IN THE LIFE OF A MAITRE-D'ARMES
AMMALAT BEK. A TRUE TALE OF THE CAUCASUS, FROM THE
RUSSIAN OF MARLINSKI.--CONCLUSION
MR BAILEY'S REPLY TO AN ARTICLE IN BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE
THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. ILLUSTRATED BY MULREADY
THE ATTORNEY'S CLERK IN THE MONK'S HOOD
IGNACIO GUERRA AND EL SANGRADOR; A TALE OF CIVIL WAR
MEMORANDUMS OF A MONTH'S TOUR IN SICILY
COMMERCIAL POLICY--RUSSIA
INDEX

MARSTON; OR, THE MEMOIRS OF A STATESMAN.

PART I.

"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 ordnance in the field,
And heaven's artillery thunder in the skies?
Have I not in the pitched battle heard
Loud 'larums, neighing steeds, and trumpets clang?"
SHAKSPEARE

Why I give the world a sketch of my career through it, is not among the
discoveries which I intend to make. I have been a public man; let those
who know public life imagine what interest may be felt in reviewing the
scenes and struggles of which such a life is full. May there not be a
pleasure in conceiving once again the shapes and circumstances of
things, as one sitting by his fireside sees castles and cottages, men,
women, and children in the embers, and shapes th