The Quarterly Review, Volumen23William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1820 |
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... existence of any such counsels with such protestations of sincerity and such solemnity of falsehood , as must stamp her memory with disgrace . Harley indeed , to whose tuition she had committed herself , was a man of matchless ...
... existence of any such counsels with such protestations of sincerity and such solemnity of falsehood , as must stamp her memory with disgrace . Harley indeed , to whose tuition she had committed herself , was a man of matchless ...
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... existence . Mr. Walker , whose evidence throughout evinces a perfect knowledge of every thing connected with his profession , observes very properly , ' The case of parish roads is still worse , where the inhabitants are , without much ...
... existence . Mr. Walker , whose evidence throughout evinces a perfect knowledge of every thing connected with his profession , observes very properly , ' The case of parish roads is still worse , where the inhabitants are , without much ...
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... existence before the irrup- tion of the Mahommedans into Greece , which happened about the end of the fourteenth century , though it is pretended that its name was taken from some former town called Hypargos , on account of its ...
... existence before the irrup- tion of the Mahommedans into Greece , which happened about the end of the fourteenth century , though it is pretended that its name was taken from some former town called Hypargos , on account of its ...
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... existence ; and we assert that the contrasts she contains are not dependant upon a diversity of thoughts and opinions , but upon the extremes of want and luxury , with but little that is inter- mediate , and the impervious barrier which ...
... existence ; and we assert that the contrasts she contains are not dependant upon a diversity of thoughts and opinions , but upon the extremes of want and luxury , with but little that is inter- mediate , and the impervious barrier which ...
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... existence . The most extravagant transports of rage have , at all times , been succeeded , in France , by excesses still more deplo- rable , and excited by the most paltry causes ; and he who reads the history of that country , is ...
... existence . The most extravagant transports of rage have , at all times , been succeeded , in France , by excesses still more deplo- rable , and excited by the most paltry causes ; and he who reads the history of that country , is ...
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Página 551 - I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that GOD governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that ' except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Página 315 - And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
Página 419 - ... gardens grow ; In vain fair Thames reflects the double scenes Of hanging mountains, and of sloping greens ; Joy lives not here, to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where WORTLEY casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the...
Página 433 - I don't know how it is, but she said very right : there is something in Spenser that pleases one as strongly in one's old age, as it did in one's youth. I read the Faerie Queene, when I was about twelve, with infinite delight; and I think it gave me as much, when I read it over about a year or two ago.
Página 582 - And human charity, and social love. —Thus never shall the indignities of Time Approach their reverend graces, unopposed; Nor shall the Elements be free to hurt Their fair proportions; nor the blinder rage Of bigot zeal madly to overturn...
Página 387 - It is clear, therefore, that with any view of making room for an unrestricted increase of population, emigration is perfectly inadequate ; but as a partial and temporary expedient, and with a view to the more general cultivation of the earth, and the wider extension of civilization, it seems to be both useful and proper...
Página 325 - Yet are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild ; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his honied wealth Hymettus yields ; There the blithe bee his fragrant fortress builds, The freeborn wanderer of thy mountain-air ; Apollo still thy long, long summer gilds, Still in his beam Mendeli's marbles glare ; Art, Glory, Freedom fail, but Nature still is fair.
Página 34 - I have for these last ten days been so troubled by the many disappointments I have had, that I think if it were possible to vex me so for a fortnight longer, it would make an end of me. In short I am weary of my life.
Página 219 - OF MAIDENS. Now the jocund song is thine, Bride of David's kingly line ! How thy dove-like bosom trembleth, And thy shrouded eye resembleth Violets, when the dews of eve A moist and tremulous glitter leave On the bashful sealed lid ! Close within the bride-veil hid, Motionless thou...
Página 27 - I know the danger, yet a battle is absolutely necessary, and I rely on the bravery and discipline of the troops, which will make amends for our disadvantages.