The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volum 44 |
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Pàgina 7
... to a passage in the Edinburgh Review of Sir George Mackenzie's Historical Fragment on the reign of Charles II . , † the writer of that review may be thought to be called upon to answer for the opinion which he there delivered .
... to a passage in the Edinburgh Review of Sir George Mackenzie's Historical Fragment on the reign of Charles II . , † the writer of that review may be thought to be called upon to answer for the opinion which he there delivered .
Pàgina 10
... claim on the favour of that prince as any clergyman who had conformed to the ecclesiastical principles of the Parliament and the Protectorate ; and he was accordingly long after called by zealous Royalists the false Apostate !
... claim on the favour of that prince as any clergyman who had conformed to the ecclesiastical principles of the Parliament and the Protectorate ; and he was accordingly long after called by zealous Royalists the false Apostate !
Pàgina 21
He had even personal inducements to explain it , at least in those more private memoirs of his administration , which form part of what is called his Life . Had he believed in the genuineness of the Icon , it would have been natural for ...
He had even personal inducements to explain it , at least in those more private memoirs of his administration , which form part of what is called his Life . Had he believed in the genuineness of the Icon , it would have been natural for ...
Pàgina 23
... attempt any explanation of his silence respecting the Icon , though their attention must have been called to that subject by the controversy respecting it which had been carried on a few years before with great zeal and activity .
... attempt any explanation of his silence respecting the Icon , though their attention must have been called to that subject by the controversy respecting it which had been carried on a few years before with great zeal and activity .
Pàgina 36
... what the Parliament called it , ' A colourable commitment . ' Leland is one of those writers who deserve more reputation than they enjoy . He is not only an elegant writer ; but , considering his time and country , singularly candid ...
... what the Parliament called it , ' A colourable commitment . ' Leland is one of those writers who deserve more reputation than they enjoy . He is not only an elegant writer ; but , considering his time and country , singularly candid ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 1 - London's Encyclopaedia of Agriculture: comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture.
Pàgina 1 - The Family Shakspeare ; in which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud.
Pàgina 15 - Encyclopaedia of Agriculture ; comprising the Theory and Practice of the Valuation, Transfer, Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and of the Cultivation and Economy of the Animal and Vegetable Productions of Agriculture; Including all the latest Improvements, a general History of Agriculture in all Countries, a Statistical View of its present State, and Suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles.
Pàgina 243 - That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
Pàgina 253 - The Surrender of Napoleon. Being the Narrative of the Surrender of Buonaparte, and of his residence on board HMS Bellerophon...
Pàgina 68 - And though the Greek learning grew in credit amongst the Romans, towards the end of their commonwealth, yet it was the Roman tongue that was made the study of their youth: their own language they were to make use of, and therefore it was their own language they were instructed and exercised in.
Pàgina 68 - But more particularly to determine the proper season for grammar; I do not see how it can reasonably be made any one's study, but as an introduction to rhetoric : when it is thought time to put any one upon the care of polishing his tongue, and of speaking better than the illiterate, then is the time for him to be instructed in the rules of grammar, and not before. For grammar being to teach men not to speak, but to speak correctly, and according to the exact rules of the tongue...