The Quarterly Review, Volum 39William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1829 |
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Pàgina 6
... called by phrenologists the organs of self - will and veneration . We have a higher opinion of Dr. Granville's sagacity than to sup- pose him capable of being deluded by so gross a piece of quackery as craniology - for that is its ...
... called by phrenologists the organs of self - will and veneration . We have a higher opinion of Dr. Granville's sagacity than to sup- pose him capable of being deluded by so gross a piece of quackery as craniology - for that is its ...
Pàgina 9
... called Voltaire , ' a pert , dull scoffer . ' We regret this omission the more , because one of these translators appears to us to be a man of great talents . He has written two prefaces , one to his version of Schleyermacher on St ...
... called Voltaire , ' a pert , dull scoffer . ' We regret this omission the more , because one of these translators appears to us to be a man of great talents . He has written two prefaces , one to his version of Schleyermacher on St ...
Pàgina 18
... go out as nurses to the Hôpital des pauvres , wear a particular dress and a cross , and are called veuves de la charité , bearing bearing a resemblance to the sœurs de la charité in 18 Dr. Granville's Travels , & c .
... go out as nurses to the Hôpital des pauvres , wear a particular dress and a cross , and are called veuves de la charité , bearing bearing a resemblance to the sœurs de la charité in 18 Dr. Granville's Travels , & c .
Pàgina 19
... called the city of palaces- a city which , to use the words of Dr. James , the present Bishop of Calcutta , ' is replete with every fancied ornament that taste and wealth could bestow , uniting in the same view all the elegant ...
... called the city of palaces- a city which , to use the words of Dr. James , the present Bishop of Calcutta , ' is replete with every fancied ornament that taste and wealth could bestow , uniting in the same view all the elegant ...
Pàgina 22
... nume → rous complaints that were heard about our ships being infested with what was called , improperly enough , dry - rot , were owing to to the introduction of this species of oak into the 22 Dr. Granville's Travels , & c .
... nume → rous complaints that were heard about our ships being infested with what was called , improperly enough , dry - rot , were owing to to the introduction of this species of oak into the 22 Dr. Granville's Travels , & c .
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Pàgina 4 - O FRIEND ! I know not which way I must look For comfort, being, as I am, opprest, To think that now our life is only drest For show ; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook, Or groom ! We must run glittering like a brook In the open sunshine, or we are unblest : The wealthiest man among us is the best : No grandeur now in nature or in book Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry ; and these we adore : Plain living and high thinking are no more...
Pàgina 476 - The discovery of America, and that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest and most important events recorded in the history of mankind.
Pàgina 110 - First, we do amiss to spend seven or eight years merely in scraping together so much miserable Latin and Greek as might be learned otherwise easily and delightfully in one year.
Pàgina 101 - From Paul's I went, to Eton sent, To learn straightways the Latin phrase, Where fifty-three stripes given to me At once I had. For fault but small, or none at all, It came to pass thus beat I was; See, Udal, see the mercy of thee To me, poor lad.
Pàgina 18 - The great mass of nations is neither rich nor gay. They whose aggregate constitutes the people are found in the streets and the villages, in the shops and farms ; and from them collectively considered must the measure of general prosperity be taken.
Pàgina 345 - Took up the lady's voice, and laughed again ; That ancient woman seated on Helm-crag Was ready with her cavern ; Hammar-scar, And the tall steep of Silver-how, sent forth A noise of laughter ; southern Loughrigg heard, And Fairfield answered with a mountain tone ; Helvellyn far into the clear blue sky Carried the lady's voice ; old Skiddaw blew His speaking-trumpet ; back out of the clouds Of Glaramara southward came the voice ; And Kirkstone tossed it from his misty head.
Pàgina 284 - In perusing a corrupted piece, he must have before him all possibilities of meaning, with all possibilities of expression. Such must be his comprehension of thought, and such his copiousness of language. Out of many readings possible, he must be able to select that which best suits with the state, opinions, and modes of language prevailing in every age, and with his authour's particular cast of thought, and turn of expression. Such must be his knowledge, and such his taste.
Pàgina 522 - An Inquiry into the Process of Nature in Repairing Injuries of the Intestines.
Pàgina 190 - He had not been long in confinement when he applied to the Court of King's Bench for a writ of habeas corpus...
Pàgina 216 - It is agreed that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.