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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... containing Sketches of Scenery , Manners , and Customs ; and Anecdotes connected with the First Settlements of the Western Sections of the United States . By the Hon . Judge Hall - - IV . The History and Antiquities of the County ...
... containing Sketches of Scenery , Manners , and Customs ; and Anecdotes connected with the First Settlements of the Western Sections of the United States . By the Hon . Judge Hall - - IV . The History and Antiquities of the County ...
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... * We have no fear , certainly , of Bonn , scenes * We wish we could say the same as to his absurd and shallow doctrines of another class- Bonn , nor of Berlin , whose university contains upwards 8 Dr. Granville's Travels , & c .
... * We have no fear , certainly , of Bonn , scenes * We wish we could say the same as to his absurd and shallow doctrines of another class- Bonn , nor of Berlin , whose university contains upwards 8 Dr. Granville's Travels , & c .
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... contains upwards of sixteen hundred students . Should they venture to rebel , his Prussian Ma- jesty would not hesitate to march the whole of them into the ranks ; and , indeed , this would be a proper measure to pursue every now and ...
... contains upwards of sixteen hundred students . Should they venture to rebel , his Prussian Ma- jesty would not hesitate to march the whole of them into the ranks ; and , indeed , this would be a proper measure to pursue every now and ...
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... contains the most copious and detailed description of the gigantic edifices of this extraor- dinary city which has hitherto been laid before the public , and the woodcuts are neatly executed , and convey as good an idea of what is meant ...
... contains the most copious and detailed description of the gigantic edifices of this extraor- dinary city which has hitherto been laid before the public , and the woodcuts are neatly executed , and convey as good an idea of what is meant ...
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... contains only about thirty beds ; but the doctor assures us , and he must be a competent judge , that the care taken of the mother and child may be better com- pared to the lying - in chamber of a great lady than to an hospital . This ...
... contains only about thirty beds ; but the doctor assures us , and he must be a competent judge , that the care taken of the mother and child may be better com- pared to the lying - in chamber of a great lady than to an hospital . This ...
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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.