The Quarterly Review, Volum 226John Murray, 1916 |
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Pàgina 26
... advance some theory or make some remark which , to the amazement of the European , will reveal to him that their minds are , in reality , as the poles asunder , and that arguments which appear to carry conviction to the Western mind ...
... advance some theory or make some remark which , to the amazement of the European , will reveal to him that their minds are , in reality , as the poles asunder , and that arguments which appear to carry conviction to the Western mind ...
Pàgina 27
... advance what to him appears such an absolutely untenable theory . Naturally , amongst the uneducated classes the differ- ences of mentality become even more striking . I re- member that on one occasion the English doctor who was ...
... advance what to him appears such an absolutely untenable theory . Naturally , amongst the uneducated classes the differ- ences of mentality become even more striking . I re- member that on one occasion the English doctor who was ...
Pàgina 34
... advance of civilisation in Egypt , many dark deeds are sometimes performed , or at all events until recently were performed , in the recesses of the harem . I give one instance that came within my personal experience . In 1885 , an ...
... advance of civilisation in Egypt , many dark deeds are sometimes performed , or at all events until recently were performed , in the recesses of the harem . I give one instance that came within my personal experience . In 1885 , an ...
Pàgina 75
... advance beyond the doors leading into the ' holy of holies ' is a labour that takes time , influence , and brains . I shall not describe the devious ways and means which have to be employed in order to obtain admission to the temple of ...
... advance beyond the doors leading into the ' holy of holies ' is a labour that takes time , influence , and brains . I shall not describe the devious ways and means which have to be employed in order to obtain admission to the temple of ...
Pàgina 154
... advance towards representative government should be made was not a proof of insincerity , but an indication of distrust in the political capacity of the ' foolish people ' - a distrust , it may be remarked , not un- natural in an ...
... advance towards representative government should be made was not a proof of insincerity , but an indication of distrust in the political capacity of the ' foolish people ' - a distrust , it may be remarked , not un- natural in an ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 130 - eyes to England's faults, about which his Sonnets use harder words than they ever use about her enemy: ' Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking are no more; The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household lawn.
Pàgina 124 - fiery heart' and 'tumultuous harmony' to prefer the stockdove's song, ' Slow to begin and never ending ; Of serious faith and inward glee; That was the song—the song for me !' yet the ' glee' remained, if now more inward than outward ; and so did the poet's faith in the heart of man
Pàgina 128 - There ! that dusky spot Beneath thee, that is England; there she lies. Blessings be on you both! One hope, one lot, One life, one glory! I with many a fear For my dear Country, many heartfelt sighs, Among men who do not love her, linger here.
Pàgina 131 - For dearly must we prize thee ; we who find In thee a bulwark of the cause of men; And I by my affection was beguiled: What wonder if a Poet now and then, Among the many movements of his mind, Felt for thee as a lover or a child
Pàgina 131 - the cause of men; And I by my affection was beguiled: What wonder if a Poet now and then, Among the many movements of his mind, Felt for thee as a lover or a child 1
Pàgina 402 - 1 grow old. ... I grow old . . . I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. Shall I part my hair behind ? Do I dare to eat a
Pàgina 131 - art Verily, in the bottom of my heart, Of those unnlial fears I am ashamed. For dearly must we prize thee ; we who find In thee a bulwark of the cause of men; And I by my affection was beguiled: What wonder if a Poet now and then, Among the many movements of his mind, Felt for thee as a lover or a child
Pàgina 402 - I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.' Here, surely, is the reduction to absurdity of that
Pàgina 392 - you as she sent you, long ago, South to desert, east to ocean, west to snow, West of these out to seas colder than the Hebrides 1 must go Where the fleet of stars is anchored, and the young Star-captains glow.' Such melody and such imagery as this are in the true
Pàgina 476 - digestive medicament had but little pain, and their wounds without inflammation or swelling, having rested fairly well that night; the others, to whom the boiling oil was used, I found feverish, with great pain and swelling about the edges of their wounds. Then I resolved never more to burn thus cruelly poor men with gunshot wounds.