The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volum 243A. Constable, 1926 |
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Pàgina 3
... later it is in this basic aspect that national and private accounts differ . A true account in effect affords a means by which to judge in clear and indisputable terms the success or failure of personal responsible effort . It is a ...
... later it is in this basic aspect that national and private accounts differ . A true account in effect affords a means by which to judge in clear and indisputable terms the success or failure of personal responsible effort . It is a ...
Pàgina 25
... later completely submerged under an overwhelming black flood , unless artificial dams are promptly and effectively erected to arrest its encroachments . The withdrawal of the limited political franchise which the natives have long ...
... later completely submerged under an overwhelming black flood , unless artificial dams are promptly and effectively erected to arrest its encroachments . The withdrawal of the limited political franchise which the natives have long ...
Pàgina 40
... later to the propaganda of a number of able publicists , the delusion has been deliberately created and fostered , that Western education is capable of imparting to the oriental mind the Anglo - Saxon's outlook on life , his standards ...
... later to the propaganda of a number of able publicists , the delusion has been deliberately created and fostered , that Western education is capable of imparting to the oriental mind the Anglo - Saxon's outlook on life , his standards ...
Pàgina 52
... later , at Tilsit , it was the tradition of the Russian autocracy that prevailed , and the dream of a confederated Europe was exchanged for the more flattering vision of sharing with Napoleon the empire of the world . " What is Europe ...
... later , at Tilsit , it was the tradition of the Russian autocracy that prevailed , and the dream of a confederated Europe was exchanged for the more flattering vision of sharing with Napoleon the empire of the world . " What is Europe ...
Pàgina 53
... later that the full sense of his mission came to him . The pride of the victor was uppermost in him when he entered Paris at the head of the cavalry of his Guard ; and while he was there , La Harpe being at his elbow , his ...
... later that the full sense of his mission came to him . The pride of the victor was uppermost in him when he entered Paris at the head of the cavalry of his Guard ; and while he was there , La Harpe being at his elbow , his ...
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Pàgina 255 - Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them...
Pàgina 40 - To refrain from taking advantage of conditions in China in order to seek special rights or privileges which would abridge the rights of subjects or citizens of friendly states, and from countenancing action inimical to the security of such states.
Pàgina 148 - ... from the head: by chance lively; very lively it will be, if he have hope of seeing a lady whom he loves and honours: his eye always on the ladies...
Pàgina 254 - What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's. isle ; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown : The heathen in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone.
Pàgina 152 - ... a new species of writing, that might possibly turn young people into a course of reading different from the pomp and parade of romance-writing, and dismissing the improbable and marvellous, with which novels generally abound, might tend to promote the cause of religion and virtue.
Pàgina 392 - By this we taste the spices of Arabia, yet never feel the scorching sun which brings them forth ; we shine in silks which our hands have never wrought ; we drink of vineyards which we never planted.
Pàgina 266 - Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves ; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female...
Pàgina 345 - Do thou teach me not only to foresee, but to enjoy, nay, even to feed on future praise. Comfort me by a solemn assurance, that when the little parlour in which I sit at this instant, shall be reduced to a worse furnished box, I shall be read with honour by those who never knew nor saw me, and whom I shall neither know nor see.
Pàgina 149 - A sly sinner, creeping along the very edges of the walks, getting behind benches : one hand in his bosom, the other held up to his chin, as if to keep it in its place : afraid of being seen, as a thief of detection. The people of fashion, if he happen to cross a walk (which he always does with precipitation) unsmiling their faces, as if they thought him in...
Pàgina 394 - All merchants shall have safe and secure conduct, to go out of, and to come into England, and to stay there and to pass as well by land as by water, for buying and selling by the ancient and allowed customs...