The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volum 45A. Constable, 1827 |
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... employed , not in making what was bad , tolerable , —but in making what was good , better , and best . It was on the favourites of his fancy that he lavished his cares- and their object uniformly was , to improve beauties rather than ...
... employed , not in making what was bad , tolerable , —but in making what was good , better , and best . It was on the favourites of his fancy that he lavished his cares- and their object uniformly was , to improve beauties rather than ...
Pàgina 6
... employed himself very patiently in polishing the diamonds which had been brought to light by the richness of his native vein . This is quite a different kind of work from that of a drudge , who can do nothing extempore ; and is per ...
... employed himself very patiently in polishing the diamonds which had been brought to light by the richness of his native vein . This is quite a different kind of work from that of a drudge , who can do nothing extempore ; and is per ...
Pàgina 42
... employed the political prejudices of the same personage , as an equally convenient excuse for his manner of returning to it . ' In 1805 , as is well known , Mr Fox presented the petition for the Catholics . It is now , however ...
... employed the political prejudices of the same personage , as an equally convenient excuse for his manner of returning to it . ' In 1805 , as is well known , Mr Fox presented the petition for the Catholics . It is now , however ...
Pàgina 47
... employed - and figures and images among the rest - and above all the rest indeed , where they can be so ma- naged as to give at once clearness , force , and vivacity to the meaning . Nor can we imagine any reason why they should not be ...
... employed - and figures and images among the rest - and above all the rest indeed , where they can be so ma- naged as to give at once clearness , force , and vivacity to the meaning . Nor can we imagine any reason why they should not be ...
Pàgina 48
... employed to introduce . It is the opinion of a learned Jesuit , that it was by aqua Regia the golden calf of the Israelites was dissolved - and the cause of Kings was the Royal solvent in which the wealth of Great Britain now • melted ...
... employed to introduce . It is the opinion of a learned Jesuit , that it was by aqua Regia the golden calf of the Israelites was dissolved - and the cause of Kings was the Royal solvent in which the wealth of Great Britain now • melted ...
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Pàgina 4 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Pàgina 4 - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose, like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze with bossy sculptures graven ; The roof was fretted gold.
Pàgina 12 - He certainly has a great deal of fancy, and a very good memory; but, with a perverse ingenuity, he employs these qualities as no other person does — for he employs his fancy in his narratives, and keeps his...
Pàgina 262 - During the gloomy and disastrous centuries which followed the downfall of the Roman Empire, Italy had preserved, in a far greater degree than any other part of Western Europe, the traces of ancient civilization.
Pàgina 11 - Advowsons, &c. , and for the Renewing of Leases held under Cathedral Churches, Colleges, or other corporate bodies ; for Terms of Years certain, and for Lives ; also for Valuing Reversionary Estates, Deferred Annuities, Next Presentations, &c., together with Smart's Five Tables of Compound Interest, and an Extension of the same to lower and Intermediate Rates. By WILLIAM INWOOD, Architect.
Pàgina 4 - Brick and Plaster Groins, Niches of every description, Sky-lights, Lines for Roofs and Domes ; with a great variety of Designs for Roofs, Trussed Girders, Floors, Domes, Bridges, <tc., Angle Bars for Shop Fronts, <kc., and Raking Mouldings.
Pàgina 31 - ... in direct opposition to the declared sense of a great majority of the nation, and they should be put in force with all their rigorous provisions, if his opinion were asked by the people as to their obedience, he should tell them, that it was no longer a question of moral obligation and duty, but of prudence.
Pàgina 13 - DUTIES ; Or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies on the Management of their Households, and the Regulation of their Conduct in the various Relations and Duties of Married Life. By Mrs W. PARKES.
Pàgina 267 - Ridotta tutta in somma pace e tranquillita, coltivata non meno ne' luoghi piu montuosi e piu sterili che nelle pianure e region! piu fertili, ne sottoposta ad altro imperio che de' suoi medesimi, non solo era abbondantissima d'abitatori e di ricchezze ; ma illustrata sommamente dalla magnificenza di molti principi, dallo splendore di molte nobilissime e bellissime citta, dalla sedia e maesta della religione, fioriva d...