The Quarterly Review, Volum 18William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1818 |
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Pàgina 52
... whole of these sects ' ( the various population of Syria ) seem to have an equal hatred to the Turks and the French ; to the former , for their constant oppression ; to the latter , for the horrid cruelties committed in their return ...
... whole of these sects ' ( the various population of Syria ) seem to have an equal hatred to the Turks and the French ; to the former , for their constant oppression ; to the latter , for the horrid cruelties committed in their return ...
Pàgina 53
... whole life , ' says Colonel Wilks , that incurs the direct suspicion of pity .'- vol . ii . p . 158 . " In the year 1775 , the raja of Mysore died . Hyder , who had always professed to hold it on behalf of the Hindoo house , and amused ...
... whole life , ' says Colonel Wilks , that incurs the direct suspicion of pity .'- vol . ii . p . 158 . " In the year 1775 , the raja of Mysore died . Hyder , who had always professed to hold it on behalf of the Hindoo house , and amused ...
Pàgina 64
... whole province , which so much surprized General Matthews , that he attributed it , in the first place , to the Divine decrees , ' and in the second , to the panic of the enemy . ' ( ii . p . 455. ) 6 When Tippoo was accused by General ...
... whole province , which so much surprized General Matthews , that he attributed it , in the first place , to the Divine decrees , ' and in the second , to the panic of the enemy . ' ( ii . p . 455. ) 6 When Tippoo was accused by General ...
Pàgina 67
... whole of them with the seal of the Prophet . Indeed his whole conduct proves , in the words of Colonel Wilks , that an intellect too weak for its giddy height occasionally tottered on the verge of insanity ; ' for the next year , having ...
... whole of them with the seal of the Prophet . Indeed his whole conduct proves , in the words of Colonel Wilks , that an intellect too weak for its giddy height occasionally tottered on the verge of insanity ; ' for the next year , having ...
Pàgina 71
... whole peninsula of Hindostan , from the Indus to the Ganges , and from the Himalaya to the ocean , instead of keeping up that political simulation , ' which Colonel Wilks so justly reprobates . In the whole of the political transactions ...
... whole peninsula of Hindostan , from the Indus to the Ganges , and from the Himalaya to the ocean , instead of keeping up that political simulation , ' which Colonel Wilks so justly reprobates . In the whole of the political transactions ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 457 - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Pàgina 463 - Nay, do not think I flatter ; For what advancement may I hope from thee That no revenue hast but thy good spirits, To feed and clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flatter'd ? No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning.
Pàgina 494 - EASTER-DAY, on which the rest depend, is always the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon or next after the twenty-first day of March, and if the full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday after.
Pàgina 381 - I thought I saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. Delighted and surprised, I embraced her, but as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they became livid with the hue of death; her features appeared to change, and I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the graveworms crawling in the folds of the flannel.
Pàgina 331 - His voice — his face — is gone ; " To feel impatient-hearted, Yet feel we must bear on ; Ah, I could not endure To whisper of such woe, Unless I felt this sleep ensure That it will not be so.
Pàgina 196 - I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless the fact were proved to be done, or at least the body found dead,(/) for the sake of two cases, one mentioned in my lord Coke's PC cap.
Pàgina 314 - The examination of a coral reef, during the different stages of one tide, is particularly interesting. When the tide has left it for some time, it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and...
Pàgina 456 - ... that indestructible love of flowers and odours, and dews and clear waters, and soft airs and sounds, and bright skies, and woodland solitudes, and moonlight bowers, which are the Material elements of Poetry...
Pàgina 381 - I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room, and continued a long time traversing my bed-chamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep. At length lassitude succeeded to the...
Pàgina 377 - After days and nights of incredible labour and fatigue, I succeeded in discovering the cause of generation and life ; nay, more, I became myself capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter.