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Página 241
Artaxerxes , unless when enlivened by the brilliancy of a great singer , has
always been found dull and tedious ; and this has been ascribed , not to the
demerits of this individual drama , but to those of the whole class to which it
belongs .
Artaxerxes , unless when enlivened by the brilliancy of a great singer , has
always been found dull and tedious ; and this has been ascribed , not to the
demerits of this individual drama , but to those of the whole class to which it
belongs .
Página 267
In war time , when the landwehr is added to the establishment , the whole form
together a division of two or three brigades , according as the first class alone , or
both classes of the landwehr are called out . A division includes , consequently ...
In war time , when the landwehr is added to the establishment , the whole form
together a division of two or three brigades , according as the first class alone , or
both classes of the landwehr are called out . A division includes , consequently ...
Página 278
1 SOME reports of slave - ships having reached us , the Arethusa suddenly put to
sea , and proceeded to the Islands de Los , between which we sailed the whole
day ; first running before the wind , and then beating to windward - capital ...
1 SOME reports of slave - ships having reached us , the Arethusa suddenly put to
sea , and proceeded to the Islands de Los , between which we sailed the whole
day ; first running before the wind , and then beating to windward - capital ...
Página 346
In short , whenever we have the luck to get into another war , the whole service
must be very materially altered . As I am anxious in these papers to give some
account of almost every situation into which , in the Life of a Sailor , a man may
be ...
In short , whenever we have the luck to get into another war , the whole service
must be very materially altered . As I am anxious in these papers to give some
account of almost every situation into which , in the Life of a Sailor , a man may
be ...
Página 116
The principal falling off occurs in the Excise , which , as to its fellow quarter last
year , shows an amount less by 748,038l . , and , upon a contrast of the two
whole years , of no less than 2,037,0561 . The Customs have fallen off upon the
quarter ...
The principal falling off occurs in the Excise , which , as to its fellow quarter last
year , shows an amount less by 748,038l . , and , upon a contrast of the two
whole years , of no less than 2,037,0561 . The Customs have fallen off upon the
quarter ...
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Página 50 - A DICTIONARY, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation.
Página 211 - We must not make a scare-crow of the law, ' Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.
Página 211 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Página 309 - ... country. Southey, by his marvellous excursions in the regions both of history and romance — Coleridge, by his wild fictions of a class entirely his own, in which there is an indescribable witchery of phrase and conceit, that affects the imagination as if one had eaten of " the insane root that takes the reason prisoner...
Página 81 - And they chaunted the deeds of Roland. Still the ramparted ground . With a vision my fancy inspires, And I hear the trump sound, As it marshalled our Chivalry's sires. On each turf of that mead Stood the captors of England's domains, That ennobled her breed And high-mettled the blood of her veins.
Página 149 - ... with the advice of our Privy Council, to issue this our Royal Proclamation, hereby...
Página 155 - ... them an hour together. If I had time I stayed by them to see them die, and see the manner of their death, and closed up their mouth and eyes ; for they died with their mouth and eyes very much open and staring. Then if people had nobody to help them (for help was scarce at such a time and place), I helped to lay them forth out of the bed, and afterwards into the coffin ; and, last of all, accompanied them to the ground.
Página 39 - Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident, little disappointed, not at all dejected, relying on his own merit with steady consciousness, and waiting, without impatience, the vicissitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation.
Página 115 - King in person, who delivered the following speech: — " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " I AM at length enabled to put an end to a session of unexampled duration and labour, in which matters of the deepest interest have been brought under your consideration. I have felt sincere satisfaction in confirming, by my royal assent, bills for the amendment of the game laws, and for the reduction of taxes which pressed heavily on the industry of my people...
Página 115 - GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, " I thank you for the provision made for the future dignity and comfort of my Royal Consort, in the event of her surviving me, and for the supplies which you have granted for the service of the present year. You may be assured of my anxious care to have them administered with the strictest attention to a wellconsidered economy. The state of Europe has...
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| Título | The Metropolitan, Volume 2 English literary periodicals |
| Editora | James Cochrane and Company, 1831 |
| Original de | Universidade de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 28 Fev 2007 |
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