The Quarterly Review, Volume 23William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1820 |
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... become the favourite companion and chosen friend of the Princess Anne . Her figure and countenance were commanding and animated , in- dicating at once the character of her mind ; and licentious as were the manners of the sphere in which ...
... become the favourite companion and chosen friend of the Princess Anne . Her figure and countenance were commanding and animated , in- dicating at once the character of her mind ; and licentious as were the manners of the sphere in which ...
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... become the only rule of conduct . This was exem- plified in the state of England during the interval between the Restoration and Revolution ; the standard of general morality was never at any other time so low . The persons who figured ...
... become the only rule of conduct . This was exem- plified in the state of England during the interval between the Restoration and Revolution ; the standard of general morality was never at any other time so low . The persons who figured ...
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... become the ally of the French , whose arms , by this connection , were at once introduced into the heart of the empire . The power of France exceeded all pre- cedent in modern history . The French are eminently a military . people ...
... become the ally of the French , whose arms , by this connection , were at once introduced into the heart of the empire . The power of France exceeded all pre- cedent in modern history . The French are eminently a military . people ...
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... become so public that to desist from it would have been adding loss of re- putation to loss of time , Cohorn , who should have taught engi- neering instead of practising it , would have delayed the siege till the end of the year , if ...
... become so public that to desist from it would have been adding loss of re- putation to loss of time , Cohorn , who should have taught engi- neering instead of practising it , would have delayed the siege till the end of the year , if ...
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... become ac- quainted with his habitual principles of action , and find in him a complete example of that moral intrepidity which is the highest and rarest of all military and political virtues . Here we behold , in letters letters ...
... become ac- quainted with his habitual principles of action , and find in him a complete example of that moral intrepidity which is the highest and rarest of all military and political virtues . Here we behold , in letters letters ...
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Página 92 - What man dare, I dare: Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger; Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble...
Página 543 - I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that GOD governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that ' except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Página 311 - And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
Página 305 - Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we : come on, let us deal wisely with them ; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Página 563 - Hail to the State of England ! And conjoin With this a salutation as devout, Made to the spiritual fabric of her Church; Founded in truth ; by blood of martyrdom Cemented ; by the hands of wisdom reared In beauty of holiness, with ordered pomp, Decent, and unreproved.
Página 561 - Christian religion, shall, by writing, printing, teaching, or advised speaking, deny the Christian religion to be true, or the holy scriptures to be of divine authority, he shall upon the first offence be rendered incapable to hold any office or place of trust; and for the second be rendered incapable of bringing any action, being guardian, executor, legatee, or purchaser of lands, and shall suffer three years
Página 576 - Our ancestors d:d feelingly perceive, What in those holy structures ye possess Of ornamental interest, and the charm Of pious sentiment diffused afar, And human charity, and social love. — Thus never shall the indignities of time Approach their reverend graces, unopposed; Nor shall the elements be free to hurt Their fair proportions ; nor the blinder rage Of bigot zeal madly to overturn...
Página 169 - And what is Life ? — An hour-glass on the run, A mist, retreating from the morning sun, A busy, bustling, still-repeated dream, — Its length ? — A minute's pause, a moment's thought. And happiness ? — A bubble on the stream, That in the act of seizing shrinks to nought.
Página 411 - ... my gardens grow ; In vain fair Thames reflects the double scenes Of hanging mountains and of sloping greens: Joy lives not here ; to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the...
Página 543 - In this situation of this assembly, groping as it were in the dark to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings?