The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 45A. Constable, 1827 |
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... English assistance at Quiberon - if going to war in 1793 for the right of the Dutch to a river , and so managing it that in 1794 the Dutch lost their whole Seven Provinces - if lavishing more money upon failures than the successes of a ...
... English assistance at Quiberon - if going to war in 1793 for the right of the Dutch to a river , and so managing it that in 1794 the Dutch lost their whole Seven Provinces - if lavishing more money upon failures than the successes of a ...
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... English consti- tution , and indeed government in general , was established . Every thing that we know that is valuable in the ordinances of men , or admirable in the arrangements of Providence , seems to depend on a compromise , a ...
... English consti- tution , and indeed government in general , was established . Every thing that we know that is valuable in the ordinances of men , or admirable in the arrangements of Providence , seems to depend on a compromise , a ...
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... English la- bourer ( too much an ideal picture at the present moment ) can be sustained amidst the debasing competition , resulting from the eternal influx of poverty and degradation in the never - ceasing importations of Irish ...
... English la- bourer ( too much an ideal picture at the present moment ) can be sustained amidst the debasing competition , resulting from the eternal influx of poverty and degradation in the never - ceasing importations of Irish ...
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... English acres in Ire- land which , supposing them to be assessed at sixpence an acre , would yield an annual revenue of nearly 500,000l . The rent of an estate would , however , be a much fairer criterion for esti- mating the sum which ...
... English acres in Ire- land which , supposing them to be assessed at sixpence an acre , would yield an annual revenue of nearly 500,000l . The rent of an estate would , however , be a much fairer criterion for esti- mating the sum which ...
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... English prisoners , that we really cannot help suspecting , that not a year elapses in which many innocent persons are not found guilty . How is it possible , indeed , that it can be otherwise ? There are seventy or eighty persons to be ...
... English prisoners , that we really cannot help suspecting , that not a year elapses in which many innocent persons are not found guilty . How is it possible , indeed , that it can be otherwise ? There are seventy or eighty persons to be ...
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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...