The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 45A. Constable, 1827 |
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... history . This impartiality , which is the rarest of all virtues even in those who have to deal with ancient and remote transactions , is truly heroic , and in fact almost without example , in one who has to write under such ...
... history . This impartiality , which is the rarest of all virtues even in those who have to deal with ancient and remote transactions , is truly heroic , and in fact almost without example , in one who has to write under such ...
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... history in a manly and upright spirit . The compensation is , that , when it is done in spite of those discouragements , the just and impartial will give it a proportional share of their admiration and applause - and that their number ...
... history in a manly and upright spirit . The compensation is , that , when it is done in spite of those discouragements , the just and impartial will give it a proportional share of their admiration and applause - and that their number ...
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... history . But though it was bril- liant , it was short ; and closed indeed at so early a period of his existence , that long before the end of his own life , his place might be considered as ultimately fixed among the Immortals , and ...
... history . But though it was bril- liant , it was short ; and closed indeed at so early a period of his existence , that long before the end of his own life , his place might be considered as ultimately fixed among the Immortals , and ...
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... history . If the substance be conceived in the spirit of candour , calmness , and impartiality , we cannot but think that the more engaging and fascinating the manner can be made , the better - and really cannot comprehend that a history ...
... history . If the substance be conceived in the spirit of candour , calmness , and impartiality , we cannot but think that the more engaging and fascinating the manner can be made , the better - and really cannot comprehend that a history ...
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... history . What we have now said , we trust will enable our readers to follow , both more easily , and with greater interest , the account we propose to give of the course and order of this singular discovery , and of the evidence by ...
... history . What we have now said , we trust will enable our readers to follow , both more easily , and with greater interest , the account we propose to give of the course and order of this singular discovery , and of the evidence by ...
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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...