The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 45A. Constable, 1827 |
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... seems quite true that he laboured as little as possible at Greek and Latin ; and throughout life he seems to have been equally averse from all irksome and ungrateful application . But Dr Parr has recorded that his mind was even then emi ...
... seems quite true that he laboured as little as possible at Greek and Latin ; and throughout life he seems to have been equally averse from all irksome and ungrateful application . But Dr Parr has recorded that his mind was even then emi ...
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... seems not a little extraordinary that nearly all our first - rate comedies should have been the productions of very ... seem always to have flowed from him with great copiousness and rapidity . But he had taste as well as genius - and ...
... seems not a little extraordinary that nearly all our first - rate comedies should have been the productions of very ... seem always to have flowed from him with great copiousness and rapidity . But he had taste as well as genius - and ...
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... seems to have been intended as an improvement on the preceding- and never to have been carried very far . But by far ... seem to have advanced as far as even the invention of the plot or the composition of a single scene . The memorandum ...
... seems to have been intended as an improvement on the preceding- and never to have been carried very far . But by far ... seem to have advanced as far as even the invention of the plot or the composition of a single scene . The memorandum ...
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... chiefly remark- able for point and personality . He seems to have sketched some epilogues , and other occasional pieces , fragments of which of considerable merit are here given by Mr Moore ; 12 Dec. Moore's Life of Sheridan .
... chiefly remark- able for point and personality . He seems to have sketched some epilogues , and other occasional pieces , fragments of which of considerable merit are here given by Mr Moore ; 12 Dec. Moore's Life of Sheridan .
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... seems no longer to be recog- nised as a practical element in the Constitution . It is obvious , indeed , on the slightest reflection , that such an open array of hostility - such an unsoftened collision of the great powers of the State ...
... seems no longer to be recog- nised as a practical element in the Constitution . It is obvious , indeed , on the slightest reflection , that such an open array of hostility - such an unsoftened collision of the great powers of the State ...
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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...