The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 45A. Constable, 1827 |
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... thing like an equality of chance , the mere probability of thus gaining any concessions in favour of freedom might justify to sanguine minds the occasional risk of the com- promise . But it is evident that the result of such bargains ...
... thing like an equality of chance , the mere probability of thus gaining any concessions in favour of freedom might justify to sanguine minds the occasional risk of the com- promise . But it is evident that the result of such bargains ...
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... thing more than a temporary instrument of faction , is , to say the least of it , one of those self - delusions of the wise , which show how vainly the voice of the Past may speak amid the loud appeals and temptations of the Present ...
... thing more than a temporary instrument of faction , is , to say the least of it , one of those self - delusions of the wise , which show how vainly the voice of the Past may speak amid the loud appeals and temptations of the Present ...
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... thing that genius or art could furnish , to agitate and controul the human mind . " And when we recollect , ' adds Mr Moore , the men by whom the House of Commons was at that day adorned , and the con- flict of high passions and ...
... thing that genius or art could furnish , to agitate and controul the human mind . " And when we recollect , ' adds Mr Moore , the men by whom the House of Commons was at that day adorned , and the con- flict of high passions and ...
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... thing- " Eventus , stultorum magister " —reflect back merit upon the means by which it was achieved , or , by a retrospective miracle , convert that into wisdom , which chance had only saved from the worst consequences of folly . Just ...
... thing- " Eventus , stultorum magister " —reflect back merit upon the means by which it was achieved , or , by a retrospective miracle , convert that into wisdom , which chance had only saved from the worst consequences of folly . Just ...
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... thing they seized upon so splendidly astray- " quaque impetus egit , Hac sine lege ruunt , altoque sub æthere fixis Incursant stellis , rapiuntque per avia currum . ” His notice of the conversion of Mr Windham and other illustrious ...
... thing they seized upon so splendidly astray- " quaque impetus egit , Hac sine lege ruunt , altoque sub æthere fixis Incursant stellis , rapiuntque per avia currum . ” His notice of the conversion of Mr Windham and other illustrious ...
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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...