The Quarterly Review, Volume 39William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1829 - English literature |
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... original taint is said to stick fast , ineradicable by the caustic of time , even when hoary old age has rendered the members impotent of sin ; and , As with age their bodies uglier grow , So do their minds with cankers . ' . Capt ...
... original taint is said to stick fast , ineradicable by the caustic of time , even when hoary old age has rendered the members impotent of sin ; and , As with age their bodies uglier grow , So do their minds with cankers . ' . Capt ...
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... original little domain of Hapsburg , ' - and de- servedly , we say , if Austria should be wicked or stupid enough to play so suicidal a part as Colonel Evans is pleased to sketch out for the heirs of Rodolph of Hapsburg . * Jones's ...
... original little domain of Hapsburg , ' - and de- servedly , we say , if Austria should be wicked or stupid enough to play so suicidal a part as Colonel Evans is pleased to sketch out for the heirs of Rodolph of Hapsburg . * Jones's ...
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... originals . But , until the reign of King John , the charters , patents , and writs issued under the Great Seal , by and in the name of the Sovereign , were not in any- wise registered or recorded . It is true that there are in the ...
... originals . But , until the reign of King John , the charters , patents , and writs issued under the Great Seal , by and in the name of the Sovereign , were not in any- wise registered or recorded . It is true that there are in the ...
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... original documents , * from which the record was compiled , affords those details which were unnoticed by the chroniclers . The survey , then , was made by the juries of the hundred , which juries , in the county of Cam- bridge - for it ...
... original documents , * from which the record was compiled , affords those details which were unnoticed by the chroniclers . The survey , then , was made by the juries of the hundred , which juries , in the county of Cam- bridge - for it ...
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... original extents , which were deposited in the exchequer at Caernarvon , have been long since dispersed and destroyed . Copies of those relating to Anglesey , Caer- narvon , and Denbigh , made about the reign of Henry VII . , are extant ...
... original extents , which were deposited in the exchequer at Caernarvon , have been long since dispersed and destroyed . Copies of those relating to Anglesey , Caer- narvon , and Denbigh , made about the reign of Henry VII . , are extant ...
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Page 4 - O FRIEND ! I know not which way I must look For comfort, being, as I am, opprest, To think that now our life is only drest For show ; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook, Or groom ! We must run glittering like a brook In the open sunshine, or we are unblest : The wealthiest man among us is the best : No grandeur now in nature or in book Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry ; and these we adore : Plain living and high thinking are no more...
Page 476 - The discovery of America, and that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest and most important events recorded in the history of mankind.
Page 110 - First, we do amiss to spend seven or eight years merely in scraping together so much miserable Latin and Greek as might be learned otherwise easily and delightfully in one year.
Page 101 - From Paul's I went, to Eton sent, To learn straightways the Latin phrase, Where fifty-three stripes given to me At once I had. For fault but small, or none at all, It came to pass thus beat I was; See, Udal, see the mercy of thee To me, poor lad.
Page 18 - The great mass of nations is neither rich nor gay. They whose aggregate constitutes the people are found in the streets and the villages, in the shops and farms ; and from them collectively considered must the measure of general prosperity be taken.
Page 345 - Took up the lady's voice, and laughed again ; That ancient woman seated on Helm-crag Was ready with her cavern ; Hammar-scar, And the tall steep of Silver-how, sent forth A noise of laughter ; southern Loughrigg heard, And Fairfield answered with a mountain tone ; Helvellyn far into the clear blue sky Carried the lady's voice ; old Skiddaw blew His speaking-trumpet ; back out of the clouds Of Glaramara southward came the voice ; And Kirkstone tossed it from his misty head.
Page 284 - In perusing a corrupted piece, he must have before him all possibilities of meaning, with all possibilities of expression. Such must be his comprehension of thought, and such his copiousness of language. Out of many readings possible, he must be able to select that which best suits with the state, opinions, and modes of language prevailing in every age, and with his authour's particular cast of thought, and turn of expression. Such must be his knowledge, and such his taste.
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Page 190 - He had not been long in confinement when he applied to the Court of King's Bench for a writ of habeas corpus...
Page 216 - It is agreed that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.