The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 34A. Constable, 1820 |
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... hand , proprietors and farmers together ( the latter with us may fairly be rated among proprie- tors , having a large capital vested in stock and improvements on land ) do not appear to amount to more than 2,975,000 indi- viduals , and ...
... hand , proprietors and farmers together ( the latter with us may fairly be rated among proprie- tors , having a large capital vested in stock and improvements on land ) do not appear to amount to more than 2,975,000 indi- viduals , and ...
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... hand , or the resentment of oppressed num- bers , on the other . The feudal aristocracy of the middle ages , at all events , was the very reverse of a paternal one . Its relation to the people was that of conquerors to the conquered ...
... hand , or the resentment of oppressed num- bers , on the other . The feudal aristocracy of the middle ages , at all events , was the very reverse of a paternal one . Its relation to the people was that of conquerors to the conquered ...
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... hand ) , to have their edicts recorded in their presence ; and the refractory magistrates were sometimes imprisoned , exiled , or suspended . Their obstinacy prevailed generally whenever their own privileges were in question ; and they ...
... hand ) , to have their edicts recorded in their presence ; and the refractory magistrates were sometimes imprisoned , exiled , or suspended . Their obstinacy prevailed generally whenever their own privileges were in question ; and they ...
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... reformers could brook no delay . A cure without their specific , and otherwise than by their hands , was no cure to them ; and they found associates in a vicious court , where men of the first rank took a pride in 18 Aug. France .
... reformers could brook no delay . A cure without their specific , and otherwise than by their hands , was no cure to them ; and they found associates in a vicious court , where men of the first rank took a pride in 18 Aug. France .
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... hand than that of Louis XVI . to guide the helm in such a tempest . Il est af- ' freux de penser , M. Mounier says , qu'avec une ame moins bien- faisante , un autre prince eut peut - être trouvé le moyen de main- • tenir son pouvoir ...
... hand than that of Louis XVI . to guide the helm in such a tempest . Il est af- ' freux de penser , M. Mounier says , qu'avec une ame moins bien- faisante , un autre prince eut peut - être trouvé le moyen de main- • tenir son pouvoir ...
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Page 200 - O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple-stained mouth; That I might drink, and leave the world unseen, And with thee fade away into the forest dim...
Page 152 - He now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn. But it, too, was gone. A large, rickety wooden building stood in its place, with great gaping windows, some of them broken and mended with old hats and petticoats, and over the door was painted, "The Union Hotel, by Jonathan Doolittle.
Page 149 - For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the Third.
Page 150 - Rip Van Winkle ! Rip Van Winkle!" At the same time, Wolf bristled up his back, and giving a low growl, skulked to his master's side, looking fearfully down into the glen. Rip now felt a vague apprehension stealing over him. He looked anxiously in the same direction and perceived a strange figure slowly toiling up the rocks, and bending under the weight of something he carried on his back. He was surprised to see any human being in this lonely and unfrequented place ; but supposing it to be some one...
Page 154 - ... dreading the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle. Whenever her name was mentioned, however, he shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, and cast up his eyes ; which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived at Mr. Doolittle's hotel.
Page 200 - Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn...
Page 154 - Ah, poor man, Rip Van Winkle was his name, but it's twenty years since he went away from home with his gun, and never has been heard of since,— his dog came home without him; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl.
Page 148 - Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill mountains. They are a dismembered branch of the great Appalachian family, and are seen away to the west of the river, swelling up to a noble height, and lording it over the surrounding country.
Page 151 - ... round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and, whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence...
Page 150 - On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd-looking personages playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion : some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long...