The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 101A. Constable, 1855 |
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... believe the account of Aulus Gellius , was no little vain of his attainments as a linguist , and used to boast that he had three hearts , because he was able to speak in three tongues , the Greek , the Latin , and the Oscan . ' What ...
... believe the account of Aulus Gellius , was no little vain of his attainments as a linguist , and used to boast that he had three hearts , because he was able to speak in three tongues , the Greek , the Latin , and the Oscan . ' What ...
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... believe that Crich- ton's acquirements extended at least so far as this . It might seem that a vague challenge to dispute in any one out of such a number of foreign tongues was an empty and unsubstantial boast , and a mere exhibition of ...
... believe that Crich- ton's acquirements extended at least so far as this . It might seem that a vague challenge to dispute in any one out of such a number of foreign tongues was an empty and unsubstantial boast , and a mere exhibition of ...
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... believe this , as I had believed what the old historians tell of Mithridates speaking the languages of the twenty - two nations who were subject to his sway . Accordingly I went to see this rival of the king of Pontus ; and , by way of ...
... believe this , as I had believed what the old historians tell of Mithridates speaking the languages of the twenty - two nations who were subject to his sway . Accordingly I went to see this rival of the king of Pontus ; and , by way of ...
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... believe he has never been out of Bologna . His tone of phrase and ' peculiar selection of words were those of the " Spectator ; " and it is probable that he was most conversant with the En- ' glish works of that day . The Abate ...
... believe he has never been out of Bologna . His tone of phrase and ' peculiar selection of words were those of the " Spectator ; " and it is probable that he was most conversant with the En- ' glish works of that day . The Abate ...
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... believe his reputation to be not only European , but Asiatic , and African also . He is said to speak some thirty languages and dialects ; but of course not all with equal readiness . The Persian missionary , Sebastiani , who , in ...
... believe his reputation to be not only European , but Asiatic , and African also . He is said to speak some thirty languages and dialects ; but of course not all with equal readiness . The Persian missionary , Sebastiani , who , in ...
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Page 519 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 155 - So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community. If a new road, for instance, were to be made through the grounds of a private person, it might perhaps be extensively beneficial to the public, but the law permits no man, or set of men, to do this without consent of the owner of the land.
Page 452 - Pythian's mystic cave of yore, Those oracles which set the world in flame, Nor ceased to burn till kingdoms were no more : Did he not this for France?
Page 232 - I am forced, with all humility, and yet plainly, to profess, that I cannot with safe conscience, and without the offence of the majesty of God, give my assent to the suppressing of the said exercises: much less can I send out any injunction for the utter and universal subversion of the same.
Page 349 - I know a citizen who adds or alters a letter in his name, with every plum he acquires; he now wants only the change of a vowel* to be allied to a sovereign prince in Italy ;f and that perhaps he may contrive to be done by a mistake of the graver upon his tomb-stone.
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Page 313 - The court does not recognize their application. There is no likeness between the cases. They are in opposition to each other, and there is an impassable gulf between them. The difference is that . which exists between freedom and slavery; and a greater cannot be imagined.
Page 313 - Such services can only be expected from one who has no will of his own, who surrenders his will in implicit obedience to that of another. Such obedience is the consequence only of uncontrolled authority over the body. There is nothing else which can operate to produce the effect. The power of the master must be absolute to render the submission of the slave perfect.