The National Review, Volumen2R. Theobald, 1856 |
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... force in all , as far as it depends on the characters of the persons attest- ing , or the nature of the things attested . " any In terms this and the whole of Middleton's argument is so shaped as to avoid including in its scope the ...
... force in all , as far as it depends on the characters of the persons attest- ing , or the nature of the things attested . " any In terms this and the whole of Middleton's argument is so shaped as to avoid including in its scope the ...
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... force Gibbon was admitted ; and immediately , contrary to his anticipations , and very much against his will , was called out for permanent duty . The hero of the corps was a certain dining Sir Thomas , who used at the end of each new ...
... force Gibbon was admitted ; and immediately , contrary to his anticipations , and very much against his will , was called out for permanent duty . The hero of the corps was a certain dining Sir Thomas , who used at the end of each new ...
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... force which really held society together , of the fresh air of the Illy- rian hills , of that army which , evermore recruited from northern and rugged populations , doubtless brought into the very centre of a degraded society the ...
... force which really held society together , of the fresh air of the Illy- rian hills , of that army which , evermore recruited from northern and rugged populations , doubtless brought into the very centre of a degraded society the ...
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... force , and opinion ; supported by the triple aristocracy of the church , the nobility , and the parliaments . They are crumbled into dust : they are vanished from the earth . If this tremendous warning has no effect on the men of ...
... force , and opinion ; supported by the triple aristocracy of the church , the nobility , and the parliaments . They are crumbled into dust : they are vanished from the earth . If this tremendous warning has no effect on the men of ...
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... force of cross - ex- amination . Of their own hardships and heroism , of their hunger and thirst and nakedness , in the illimitable forest and the dismal swamp , how ten put a thousand to flight , how often the saints aided them in ...
... force of cross - ex- amination . Of their own hardships and heroism , of their hunger and thirst and nakedness , in the illimitable forest and the dismal swamp , how ten put a thousand to flight , how often the saints aided them in ...
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Página 35 - All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest ; with such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Página 19 - Hence in a season of calm weather, Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore...
Página 465 - CAMPBELL : — THE NATURE OF THE ATONEMENT AND ITS RELATION TO REMISSION OF SINS AND ETERNAL LIFE. Fourth and Cheaper Edition, crown 8vo. 6s. "Among the first theological treatises of this generation.
Página 353 - The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. He relates no fact, he attributes no expression to his characters which is not authenticated by sufficient testimony. But, by judicious selection, rejection, and arrangement, he gives to truth those attractions which have been usurped by fiction.
Página 369 - Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget them all.
Página 336 - ... and ideas wherewith to present, as with their homage and their fealty, the approaching reformation: others as fast reading, trying all things, assenting to the force of reason and convincement. What could a man require more from a nation so pliant and so prone to seek after knowledge? What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil but wise and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people, a nation of prophets, of sages and of worthies.
Página 353 - He must see ordinary men as they appear in their ordinary business, and in their ordinary pleasures. He must mingle in the crowds of the exchange and the coffee-house.
Página 369 - Years following years, steal something every day, At last they steal us from ourselves away; In one our frolics, one amusements end, In one a mistress drops, in one a friend...
Página 354 - Walter Scott, in the same manner, has used those fragments of truth which historians have scornfully thrown behind them, in a manner which may well excite their envy. He has constructed out of their gleanings works which, even considered as histories, are scarcely less valuable than theirs. But a truly great historian would reclaim those materials which the novelist has appropriated.
Página 336 - Behold now this vast city: a city of refuge, the mansion-house of liberty, encompassed and surrounded with his protection ; the shop of war hath not there more anvils and hammers waking, to fashion out the plates and instruments of armed justice in defence of beleaguered truth, than there be pens and heads there, sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas...