Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volumen2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843 |
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... present drowning not to swim with the stream . But as the philosopher tells us , that , though the planets be whirled about daily from east to west , by the motion of the primum mobile , yet have they also a contrary proper motion of ...
... present drowning not to swim with the stream . But as the philosopher tells us , that , though the planets be whirled about daily from east to west , by the motion of the primum mobile , yet have they also a contrary proper motion of ...
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... presents to us is the gigantic strength of the government contrasted with the feebleness of the religious parties . During the twelve or thirteen years which followed the death of Henry the Eighth , the religion of the state was thrice ...
... presents to us is the gigantic strength of the government contrasted with the feebleness of the religious parties . During the twelve or thirteen years which followed the death of Henry the Eighth , the religion of the state was thrice ...
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... present afford . We therefore stop here , fearing that , if we proceed , our article may swell to a bulk exceeding that of all other reviews , as much as Dr. Nares's book exceeds the bulk of all other histories . 35 WAR OF THE ...
... present afford . We therefore stop here , fearing that , if we proceed , our article may swell to a bulk exceeding that of all other reviews , as much as Dr. Nares's book exceeds the bulk of all other histories . 35 WAR OF THE ...
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... presents to the Rome of Marius and Cæsar . Foreign conquest had begun to eat into every part of that gigantic monarchy on which the sun never set . Holland was gone , and Portugal , and Artois , and Rousillon , and Franche Comté . In ...
... presents to the Rome of Marius and Cæsar . Foreign conquest had begun to eat into every part of that gigantic monarchy on which the sun never set . Holland was gone , and Portugal , and Artois , and Rousillon , and Franche Comté . In ...
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... the place now occupied by the ad- vanced guard . The Tory Parliament of 1710 would have passed for a most liberal Parliament in the days of Elizabeth ; and there are at present few members THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN . 89.
... the place now occupied by the ad- vanced guard . The Tory Parliament of 1710 would have passed for a most liberal Parliament in the days of Elizabeth ; and there are at present few members THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN . 89.
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Página 240 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Página 37 - Forgiveness to the injured does belong ; But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
Página 262 - And they do claim, demand and insist upon all and singular the premises as their undoubted rights and liberties...
Página 475 - ... that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the squares of the sides.
Página 189 - Lord," he said to the Duke of Devonshire, " I am sure that I can save this country, and that nobody else can.
Página 426 - Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Página 2 - ... occupies fifteen hundred inches cubic measure, and that it weighs sixty pounds avoirdupois. Such a book might, before the deluge, have been considered as light reading by Hilpa and Shalum.
Página 357 - Come, rest in this bosom, my own stricken deer, Though the herd have fled from thee, thy home is still here; Here still is the smile, that no cloud can o'ercast, And a heart and a hand all thy own to the last.
Página 209 - We find in it the diligence, the accuracy, and the judgment of Hallam, united to the vivacity and the colouring of Southey. A history of England, written throughout in this manner, would be the most fascinating book in the language. It would be more in request at the circulating libraries than the last novel.
Página 371 - My conceit of his person was never increased toward him by his place, or honours : but I have and do reverence him, for the greatness that was only proper to himself, in that he seemed to me ever, by his work, one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed, that God would give him strength ; for greatness he could not want.