The Quarterly Review, Volumen144John Murray, 1877 |
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... why I could act as well as he myself . I am sure if I had seen a ghost , I should have looked in the same manner , and done just as he did . The King for my money : he speaks all his words distinctly , half as loud again as the others ...
... why I could act as well as he myself . I am sure if I had seen a ghost , I should have looked in the same manner , and done just as he did . The King for my money : he speaks all his words distinctly , half as loud again as the others ...
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Página 35 - I can say, and will say, that as a peer of parliament, as speaker of this right honourable house, as keeper of the great seal, as guardian of his majesty's conscience, as lord high chancellor of England, nay, even in that character alone in which the noble duke would think it an affront to be considered, — as a MAN, I am at this moment as respectable, — I beg leave to add, — I am at this time as much respected, as the proudest peer I now look down upon.
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Página 61 - This Poem was chiefly written upon the mountainous ruins of the Baths of Caracalla, among the flowery glades, and thickets of odoriferous blossoming trees, which are extended in ever winding labyrinths upon its immense platforms and dizzy arches suspended in the air.
Página 4 - Who founded University College?" I stated (though, by the way, the point is sometimes doubted) " that King Alfred founded it." " Very well, sir," said the examiner, " you are competent for your degree.
Página 14 - Graced as thou art with all the power of words, So known, so honour'd, at the house of lords; Conspicuous scene ! another yet is nigh, (More silent far) where kings and poets lie; Where Murray (long enough his country's pride) Shall be no more than Tully or than Hyde!
Página 288 - His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, having, in his constant solicitude for the welfare of his subjects, issued a firman which, while ameliorating their condition without distinction of religion or of race, records his generous intentions towards the Christian population of his empire, and wishing to give a further proof of his sentiments in that respect, has resolved to communicate to the contracting parties the said firman, emanating spontaneously from his sovereign will.
Página 521 - The law is this: that each of our leading conceptions, each branch of our knowledge, passes successively through three different theoretical conditions: the Theological, or fictitious; the Metaphysical, or abstract; and the Scientific, or positive.
Página 530 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained.