The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 138A. Constable, 1873 |
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... doubt scarce , and perhaps they are somewhat charily communicated . Possibly the explorations of the Commission may yet serve to disinter a few more of them . In the meantime we have abundant reason to be thankful to those few who have ...
... doubt scarce , and perhaps they are somewhat charily communicated . Possibly the explorations of the Commission may yet serve to disinter a few more of them . In the meantime we have abundant reason to be thankful to those few who have ...
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... doubt in common with many other literary personages at that time , was of a different opinion . The letters , she declared , were quite barbarous in style , with none of the elegance of their supposed contemporary Rowley ! They might be ...
... doubt in common with many other literary personages at that time , was of a different opinion . The letters , she declared , were quite barbarous in style , with none of the elegance of their supposed contemporary Rowley ! They might be ...
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... doubts , which were acknowledged by some as plausible , respecting the authenticity of the whole series . This was done in an ... doubt of authenticity . And if the fifth volume be unquestionably genuine , there can be no cause left for ...
... doubts , which were acknowledged by some as plausible , respecting the authenticity of the whole series . This was done in an ... doubt of authenticity . And if the fifth volume be unquestionably genuine , there can be no cause left for ...
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... doubt , by the familiar remark that the ancient law was divided into the moral and the ceremonial enactments ; that the former are summarily ' comprehended in the ten Commandments ; ' and that the sub- tleties of the rabbins are ...
... doubt , by the familiar remark that the ancient law was divided into the moral and the ceremonial enactments ; that the former are summarily ' comprehended in the ten Commandments ; ' and that the sub- tleties of the rabbins are ...
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... doubt impossible . Throughout Palestine , after sunset on the 14th of Nisan , and in Jerusalem after noon on that day , it was criminal either to buy or to sell ; and not only so , but it was forbidden to carry a scrip or loose purse ...
... doubt impossible . Throughout Palestine , after sunset on the 14th of Nisan , and in Jerusalem after noon on that day , it was criminal either to buy or to sell ; and not only so , but it was forbidden to carry a scrip or loose purse ...
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Page 549 - Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth ; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Page 551 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 10 - ... will greatly modify this estimate. Unlettered as he was and unpolished, he was still in some most important points a gentleman. He was a member of a proud and powerful aristocracy, and was distinguished by many both of the good and of the bad qualities which belong to aristocrats. His family pride was beyond that of a Talbot or a Howard. He knew the genealogies and coats of arms of all his neighbours, and could tell which of them had assumed supporters without any right, and which of them were...
Page 491 - House standing out of a speaking distance from another; .... We could see at every house a Tenter, and on almost every Tenter a piece of Cloth or Kersie or Shalloon.
Page 553 - Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine Lo, thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.
Page 564 - Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Page 271 - It will further endeavour from time to time, by such means as crrcumstancea may require, to strengthen the Government of your Highness, to enable you to exercise with equity and with justice your rightful rule, and to transmit to your descendants all the dignities and honours of which you are the lawful possessor.
Page 186 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel 13 light. XV.— I WANDERED LONELY. 1804. I WANDERED lonely as a cloud...
Page 11 - I am so far from growing used to mankind by living amongst them, that my natural ferocity and wildness does but every day grow worse. They tire me, they fatigue me ; I don't know what to do with them ; I don't know what to say to them; I fling open the windows and fancy I want air ; and when I get by myself, I undress myself, and seem to have had people in my pockets, in my plaits, and on my shoulders!
Page 543 - Ever remember that thou art human, not merely a natural production ; ever remember that all others are human also, and, with all individual differences, the same as thou, having the same needs and claims as thyself; this is the sum and substance of morality.