The Quarterly Review, Volume 128John Murray, 1870 - English literature |
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... probably in some respects modify the judgment that is now pronounced . Yet we think it is plain from them , even now , what are Mr. Tennyson's powers ; what he can do , what he cannot do . To come to the other poems of the volume . The ...
... probably in some respects modify the judgment that is now pronounced . Yet we think it is plain from them , even now , what are Mr. Tennyson's powers ; what he can do , what he cannot do . To come to the other poems of the volume . The ...
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... probably this which renders the conclusion of the story somewhat disappointing : for the fre- quent air of mystery introduced into the earlier portions excite the reader with the expectation of some catastrophe , terrible or weird , at ...
... probably this which renders the conclusion of the story somewhat disappointing : for the fre- quent air of mystery introduced into the earlier portions excite the reader with the expectation of some catastrophe , terrible or weird , at ...
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... probably be hurried through or performed in a perfunctory way . In the other case , the head of a business is working mainly for himself , and he knows that if he would succeed in it he must give his close personal atten- tion to all ...
... probably be hurried through or performed in a perfunctory way . In the other case , the head of a business is working mainly for himself , and he knows that if he would succeed in it he must give his close personal atten- tion to all ...
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... probably be an end of the matter so far as they are concerned . Thus some of the most disgraceful blunders and extravagancies of recent times have been committed . Let the attempt be made to attach blame to individuals to fix ...
... probably be an end of the matter so far as they are concerned . Thus some of the most disgraceful blunders and extravagancies of recent times have been committed . Let the attempt be made to attach blame to individuals to fix ...
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... probably have done more harm than good . Thus Mr. Cave's proposed Bill of last session contained a clause giving the power to any twenty policy- holders to require an inspection of the accounts of any Assurance Company by the Board of ...
... probably have done more harm than good . Thus Mr. Cave's proposed Bill of last session contained a clause giving the power to any twenty policy- holders to require an inspection of the accounts of any Assurance Company by the Board of ...
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Page 383 - twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;} " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.
Page 386 - Who knows but He whose hand the lightning forms, Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms, Pours fierce ambition in a Caesar's mind...
Page 336 - It is the representative of his best moments, and all that there has been about him of soft and gentle and pure and penitent and good speaks to him for ever out of his English bible It is his sacred thing, which doubt has never dimmed, and controversy never soiled. In the length and breadth of the land there is not a protestant with one spark of religiousness about him, whose spiritual biography is not in his Saxon bible...
Page 455 - Till the last trumpet ; for charitable prayers, Shards, flints and pebbles should be thrown on her : Yet here she is allow'd her virgin crants, Her maiden strewments and the bringing home Of bell and burial.
Page 10 - And thou was the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies. And thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest.
Page 13 - Of ever-shifting sand, and far away The phantom circle of a moaning sea. There the pursuer could pursue no more, And he that fled no further fly the King...
Page 10 - Redder than any rose, a joy to me. For now I knew the veil had been withdrawn. Then in a moment when they blazed again Opening, I saw the least of little stars Down on the waste, and straight beyond the star I saw the spiritual city and all her spires And gateways in a glory like one pearl — • No larger, tho...
Page 311 - I defy the Pope and all his laws ... if God spare my life, ere many years I will cause a boy that driveth the plough shall know more of the Scriptures than thou doest.
Page 196 - That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements, and feelings, and characters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The Big Bow-Wow strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch which renders ordinary common-place things and characters interesting, from the truth of the description and the sentiment, is denied to me" (Lockhart's Life tf Scott, chap.
Page 333 - Latin; no, nor the Spanish, French, Italian, or Dutch, neither did we disdain to revise that which we had done, and to bring back to the anvil that which we had hammered: but having and using as great helps as were needful, and fearing no reproach for slowness, nor coveting praise for expedition, we have at length, through the good hand of the Lord upon us, brought the work to that pass that you see.