The Quarterly Review, Volume 21William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1819 - English literature |
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... existence . But six months longer , and it was no more . Yes , Sir , trust me , that but for this providential peace , you and I would not be here listening to proud declamations on the glory of the war ; we should have heard nothing of ...
... existence . But six months longer , and it was no more . Yes , Sir , trust me , that but for this providential peace , you and I would not be here listening to proud declamations on the glory of the war ; we should have heard nothing of ...
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... existence or loss of any particular great man ; because the appearance of those illustrious characters , in whose hands the national destinies are placed , is not regulated by acci- dent ; but is provided for in regular succession ...
... existence or loss of any particular great man ; because the appearance of those illustrious characters , in whose hands the national destinies are placed , is not regulated by acci- dent ; but is provided for in regular succession ...
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... existence of these two mighty maritime empires . The maxim of delenda est Car- thago never found more cordial advocates in the Roman senate , than it now finds as applicable to Britain in the inmost recesses of every Ame- rican bosom ...
... existence of these two mighty maritime empires . The maxim of delenda est Car- thago never found more cordial advocates in the Roman senate , than it now finds as applicable to Britain in the inmost recesses of every Ame- rican bosom ...
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... existence of an arched or vaulted roof , so early as the thirteenth century before the Christian era . These accurate draw- ings are evidences of a mode of construction which has nothing in common with the principles of an arch . The ...
... existence of an arched or vaulted roof , so early as the thirteenth century before the Christian era . These accurate draw- ings are evidences of a mode of construction which has nothing in common with the principles of an arch . The ...
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... existence of a moral agent , but before that of the lowest and earliest among animated beings . We now return to M. Cuvier , whose exact and curious re- searches , and exquisite knowledge of comparative anatomy , have enabled him to ...
... existence of a moral agent , but before that of the lowest and earliest among animated beings . We now return to M. Cuvier , whose exact and curious re- searches , and exquisite knowledge of comparative anatomy , have enabled him to ...
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Page 50 - They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
Page 54 - Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: but except ye repent yc shall all likewise perish.
Page 131 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 397 - The charms that she wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin which but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings which dizen the proud? Alas ! they are all laid aside ; And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed, But the long winding-sheet, and the fringe of the shroud.
Page 61 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 61 - 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 397 - Methinks it is good to be here ; If Thou wilt, let us build— but for whom ? Nor Elias nor Moses appear, But the shadows of eve that encompass the gloom, The abode of the dead and the place of the tomb.
Page 536 - They cried, No wonder such celestial charms For nine long years have set the world in arms ; What winning graces! what majestic mien! She moves a goddess, and she looks a queen.
Page 397 - Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, LORD, it is good for us to be here : if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles ; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
Page 360 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.