The Quarterly Review, Volume 119John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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... , ' — a remarkable record of courageous endurance and a most amusing picture of African manners and character . great · great Albert Nyanza confirms us in that opinion ; 24 Livingstone's Zambesi and its Tributaries .
... , ' — a remarkable record of courageous endurance and a most amusing picture of African manners and character . great · great Albert Nyanza confirms us in that opinion ; 24 Livingstone's Zambesi and its Tributaries .
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... opinion either as to the intrepidity of his character or on the magnitude of the exploit of the march across the continent of Africa , which he and his companion Captain Grant accomplished in the face of so many dangers and at the cost ...
... opinion either as to the intrepidity of his character or on the magnitude of the exploit of the march across the continent of Africa , which he and his companion Captain Grant accomplished in the face of so many dangers and at the cost ...
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... opinion , founded no more on transient petulance or prejudice , but on permanent principles ; and artists will speak to a public more and more trained to generous sympa- thies and to quick recognition of the excellent in all the variety ...
... opinion , founded no more on transient petulance or prejudice , but on permanent principles ; and artists will speak to a public more and more trained to generous sympa- thies and to quick recognition of the excellent in all the variety ...
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... opinion . We wish rather to show that neither in his later nor his earlier volumes had he obtained a complete grasp of his subject . Perfectly admirable in matters of detail , the book does not furnish furnish evidence that the author ...
... opinion . We wish rather to show that neither in his later nor his earlier volumes had he obtained a complete grasp of his subject . Perfectly admirable in matters of detail , the book does not furnish furnish evidence that the author ...
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... opinion , with M. Sainte - Beuve's Port Royal . ' Whether from inability or from design , he never appears to have thought out his subject in all its bearings . In the two first volumes where he writes almost as a Port Royalist , and in ...
... opinion , with M. Sainte - Beuve's Port Royal . ' Whether from inability or from design , he never appears to have thought out his subject in all its bearings . In the two first volumes where he writes almost as a Port Royalist , and in ...
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Page 521 - Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Page 146 - tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber.upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.
Page 222 - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court; and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Page 519 - And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist : some, Elias ; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
Page 398 - ... have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all three, without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists: there is a similar reason, though not quite so forcible, for supposing that both the Gothick and the Celtick, though blended with a very different idiom, had the same origin with the Sanscrit; and the old Persian might be added to the same family, if this were the place for discussing any question concerning...
Page 522 - If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother : but thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him. and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
Page 398 - The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all three, without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists...
Page 317 - West has conquered — he has treated his subject as it ought to be treated — I retract my objections. I foresee that this picture will not only become one of the most popular, but will occasion a revolution in art.
Page 525 - But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you ; And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead ; whereof we are witnesses.
Page 524 - eating the flesh," and " drinking the blood of the Son of man.