The Quarterly Review, Volume 119John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 23
... regard the alleged difference of altitude ( 226 feet ) between the two lakes as an objection to this supposition ; for when we know that 1 ° Fahr . represents an altitude of 533 feet , a difference of level which is indicated by the ...
... regard the alleged difference of altitude ( 226 feet ) between the two lakes as an objection to this supposition ; for when we know that 1 ° Fahr . represents an altitude of 533 feet , a difference of level which is indicated by the ...
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... regard a Pope as a being to whom no contradic- tion should be offered , and a legate as the only adviser in whose singleness of purpose and knowledge of affairs he could place implicit confidence . There have been few periods in which ...
... regard a Pope as a being to whom no contradic- tion should be offered , and a legate as the only adviser in whose singleness of purpose and knowledge of affairs he could place implicit confidence . There have been few periods in which ...
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... regard them in connexion with the author's personal career , which they for the most part faithfully reflect . It was on the 23rd of December , 1804 - scarcely more than a year after Boulogne had been the scene of Napoleon's gigantic ...
... regard them in connexion with the author's personal career , which they for the most part faithfully reflect . It was on the 23rd of December , 1804 - scarcely more than a year after Boulogne had been the scene of Napoleon's gigantic ...
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... regard the book as a true account of the struggles which had taken place in the author's breast between the claims of medicine and science on the one hand , and of literature and the muses on the other . This conflict was a sharp and ...
... regard the book as a true account of the struggles which had taken place in the author's breast between the claims of medicine and science on the one hand , and of literature and the muses on the other . This conflict was a sharp and ...
Page 85
... very great disadvantage . So much for the substance of the book . * As regards the manner In later editions several essays on kindred subjects have been added . in which it is executed , we think there are in M. Sainte - Beuve . 85.
... very great disadvantage . So much for the substance of the book . * As regards the manner In later editions several essays on kindred subjects have been added . in which it is executed , we think there are in M. Sainte - Beuve . 85.
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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.