The Quarterly Review, 9. kötetWilliam 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, 1813 |
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... hand , will not now shew those ordinary tokens of respect which are cheerfully paid to sex and station by ourselves . The man- ner in which this humour exhibits itself is sometimes offensive , and sometimes sufficiently amusing . A ...
... hand , will not now shew those ordinary tokens of respect which are cheerfully paid to sex and station by ourselves . The man- ner in which this humour exhibits itself is sometimes offensive , and sometimes sufficiently amusing . A ...
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... hand of authority . We have the satisfaction of knowing that this has already , in one in- stance , been applied , that the present governor has begun to make the island contribute to its own support , and that he is pro- portionably ...
... hand of authority . We have the satisfaction of knowing that this has already , in one in- stance , been applied , that the present governor has begun to make the island contribute to its own support , and that he is pro- portionably ...
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... hand may think , that what is sought by the patriots , though it cannot be pretended to as a right , might wisely be conceded as a grace -to such amongst these as will not shut their eyes against the light of history , and the ...
... hand may think , that what is sought by the patriots , though it cannot be pretended to as a right , might wisely be conceded as a grace -to such amongst these as will not shut their eyes against the light of history , and the ...
23. oldal
... hand of David , is a painting of extraordinary mechanical execution ; the other , which has infinitely higher pretensions , is of the old Italian school . It represents the decollation of St. John , and is suspended in the church ...
... hand of David , is a painting of extraordinary mechanical execution ; the other , which has infinitely higher pretensions , is of the old Italian school . It represents the decollation of St. John , and is suspended in the church ...
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... hand to grapple with . Accustomed , if the expression may be allowed , to athletic studies , what- ever force they may apply to the argumentation of Horsley , will be met by an equal reaction . He is a preacher to scholars and ...
... hand to grapple with . Accustomed , if the expression may be allowed , to athletic studies , what- ever force they may apply to the argumentation of Horsley , will be met by an equal reaction . He is a preacher to scholars and ...
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330. oldal - Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
196. oldal - Under a wise and beneficent government, the produce of the Holy Land would' exceed all calculation. Its perennial harvest ; the salubrity of its air; its limpid springs; its rivers, lakes, and matchless plains ; its hills and vales ; — all these, added to the serenity of its climate, prove this land to be indeed " a field which the Lord hath blessed...
233. oldal - ... the wish of the British Government to convert them by forcible means to Christianity; and his Lordship in Council has observed with concern that such malicious reports have been believed by many of the native troops.
193. oldal - Scotland,) but investing all the higher part with that perfect white and smooth velvet-like appearance which snow only exhibits when it is very deep...
236. oldal - But if a good system of agriculture, unrivalled manufacturing skill, a capacity to produce whatever can contribute to convenience or luxury ; schools established in every village for teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic ; the general practice of hospitality and charity amongst each other ; and above all, a treatment of the female sex full of confidence, respect, and delicacy, are among the signs which denote a civilised people, then the Hindus are not inferior to the nations of Europe...
284. oldal - Secondly, the bounty to the white-herring fishery is a tonnage bounty; and is proportioned to the burden of the ship, not to her diligence or success in the fishery; and it has, I am afraid, been too common for vessels to fit out for the sole purpose of catching, not the fish, but the bounty.
353. oldal - O ! when the growling winds contend, and all The sounding forest fluctuates in the storm ; To sink in warm repose, and hear the din Howl o'er the steady battlements, delights Above the luxury of vulgar sleep.
34. oldal - For six such days God was making the heaven and the earth, the sea, and all that therein is ; and rested on the seventh day.
196. oldal - A sight of this territory can alone convey any adequate idea of its surprising produce. It is truly the Eden of the East, rejoicing in the abundance of its wealth. Under a wise and beneficent government, the produce of the Holy Land would exceed all calculation.