The Monthly Review, Or, Literary JournalR. Griffiths, 1817 |
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... appears that an opinion was entertained by the British government at Calcutta in 1808 , which principally resulted from the embassy of the French General Gardanne to Persia , that Bonaparte had views of penetrating by land to Hin ...
... appears that an opinion was entertained by the British government at Calcutta in 1808 , which principally resulted from the embassy of the French General Gardanne to Persia , that Bonaparte had views of penetrating by land to Hin ...
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... appears at a high window , the ambassador is made to run forward for a certain distance , when he stops for a moment , and prays for the King . He is then made to run forward again , and prays once more ; and , after another run , the ...
... appears at a high window , the ambassador is made to run forward for a certain distance , when he stops for a moment , and prays for the King . He is then made to run forward again , and prays once more ; and , after another run , the ...
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... appears to be 20,500 feet above the level of the sea . None of the Andes attain this height . A third chapter is allotted to the rivers ; which have rather the character of torrents , and which , as they fall down a surface steeply ...
... appears to be 20,500 feet above the level of the sea . None of the Andes attain this height . A third chapter is allotted to the rivers ; which have rather the character of torrents , and which , as they fall down a surface steeply ...
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of mankind . Some characters appear great only when con- templated at a distance , and on a nearer inspection excite only ... appears as a public negotiator , ex- hibits him in the most dignified aspect as a champion for the liberties of ...
of mankind . Some characters appear great only when con- templated at a distance , and on a nearer inspection excite only ... appears as a public negotiator , ex- hibits him in the most dignified aspect as a champion for the liberties of ...
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... appears to me a very expensive machine for government , and I apprehend the people will find out in time that they may as well be governed , and that it will be much cheaper to be governed , by the minister alone ; no parliament being ...
... appears to me a very expensive machine for government , and I apprehend the people will find out in time that they may as well be governed , and that it will be much cheaper to be governed , by the minister alone ; no parliament being ...
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128. oldal - The turtle to her mate hath told her tale. Summer is come, for every spray now springs: The hart hath hung his old head on the pale; The buck in brake his winter coat he flings ; The fishes flete with new repaired scale.
304. oldal - The stars are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains. — Beautiful ! I linger yet with nature, for the night Hath been to me a more familiar face Than that of man ; and in her starry shade Of dim and solitary loveliness, I learned the language of another world.
302. oldal - When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things...
301. oldal - Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar, with our mixed essence, make A conflict of its elements, and breathe The breath of degradation and of pride, Contending with low wants and lofty will, Till our mortality predominates, And men are — what they name not to themselves, And trust not to each other.
300. oldal - Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; «° They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.
20. oldal - To get over this, my way is, to divide half a sheet of paper by a line into two columns; writing over the one pro, and over the other con; then during three or four days' consideration, I put down under the different heads short hints of the different motives, that at different times occur to me, for or against the measure. When I have thus got them all together in one view, I...
284. oldal - Nymph of a fair, but erring line ! " Gently he said — "One hope is thine. Tis written in the Book of Fate, The Peri yet may be forgiven Who brings to this Eternal Gate The Gift that is most dear to Heaven ! Go, seek it, and redeem thy sin — Tis sweet to let the Pardon'd in ! " Rapidly as comets run To th...
286. oldal - Cheer'd by this hope, she bends her thither ; — Still laughs the radiant eye of heaven, Nor have the golden bowers of even In the rich west begun to wither ; — When, o'er the vale of Balbec winging Slowly, she sees a child at play, Among the rosy wild-flowers singing, As rosy and as wild as they ; Chasing, with eager hands and eyes, The beautiful blue damsel-flies, That flutter'd round the jasmine stems, Like winged flowers or flying gems...
287. oldal - And how felt he, the wretched Man reclining there — while memory ran o'er many a year of guilt and strife, flew o'er the dark flood of his life, nor found one sunny resting-place, nor brought him back one branch of grace !
304. oldal - Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watchdog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesars...