The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, 34. kötetA. Constable, 1820 |
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... better in theory , but they were neglected in practice : both primary schools and central schools remained in the most deplorable state , and but a very small portion of the lower peo- ple enjoyed the benefit of any teaching , before ...
... better in theory , but they were neglected in practice : both primary schools and central schools remained in the most deplorable state , and but a very small portion of the lower peo- ple enjoyed the benefit of any teaching , before ...
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... better sort in Great Britain and Ireland , and their families , Lesser freeholders Farmers ditto ditto Labourers , people employed in agriculture , mines and minerals Supposing miners to be half a million - to de- duct 385,000 1,050,000 ...
... better sort in Great Britain and Ireland , and their families , Lesser freeholders Farmers ditto ditto Labourers , people employed in agriculture , mines and minerals Supposing miners to be half a million - to de- duct 385,000 1,050,000 ...
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... better system of husbandry , larg- er farms , and more pastures , we can afford a double proportion of our population for commercial and manufacturing labours , the liberal and the useful arts , and a life of leisure and enjoyment : And ...
... better system of husbandry , larg- er farms , and more pastures , we can afford a double proportion of our population for commercial and manufacturing labours , the liberal and the useful arts , and a life of leisure and enjoyment : And ...
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... better be regulated than pro- scribed - whether it should not rather be rendered useful , than left to hover in secret enmity beyond the pale of the social insti- tutions . Montesquieu observes , that a sovereign aristocracy is ...
... better be regulated than pro- scribed - whether it should not rather be rendered useful , than left to hover in secret enmity beyond the pale of the social insti- tutions . Montesquieu observes , that a sovereign aristocracy is ...
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... better bases for the establishment of civil liberty by a mixed monarchy , than the table rase of France , where the materials are to be recomposed from their simplest elements . A change of dynasty has been considered as the proper scal ...
... better bases for the establishment of civil liberty by a mixed monarchy , than the table rase of France , where the materials are to be recomposed from their simplest elements . A change of dynasty has been considered as the proper scal ...
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200. oldal - O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple-stained mouth; That I might drink, and leave the world unseen, And with thee fade away into the forest dim...
152. oldal - He now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn. But it, too, was gone. A large, rickety wooden building stood in its place, with great gaping windows, some of them broken and mended with old hats and petticoats, and over the door was painted, "The Union Hotel, by Jonathan Doolittle.
149. oldal - For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the Third.
150. oldal - Rip Van Winkle ! Rip Van Winkle!" At the same time, Wolf bristled up his back, and giving a low growl, skulked to his master's side, looking fearfully down into the glen. Rip now felt a vague apprehension stealing over him. He looked anxiously in the same direction and perceived a strange figure slowly toiling up the rocks, and bending under the weight of something he carried on his back. He was surprised to see any human being in this lonely and unfrequented place ; but supposing it to be some one...
154. oldal - ... dreading the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle. Whenever her name was mentioned, however, he shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, and cast up his eyes ; which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived at Mr. Doolittle's hotel.
200. oldal - Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn...
154. oldal - Ah, poor man, Rip Van Winkle was his name, but it's twenty years since he went away from home with his gun, and never has been heard of since,— his dog came home without him; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl.
148. oldal - Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill mountains. They are a dismembered branch of the great Appalachian family, and are seen away to the west of the river, swelling up to a noble height, and lording it over the surrounding country.
151. oldal - ... round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and, whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence...
150. oldal - On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd-looking personages playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion : some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long...