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29. oldal
Perhaps an apology is due to some of our readers for reviewing it so late , and to
others , for reviewing it at all ; at least , for giving a detailed account of it . But if ,
from the importance which our extended notice may seem to attach to the present
...
Perhaps an apology is due to some of our readers for reviewing it so late , and to
others , for reviewing it at all ; at least , for giving a detailed account of it . But if ,
from the importance which our extended notice may seem to attach to the present
...
158. oldal
in the least , " said she , “ I never knew ap Englishman that was fond of
cleanliness ! ” “ Zounds ! madam , " cried I , “ can this be deemed cleanliness
which deranges the whole economy of a house , turns topsy turvy things that
should never be ...
in the least , " said she , “ I never knew ap Englishman that was fond of
cleanliness ! ” “ Zounds ! madam , " cried I , “ can this be deemed cleanliness
which deranges the whole economy of a house , turns topsy turvy things that
should never be ...
171. oldal
To the illiterate it can be of no service whatever , as they cannot understand it ;
and to both it will superinduce a pecuniary loss , of the value of at least a third of
these volumes . We do not mean by this to advance , that it is never expedient to
...
To the illiterate it can be of no service whatever , as they cannot understand it ;
and to both it will superinduce a pecuniary loss , of the value of at least a third of
these volumes . We do not mean by this to advance , that it is never expedient to
...
255. oldal
Of all the subjects of biography , the life of a mere mie litary adventurer appears
the least calculated to produce " either utility or interest . Amongst men of this
description we must look in vain for what is probably the most valuable result of
the ...
Of all the subjects of biography , the life of a mere mie litary adventurer appears
the least calculated to produce " either utility or interest . Amongst men of this
description we must look in vain for what is probably the most valuable result of
the ...
308. oldal
Upon all the remaining surface of the same globe , there is not the least
appearance of any other than a promiscuous sitnation of intersections ; and of
these only a single one is made by arches of principal stars . ' 1 The author then
gives a ...
Upon all the remaining surface of the same globe , there is not the least
appearance of any other than a promiscuous sitnation of intersections ; and of
these only a single one is made by arches of principal stars . ' 1 The author then
gives a ...
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9. oldal - Original Sin standeth not in the following of Adam, (as the Pelagians do vainly talk;) but it is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam...
77. oldal - Daughters; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
418. oldal - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven: As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
44. oldal - ... death, and the supreme arbiter of both ? Have you not marked when he entered how the stormy wave of the multitude retired at his approach ? Have you not marked...
44. oldal - ... the body of the accused, and mark it for the grave, while his voice warned the devoted wretch of woe and death — a death which no innocence can escape, no art elude, no force resist, no antidote prevent. There was an antidote — a juror's oath — but even that adamantine chain that bound the integrity of man to the throne of eternal justice, is solved and melted in the breath that issues from the informer's mouth ; conscience swings from her mooring, and the appalled and affrighted juror...
44. oldal - Have you not marked how the human heart bowed to the supremacy of his power, in the undissembled homage of deferential horror ? How his glance, like the lightning of heaven, seemed to rive the body of the accused, and mark it for the grave, while his voice warned the devoted wretch of woe and...
43. oldal - It is at those periods that the honest man dares not speak, because truth is too dreadful to be told ; it is then humanity has no ears, because humanity has no tongue. It is then the proud man scorns to speak, but like a physician baffled by the wayward excesses of a dying patient, retires indignantly from the bed of an unhappy wretch, whose ear is too fastidious to bear the sound of wholesome advice, whose palate is too debauched to bear the salutary bitter of the medicine that might redeem him...
44. oldal - Let me ask you honestly, what do you feel, when, in my hearing, when in the face of this audience, you...
319. oldal - ... nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
235. oldal - He then passed on, and left sir Geoflry standing, without having a word to say for himself. When he came to sir Eustace de Ribeaumont, he assumed a cheerful look, and said, with a smile ; " Sir Eustace, you are the most valiant knight in Christendom, that I ever saw attack his enemy, or defend himself. I never yet found any one in battle, who, body to body, had given me so much to do as you have done this day. I adjudge to you the prize of valour above all the knights of my court, »s what is justly...