The Quarterly Review, Band 23William 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, 1820 |
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... side of France ; and by virtue of that connection Louis XIV . had ob- tained complete possession of the Spanish Netherlands , ( which had been the bulwark of Holland , ) for all purposes of offen- sive war . Bavaria also was become the ...
... side of France ; and by virtue of that connection Louis XIV . had ob- tained complete possession of the Spanish Netherlands , ( which had been the bulwark of Holland , ) for all purposes of offen- sive war . Bavaria also was become the ...
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... side , and talents on the other , estab- lished something like equality . The happiness of the countess was not increased by the power of which she found herself pos- sessed upon the queen's accession ; her influence , however , at this ...
... side , and talents on the other , estab- lished something like equality . The happiness of the countess was not increased by the power of which she found herself pos- sessed upon the queen's accession ; her influence , however , at this ...
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... side , and in a hasty note which he wrote to her from the ship , he says it was impossible to express with what a heavy heart . He would have given his life to come back , he said , though he durst not , knowing his own weakness , and ...
... side , and in a hasty note which he wrote to her from the ship , he says it was impossible to express with what a heavy heart . He would have given his life to come back , he said , though he durst not , knowing his own weakness , and ...
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... side , having obtained the leave of the States , for the pur- pose of raising a contribution in the country of Waes . If any part of the world might deserve , by the common consent of na- tions , to be held sacred in war , because of ...
... side , having obtained the leave of the States , for the pur- pose of raising a contribution in the country of Waes . If any part of the world might deserve , by the common consent of na- tions , to be held sacred in war , because of ...
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... side of Germany the French had obtained some important successes . M. Tallard had taken Brisac , which was the strongest bulwark of the empire on that side , and was regarded as one of the best fortresses in Europe , and he had ...
... side of Germany the French had obtained some important successes . M. Tallard had taken Brisac , which was the strongest bulwark of the empire on that side , and was regarded as one of the best fortresses in Europe , and he had ...
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Seite 92 - What man dare, I dare: Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger; Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble...
Seite 543 - I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that GOD governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that ' except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Seite 311 - And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
Seite 305 - Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we : come on, let us deal wisely with them ; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Seite 563 - Hail to the State of England ! And conjoin With this a salutation as devout, Made to the spiritual fabric of her Church; Founded in truth ; by blood of martyrdom Cemented ; by the hands of wisdom reared In beauty of holiness, with ordered pomp, Decent, and unreproved.
Seite 561 - Christian religion, shall, by writing, printing, teaching, or advised speaking, deny the Christian religion to be true, or the holy scriptures to be of divine authority, he shall upon the first offence be rendered incapable to hold any office or place of trust; and for the second be rendered incapable of bringing any action, being guardian, executor, legatee, or purchaser of lands, and shall suffer three years
Seite 576 - Our ancestors d:d feelingly perceive, What in those holy structures ye possess Of ornamental interest, and the charm Of pious sentiment diffused afar, And human charity, and social love. — Thus never shall the indignities of time Approach their reverend graces, unopposed; Nor shall the elements be free to hurt Their fair proportions ; nor the blinder rage Of bigot zeal madly to overturn...
Seite 169 - And what is Life ? — An hour-glass on the run, A mist, retreating from the morning sun, A busy, bustling, still-repeated dream, — Its length ? — A minute's pause, a moment's thought. And happiness ? — A bubble on the stream, That in the act of seizing shrinks to nought.
Seite 411 - ... my gardens grow ; In vain fair Thames reflects the double scenes Of hanging mountains and of sloping greens: Joy lives not here ; to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the...
Seite 543 - In this situation of this assembly, groping as it were in the dark to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings?