The Quarterly Review, Band 51William 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, 1834 |
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... become the scape - goat by which the reputations of all the rest are to be purified , because he happened to have better luck or more talents than the rest , and to have maintained his power a little longer . If one could make ...
... become the scape - goat by which the reputations of all the rest are to be purified , because he happened to have better luck or more talents than the rest , and to have maintained his power a little longer . If one could make ...
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... becoming gratitude of the generous and delicate attentions which he personally , as well as all his companions in misfortune , received from Captain Foote and his officers . The prisoners were released under a special cartel , at ...
... becoming gratitude of the generous and delicate attentions which he personally , as well as all his companions in misfortune , received from Captain Foote and his officers . The prisoners were released under a special cartel , at ...
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... become a suc- cessful translator of Pindar , though a fortune worthy of high con- gratulation , is not to us either unexpected or unaccountable . For , though it be true that Dante and Pindar were men of very diverse tempers , and the ...
... become a suc- cessful translator of Pindar , though a fortune worthy of high con- gratulation , is not to us either unexpected or unaccountable . For , though it be true that Dante and Pindar were men of very diverse tempers , and the ...
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... becomes invested with moral associations ; but we all know , or may know upon a little reflection , that a very large por- tion of the language spoken at any given period by every civilized people , is made up of words and phrases ...
... becomes invested with moral associations ; but we all know , or may know upon a little reflection , that a very large por- tion of the language spoken at any given period by every civilized people , is made up of words and phrases ...
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... become tiresome and meaningless in course of time . Hence the hymn which was destined to immortalize the victor and his country was based upon themes of enduring interest ; it assumed a sublime aspect ; it lifted its voice to heaven in ...
... become tiresome and meaningless in course of time . Hence the hymn which was destined to immortalize the victor and his country was based upon themes of enduring interest ; it assumed a sublime aspect ; it lifted its voice to heaven in ...
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Adam Clarke admirable agricultural appears Arnault Artevelde Baird beautiful believe better called character Church Clarke Colonel Wellesley command Conradin corn corn-laws Créqui death Dissenters Donnegan doubt Duke Duke of Bourbon Duke of Burgundy duty edition effect Elena emperor England English father favour feeling foreign Frederick French genius give Greek Gutzlaff Hohenstaufen honour instance interest king labour land language less lexicon look Lord Lord Byron Lord Chancellor Lord Wellesley manner manufactures means Memoirs mind ministers moral nation nature never night object observe opinion passage passed Passow perhaps persons Philip van Artevelde Pindar poet pope present principle produce question racter readers Renée de Froulay scene Schneider seems sense Sir David Baird Sir Egerton spirit talents things thought tion trade whole word writers
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 302 - I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death.
Seite 37 - The charm dissolves apace ; And as the morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness, so their rising senses Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle Their clearer reason.
Seite 366 - ... and consequently no culture of the earth; no navigation nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea; no commodious building; no instruments of moving and removing such things as require much force; no knowledge of the face of the earth; no account of time; no arts; no letters; no society; and, which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
Seite 24 - Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for th' isles Of Javan or Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails fill'd, and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold them play...
Seite 306 - I have loved justice, and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile...
Seite 38 - O, speak again, bright angel ! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him, When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air.
Seite 128 - Naaman the Syrian. 28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, 29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. 30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way.
Seite 303 - So far have I been from any care to grace my pages with modern decorations, that I have studiously endeavoured to collect examples and authorities from the writers before the restoration, whose works I regard as the wells of English undefiled, as> the pure sources of genuine diction.
Seite 303 - ... admitting among the additions of later times, only such as may supply real deficiencies, such as are readily adopted by the genius of our tongue, and incorporate easily with our native idioms.
Seite 427 - Orientale;" but for correctness of costume, beauty of description, and power of imagination, it far surpasses all European imitations; and bears such marks of originality, that those who have visited the East will find some difficulty in believing it to be more than a translation. As an Eastern tale, even Rasselas must bow before it; his " Happy Valley" will not bear a comparison with the "Hall of Eblis.