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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... course is alto- gether blameless ; for , as we have hinted , three at least of his volumes are mere catchpennies ; and - under the title of his Sou- venirs he had inveigled us into the purchase of a mass of old newspaper criticisms on ...
... course is alto- gether blameless ; for , as we have hinted , three at least of his volumes are mere catchpennies ; and - under the title of his Sou- venirs he had inveigled us into the purchase of a mass of old newspaper criticisms on ...
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... course wider , deeper , better organized , and more demoniacal , than even the mob massacres of September . Two or three anecdotes relative to those days of terror we think worth preserving : the first is truly characteristic of a ...
... course wider , deeper , better organized , and more demoniacal , than even the mob massacres of September . Two or three anecdotes relative to those days of terror we think worth preserving : the first is truly characteristic of a ...
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... course of the Revolution , venture to pronounce that Robespierre , monster as he was , was not originally and substantially a worse man than Brissot , Louvet , Desmoulins , Danton , and fifty others , whom it is now the fashion to ...
... course of the Revolution , venture to pronounce that Robespierre , monster as he was , was not originally and substantially a worse man than Brissot , Louvet , Desmoulins , Danton , and fifty others , whom it is now the fashion to ...
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... course , the conspiracy . The conspiracy ! exclaimed Josephine , in a tone of alarm . The conspiracy ! ' repeated the good president , incredulously shrugging up his shoulders . Yes , ' said Fouché , smiling , the conspiracy - but I ...
... course , the conspiracy . The conspiracy ! exclaimed Josephine , in a tone of alarm . The conspiracy ! ' repeated the good president , incredulously shrugging up his shoulders . Yes , ' said Fouché , smiling , the conspiracy - but I ...
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... course ; eagle of song as he was , and dared to call himself - not the swan , as Horace and Cowley call him - he has all the movements of that imperial bird , now towering right up- wards to heaven's gate , now precipitating himself to ...
... course ; eagle of song as he was , and dared to call himself - not the swan , as Horace and Cowley call him - he has all the movements of that imperial bird , now towering right up- wards to heaven's gate , now precipitating himself to ...
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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
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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.