The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Band 51A. Constable, 1830 |
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... considerable time before ; ' and that it was adopted by Lord Rodney , to whom it was commu- • nicated at a dinner party in London , previous to his sailing to the • West Indies in the beginning of 1782. It had been repeatedly the ...
... considerable time before ; ' and that it was adopted by Lord Rodney , to whom it was commu- • nicated at a dinner party in London , previous to his sailing to the • West Indies in the beginning of 1782. It had been repeatedly the ...
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... considerable time before , but that , pre- vious to the action , it had been repeatedly the subject of con- versation and discussion at the admiral's table on board the ' Formidable . ' 1 We will not repeat here what we have already ...
... considerable time before , but that , pre- vious to the action , it had been repeatedly the subject of con- versation and discussion at the admiral's table on board the ' Formidable . ' 1 We will not repeat here what we have already ...
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... considerable time along the enemy's line , on the old system of tactics , Sir Charles Douglas , on per- ceiving a small shift of the wind , and a casual opening of more than usual extent in the hostile array , did suddenly and eagerly ...
... considerable time along the enemy's line , on the old system of tactics , Sir Charles Douglas , on per- ceiving a small shift of the wind , and a casual opening of more than usual extent in the hostile array , did suddenly and eagerly ...
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... considerably better than before ; and , second , a considerably larger interval left between the two ships of the enemy then nearly on his bow , was instantly struck with the possibility of now ex- ecuting , without any very great ...
... considerably better than before ; and , second , a considerably larger interval left between the two ships of the enemy then nearly on his bow , was instantly struck with the possibility of now ex- ecuting , without any very great ...
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... considerable space . The engagement had been going on for several hours - his van had already reach- ed far on the hostile line - the signal for each ship engaging an adversary had been flying , and his officers gallantly acting up to ...
... considerable space . The engagement had been going on for several hours - his van had already reach- ed far on the hostile line - the signal for each ship engaging an adversary had been flying , and his officers gallantly acting up to ...
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Seite 145 - High birth, vigour of bone, desert in service, Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all To envious and calumniating time. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin...
Seite 505 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
Seite 542 - The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all three, without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists...
Seite 205 - Berkley's roof that ring, Shrieks of an agonizing king ! She-wolf of France, with unrelenting fangs, That tear'st the bowels of thy mangled mate, From thee be born, who o'er thy country hangs The scourge of heaven. What terrors round him wait ! Amazement in his van, with flight combined, And sorrow's faded form, and solitude behind.
Seite 199 - ... in the heavens above, or in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth.
Seite 502 - HERE LIES BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of Independence, Of the Statutes of Virginia, for religious freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia.
Seite 505 - You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood, and treasure, that it will cost us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory.
Seite 494 - I think we shall be so as long as agriculture is our principal object, which will be the case while there remain vacant lands in any part of America. When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become corrupt as in Europe, and go to eating one another as they do there.
Seite 507 - My mornings are devoted to correspondence. From breakfast to dinner, I am in my shops, my garden, or on horseback among my farms ; from dinner to dark...
Seite 507 - A part of my occupation, and by no means the least pleasing, is the direction of the studies of such young men as ask it. They place themselves in the neighboring village, and have the use of my library and counsel, and make a part of my society.