The Quarterly Review, Volume 7William 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, 1812 - English literature |
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... Words , by Thomas Moore , Esq . XII . The Works of the Right Rev. William Warburton , D. D. Lord Bishop of Gloucester . A New Edition . To which is prefixed , a Discourse by way of General Preface ; containing some Account of the Life ...
... Words , by Thomas Moore , Esq . XII . The Works of the Right Rev. William Warburton , D. D. Lord Bishop of Gloucester . A New Edition . To which is prefixed , a Discourse by way of General Preface ; containing some Account of the Life ...
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... words hereafter . At present it will be our business to examine into the truth of the allegations of the Pre- sident's message , and the object of those menaces held forth in the report of the committee , to whom that part of it ...
... words hereafter . At present it will be our business to examine into the truth of the allegations of the Pre- sident's message , and the object of those menaces held forth in the report of the committee , to whom that part of it ...
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... words on the history of the claim in ques- tion ; which , as we have already stated , so far from being a new claim now advanced , is a very old one , long since abandoned . In the instructions given by the Earl of Northumberland , Lord ...
... words on the history of the claim in ques- tion ; which , as we have already stated , so far from being a new claim now advanced , is a very old one , long since abandoned . In the instructions given by the Earl of Northumberland , Lord ...
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... words and proclamations . ' The memorial complained that this practice might be inconvenient to foreign ships in time of danger and stress of weather . As if his Majesty , ' says the learned judge , should omit his own present right and ...
... words and proclamations . ' The memorial complained that this practice might be inconvenient to foreign ships in time of danger and stress of weather . As if his Majesty , ' says the learned judge , should omit his own present right and ...
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... words : The right of the flag , inherent in the crown of England , has been disputed by his ( Louis's ) orders , in violation of our sovereignty in the narrow seas , which , in all ages , has been asserted by our predecessors , and ...
... words : The right of the flag , inherent in the crown of England , has been disputed by his ( Louis's ) orders , in violation of our sovereignty in the narrow seas , which , in all ages , has been asserted by our predecessors , and ...
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Page 188 - Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow? By their right arms the conquest must be wrought? Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye? no!
Page 195 - Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul: Yes, this was once Ambition's airy hall, The dome of Thought, the palace of the Soul...
Page 156 - 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.
Page 293 - who should teach them all things, and bring all things to their remembrance whatsoever he had said unto them...
Page 378 - LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM. OH ! the days are gone, when Beauty bright My heart's chain wove ; When my dream of life from morn till night Was love, still love. New hope may bloom, And days may come Of milder, calmer beam, But there's nothing half so sweet in life As love's young dream : No, there's nothing half so sweet in life As love's young dream.
Page 378 - No ; — life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns ; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers. Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.
Page 377 - On Lough Neagh's bank as the fisherman strays, When the clear, cold eve's declining, He sees the round towers of other days, In the wave beneath him shining! Thus shall memory often, in dreams sublime, Catch a glimpse of the days that are over, Thus, sighing, look through the waves of time For the long-faded glories they cover!
Page 194 - Maidens, like moths, are ever caught by glare, And Mammon wins his way where Seraphs might despair.
Page 48 - A part how small of the terraqueous globe Is tenanted by man? the rest a waste; Rocks, deserts, frozen seas, and burning sands! Wild haunts of monsters, poisons, stings, and death Such is earth's melancholy map! but, far 'More sad! this earth is a true map of man: So bounded are its haughty lord's delights To woe's wide empire, where deep troubles toss.
Page 98 - But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned, Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh : but I spare you.