Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 50W. Blackwood, 1841 - England |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 9
Page 83
... Whiggism is pledged to democracy . A Whig government of great talents , vigorous activity , and public character , established by emi- nent public success , if such shall ever be , may by possibility refuse a com- pliance with the more ...
... Whiggism is pledged to democracy . A Whig government of great talents , vigorous activity , and public character , established by emi- nent public success , if such shall ever be , may by possibility refuse a com- pliance with the more ...
Page 84
... Whiggism was first heard of in the middle of the last century . All fictitious public grievances are to be traced to the per- sonal wants of the disturbers . Wilkes and Horne Tooke had turned politics into a profession , simply to ...
... Whiggism was first heard of in the middle of the last century . All fictitious public grievances are to be traced to the per- sonal wants of the disturbers . Wilkes and Horne Tooke had turned politics into a profession , simply to ...
Page 85
... Whiggism had received its first defeat from the energy of the great English minister . From that period it lay at his feet . It has been its characteristic always to be torpid in times of public prosperity . No man has ever seen it ...
... Whiggism had received its first defeat from the energy of the great English minister . From that period it lay at his feet . It has been its characteristic always to be torpid in times of public prosperity . No man has ever seen it ...
Page 86
... Whiggism only kissed the dust more abjectly , and sang the louder pæan at his chariot wheels . Its language is on record , and is the language of that basest of slaves , a voluntary slave . desperate . Statements of this order may now ...
... Whiggism only kissed the dust more abjectly , and sang the louder pæan at his chariot wheels . Its language is on record , and is the language of that basest of slaves , a voluntary slave . desperate . Statements of this order may now ...
Page 87
... Whiggism . Which of those acts would have been done had Whiggism been paramount in the British Cabinet ? Its bitter lips had already breathed an anathema on the rising honours of our troops ; its minis- terial hand would have snatched ...
... Whiggism . Which of those acts would have been done had Whiggism been paramount in the British Cabinet ? Its bitter lips had already breathed an anathema on the rising honours of our troops ; its minis- terial hand would have snatched ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abd-el-Kader Algiers arms army Aubrey better British Buda called cause character Church civil Conservative corn-laws Cossack court Danube dear door Duke Earl effect empire England Europe eyes favour feel force France French Gammon German gipsy give hand head heart Herat Homer honour horses hour human Hungary Iliad interest janissaries Kate king labour Lady less London look Lord Drelincourt Lord Melbourne matter means ment mind ministers Miss nature never Nicholas noble object once painting Parliament party passed perhaps person Plato political present principles Quirk racter Reform round Runnington Russia Sikh sion Sir Hubsty Sir Robert Peel Smout soon Spain spirit Street sure thing thought tion Titmouse town troops truth ture Vibbler Whiggism Whigs whole Woodlouse Yatton young
Popular passages
Page 346 - To heaven removed where first it grew, there grows, And flowers aloft shading the fount of life, And where the river of bliss through midst of heaven Rolls o'er Elysian flowers her amber stream...
Page 569 - THE angel ended, and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice, that he awhile Thought him still speaking, still stood fix'd to hear...
Page 32 - Pope, and is every man's wish, can be no reproach to Garrick ; he who says he despises it, knows he lies ; that Garrick husbanded his fame, the fame which he had justly acquired both at the theatre and at the table, is not denied ; but where is the blame either in the one or the other, of leaving as little as he could to chance?
Page 386 - Of men than beasts ; but oh ! the exceeding grace Of highest God ! that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace. That blessed angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe.
Page 32 - Gibbon poured balm upon my bruises by condescending, once or twice in the course of the evening, to talk with me : the great historian was light and playful, suiting his matter to the capacity of the boy ; but it was done more...
Page 346 - Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet— Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven: The roof was fretted gold.
Page 229 - The major part of the proposition was, that her Majesty's Ministers do not sufficiently possess the confidence of the House of Commons to enable them to carry through the House measures which they deem of essential importance to the public welfare, and the minor portion of the proposition was, that their continuance in office, under such circumstances, was at variance with the spirit of the constitution.
Page 358 - I at that time lived close by the palace, in the street of Santiago, and daily, for the space of a month, saw them bending their steps in that direction. One day, they came to me in a great hurry, with a strange expression on both their countenances. " We have seen Christina, hijo " (my son), said Pepita to me. " Within the palace ? " I inquired. "Within the palace, O child of my garlochin...
Page 32 - Excellence,' with an embroidered star comes to us from His Highness when dinner is on table, which is half an hour after twelve. There is я world of English The Colmans. 21 arrived within the week; very fewFrench, but German counts and barons innumerable.
Page 175 - what the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve at.