The Quarterly Review, Volume 104William 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, 1858 - English literature |
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... appeared in the trenches , and began to work hard . But , now , Waller was stir- ring , and Goring insisted on Grenville's joining against him , which Grenville declined to do . The divided Cavaliers once which Admiral Blake . 13.
... appeared in the trenches , and began to work hard . But , now , Waller was stir- ring , and Goring insisted on Grenville's joining against him , which Grenville declined to do . The divided Cavaliers once which Admiral Blake . 13.
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... appeared against her in the Channel , before the civil wars began . Her officers had a wider and larger experience than ours , who , until the last few years , had scarcely seen any service worthy the name . We had , indeed , the ...
... appeared against her in the Channel , before the civil wars began . Her officers had a wider and larger experience than ours , who , until the last few years , had scarcely seen any service worthy the name . We had , indeed , the ...
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... appeared in the Downs with forty sail . This famous old Dutchman had been to sea since he was ten years old , and ... appearance of Van Tromp in the Channel next day , entitle us to claim this as Blake's first triumph in a general action ...
... appeared in the Downs with forty sail . This famous old Dutchman had been to sea since he was ten years old , and ... appearance of Van Tromp in the Channel next day , entitle us to claim this as Blake's first triumph in a general action ...
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... appeared with an immense force , and threatened the shores of Kent . Sir George Ascue , who repre- sented Blake , had no adequate force to resist him , but the wind blew off the English coast , and Van Tromp returned to the Texel ...
... appeared with an immense force , and threatened the shores of Kent . Sir George Ascue , who repre- sented Blake , had no adequate force to resist him , but the wind blew off the English coast , and Van Tromp returned to the Texel ...
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... appearance off the Goodwin Sands with a hundred men - of - war streaming behind him like a comet's tail . Blake resolved , in spite of the great disparity of numbers , to fight , and fight he did . The battle took place near the Ness ...
... appearance off the Goodwin Sands with a hundred men - of - war streaming behind him like a comet's tail . Blake resolved , in spite of the great disparity of numbers , to fight , and fight he did . The battle took place near the Ness ...
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Page 171 - A thousand men, that fishes gnawed upon ; Wedges of gold, great anchors, heaps of pearl, Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels, All scattered in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men's skulls ; and, in those holes, Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept (As 'twere in scorn of eyes) reflecting gems, That wooed the slimy bottom of the deep, And mocked the dead bones that lay scattered by.
Page 164 - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry , but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious.
Page 339 - That servile path thou nobly dost decline, Of tracing word by word, and line by line : A new and nobler way thou dost pursue, To make translations ,and translators too : They but preserve the ashes, thou the flame, True to his sense, but truer to his fame.
Page 106 - Rolls submitted to the Treasury a proposal for the publication of materials for the History of this Country from the Invasion of the Romans to the Reign of Henry VIII. » The Master of the Rolls suggested that these materials should be selected for publication under competent editors without reference to periodical or chronological arrangement, without mutilation or abridgment, preference being given, in the first instance, to such materials as were most scarce and valuable.
Page 43 - sa Divinity that shapes our ends, Rough hew them how we will...
Page 40 - Are the actions of / men, and therefore of societies, governed, by, fixed laws, or are they the result either of chance or of supernatural interference ? The discussion of these alternatives will suggest some speculations of considerable interest.
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Page 432 - I think I shall not long to have anything to do with the House of Commons again : I never saw so many wrong-headed people on all sides gathered together.