The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 45A. Constable, 1827 |
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... present , we can only afford to copy the remarks with which he concludes this branch of the publication . To trace even the mechanism of an author's style through the era- sures and alterations of his rough copy , is , in itself , no ...
... present , we can only afford to copy the remarks with which he concludes this branch of the publication . To trace even the mechanism of an author's style through the era- sures and alterations of his rough copy , is , in itself , no ...
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... present ; when a separation seems to have taken place between satire and wit , which leaves the former like the toad , without the " jewel in its head ; and when the hands , into which the weapon of personality has chiefly fallen , have ...
... present ; when a separation seems to have taken place between satire and wit , which leaves the former like the toad , without the " jewel in its head ; and when the hands , into which the weapon of personality has chiefly fallen , have ...
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... present session declaring , in his place in the House of Lords , that " the people have nothing to do with the laws but to obey them . " " The Government , too , had lately given countenance to writers , the absurd slavishness of whose ...
... present session declaring , in his place in the House of Lords , that " the people have nothing to do with the laws but to obey them . " " The Government , too , had lately given countenance to writers , the absurd slavishness of whose ...
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... present constitution and principle of government . Compromise , upon that supposition , we conceive , must be ut- terly out of the question ; as well as the limitation of the con- test to words , either of reasoning or of abuse . They ...
... present constitution and principle of government . Compromise , upon that supposition , we conceive , must be ut- terly out of the question ; as well as the limitation of the con- test to words , either of reasoning or of abuse . They ...
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... present moment , then , we are persuaded that the proper Whig party is in reality by much the largest and the steadiest in the country ; and we are also convinced , that it is in a course of rapid increase . The effect of all long ...
... present moment , then , we are persuaded that the proper Whig party is in reality by much the largest and the steadiest in the country ; and we are also convinced , that it is in a course of rapid increase . The effect of all long ...
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Page 4 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 4 - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge 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 12 - He certainly has a great deal of fancy, and a very good memory; but, with a perverse ingenuity, he employs these qualities as no other person does — for he employs his fancy in his narratives, and keeps his...
Page 262 - During the gloomy and disastrous centuries which followed the downfall of the Roman Empire, Italy had preserved, in a far greater degree than any other part of Western Europe, the traces of ancient civilization.
Page 11 - Advowsons, &c. , and for the Renewing of Leases held under Cathedral Churches, Colleges, or other corporate bodies ; for Terms of Years certain, and for Lives ; also for Valuing Reversionary Estates, Deferred Annuities, Next Presentations, &c., together with Smart's Five Tables of Compound Interest, and an Extension of the same to lower and Intermediate Rates. By WILLIAM INWOOD, Architect.
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Page 31 - ... in direct opposition to the declared sense of a great majority of the nation, and they should be put in force with all their rigorous provisions, if his opinion were asked by the people as to their obedience, he should tell them, that it was no longer a question of moral obligation and duty, but of prudence.
Page 13 - DUTIES ; Or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies on the Management of their Households, and the Regulation of their Conduct in the various Relations and Duties of Married Life. By Mrs W. PARKES.
Page 267 - Ridotta tutta in somma pace e tranquillita, coltivata non meno ne' luoghi piu montuosi e piu sterili che nelle pianure e region! piu fertili, ne sottoposta ad altro imperio che de' suoi medesimi, non solo era abbondantissima d'abitatori e di ricchezze ; ma illustrata sommamente dalla magnificenza di molti principi, dallo splendore di molte nobilissime e bellissime citta, dalla sedia e maesta della religione, fioriva d...