The Quarterly Review, Volume 46William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1832 - English literature |
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... probably few would have ques- tioned his sagacity in detecting the proper points of inquiry - his prompt and unwearied diligence in following out hints and sug- gestions ; in short , his abundant qualifications for discharging , in ...
... probably few would have ques- tioned his sagacity in detecting the proper points of inquiry - his prompt and unwearied diligence in following out hints and sug- gestions ; in short , his abundant qualifications for discharging , in ...
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... probably be not the least thankful for the benefit of his Notes . If , however , this charming narrative had need of a commentator of a higher cast of mind than belonged to its penman , just as the nine books of Herodotus have gained ...
... probably be not the least thankful for the benefit of his Notes . If , however , this charming narrative had need of a commentator of a higher cast of mind than belonged to its penman , just as the nine books of Herodotus have gained ...
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... Probably every one will answer ' Homer : ' but who will make three exceptions besides ? or at all events , who are the three persons that will agree as to what the three other exceptions ought to be ? Mr. Croker has handled throughout ...
... Probably every one will answer ' Homer : ' but who will make three exceptions besides ? or at all events , who are the three persons that will agree as to what the three other exceptions ought to be ? Mr. Croker has handled throughout ...
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... probably , throughout their intercourse , without its own effect on the doctor's mind , and which , no doubt , had originally a great share in Johnson's acceptance of him - there was , on the other hand , almost everything that could ...
... probably , throughout their intercourse , without its own effect on the doctor's mind , and which , no doubt , had originally a great share in Johnson's acceptance of him - there was , on the other hand , almost everything that could ...
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... probably three - fourths of what is de facto most entertaining , as well as no inconsiderable portion of whatever is most instructive , in all the books of memoirs that have subsequently appeared . The garrulous gentleman has often been ...
... probably three - fourths of what is de facto most entertaining , as well as no inconsiderable portion of whatever is most instructive , in all the books of memoirs that have subsequently appeared . The garrulous gentleman has often been ...
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Page 162 - Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide. They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Page 27 - Yet when the sense of Sacred Presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat : These goods for man the laws of Heav'n ordain.
Page 311 - Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages curst: For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit; Restless, unfixed in principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay.
Page 181 - Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
Page 129 - The whispering zephyr and the purling rill? Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies?
Page 27 - Praise, said the sage, with a sigh, is to an old man an empty sound. I have neither mother to be delighted with the reputation of her son, nor wife to partake the honours of her husband.
Page 39 - I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air was soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude.
Page 297 - In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest.
Page 160 - Vare, tuum nomen, superet modo Mantua nobis, Mantua vae miserae nimium vicina Cremonae, cantantes sublime ferent ad sidera cycni.' L. Sic tua Cyrneas fugiant examina taxos, 30 sic cytiso pastae distendant ubera vaccae : incipe, si quid habes. Et me fecere poetam Pierides, sunt et mihi carmina, me quoque dicunt vatem pastores ; sed non ego credulus illis. Nam neque adhuc Vario videor nec dicere Cinna 35 digna, sed argutos inter strepere anser olores.
Page 222 - I am convinced that those societies (as the Indians) which live without government, enjoy in their general mass an infinitely greater degree of happiness than those who live under the European governments.