The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volumen192A. Constable, 1900 |
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Página 45
... march , retro- grade or progressive , of general civilisation . But to the unphilosophic reader the pictures their toil conjures from the mist are apt to produce that insurmountable impression of remoteness all telescopic vision conveys ...
... march , retro- grade or progressive , of general civilisation . But to the unphilosophic reader the pictures their toil conjures from the mist are apt to produce that insurmountable impression of remoteness all telescopic vision conveys ...
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... March 18 , 1313 , with the Grand Preceptor and two other high officers of the Order , to reiterate his confession in the presence of the Legate , the prelates of France and the assembled people , that all the world of Paris , and all ...
... March 18 , 1313 , with the Grand Preceptor and two other high officers of the Order , to reiterate his confession in the presence of the Legate , the prelates of France and the assembled people , that all the world of Paris , and all ...
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... March of the following year ' [ i.e. 1797 ] . He pro- ' ceeded with the 33rd to Bengal , and arrived in Calcutta ' in the beginning of 1797 ' - an operation which must have been difficult . To take another specimen : no doubt con ...
... March of the following year ' [ i.e. 1797 ] . He pro- ' ceeded with the 33rd to Bengal , and arrived in Calcutta ' in the beginning of 1797 ' - an operation which must have been difficult . To take another specimen : no doubt con ...
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... march to the field of Waterloo , abandoning entirely the Prussian communications and running the risk of the destruction of the Prussian army , in reliance upon a man whom he did not trust . Sir Herbert , in giving his account of that ...
... march to the field of Waterloo , abandoning entirely the Prussian communications and running the risk of the destruction of the Prussian army , in reliance upon a man whom he did not trust . Sir Herbert , in giving his account of that ...
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... march of d'Erlon's corps , he would know that this statement represents an impossibility . That is not the worst of it . He brings in truth a serious charge against the Duke of Wellington . In the great despatch on the Waterloo campaign ...
... march of d'Erlon's corps , he would know that this statement represents an impossibility . That is not the worst of it . He brings in truth a serious charge against the Duke of Wellington . In the great despatch on the Waterloo campaign ...
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Página 372 - What, silent still? and silent all? Ah! no — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, "Let one living head, But one arise — we come, we come!
Página 373 - falls into the yellow Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion, And the sad truth which hovers o'er my desk Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.
Página 371 - And canst not alter now. The love where Death has set his seal, Nor age can chill, nor rival steal, Nor falsehood disavow: And, what were worse, thou canst not see Or wrong, or change, or fault in me. The better days of life were ours; The worst can be but mine: The sun that cheers, the storm that lowers, Shall never more be thine. The silence of that dreamless sleep I envy now too much to weep; Nor need I to repine That all those charms have pass'd away, I might have watch'd through long decay.
Página 373 - Is it some yet imperial hope , That with such change can calmly cope ? Or dread of death alone ? To die a prince — or live a slave — Thy choice is most ignobly brave ! VI.
Página 384 - The total energy of any material system is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any action between the parts of the system, though it may be transformed into any of the forms of which energy is susceptible.
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Página 103 - I had received from his Majesty, to add that, in the present instance, his Majesty does not intend to depart from the usual course of proceeding on such occasions. I am sorry to have delayed some hours this answer to your Grace's letter : but from the nature of the subject I did not like to forward it without having previously submitted it (together with your Grace's letter) to his Majesty.
Página 309 - Capacity for the nobler feelings is in most natures a very tender plant, easily killed, not only by hostile influences, but by mere want of sustenance; and in the majority of young persons it speedily dies away if the occupations to which their position in life has devoted them, and the society into which it has thrown them are not favorable to keeping that higher capacity in exercise.
Página 255 - The people of any race, other than the aboriginal race in any State for whom it is deemed necessary to make special laws...
Página 262 - No appeal shall be permitted to the Queen in Council from a decision of the High Court upon any question, howsoever arising, as to the limits inter se...