The Quarterly Review, Volumen210William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, John Murray, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1909 |
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... important reservations on the questions of numerical strength , cost , and legal powers ; but he bears ungrudging testimony to the improvement which has been effected . ' The new military reforms as a whole , and subject to the ...
... important reservations on the questions of numerical strength , cost , and legal powers ; but he bears ungrudging testimony to the improvement which has been effected . ' The new military reforms as a whole , and subject to the ...
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... important to note that the time required to land an army does not necessarily increase in proportion to the numbers landed ; it is influenced also by the suitability and convenience of landing - places , and by the distance between them ...
... important to note that the time required to land an army does not necessarily increase in proportion to the numbers landed ; it is influenced also by the suitability and convenience of landing - places , and by the distance between them ...
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... importance . In such a case as this it is especially so , for this time - factor makes it almost indis- pensable that the invader's command of the sea shall be not merely a local and momentary superiority but one definitely assured for ...
... importance . In such a case as this it is especially so , for this time - factor makes it almost indis- pensable that the invader's command of the sea shall be not merely a local and momentary superiority but one definitely assured for ...
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... important among the prose works attributed to him , but published rather later than the rest , The State of Christendom , ' his authorship cannot be said to be abso- lutely certain . Mr Smith has devoted a special appendix · to a ...
... important among the prose works attributed to him , but published rather later than the rest , The State of Christendom , ' his authorship cannot be said to be abso- lutely certain . Mr Smith has devoted a special appendix · to a ...
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... important book hitherto written on the functions , qualifi- cations , and rights of ambassadors , laid the foundation of attainments which the English universities of the time took pains to foster ; and foreign travel , with a sojourn ...
... important book hitherto written on the functions , qualifi- cations , and rights of ambassadors , laid the foundation of attainments which the English universities of the time took pains to foster ; and foreign travel , with a sojourn ...
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Página 164 - Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Página 161 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Página 161 - Haste thee nymph and bring with thee Jest and youthful jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles. Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled care derides. And laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as ye go On the light fantastic toe...
Página 163 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill...
Página 452 - Though I, once gone, to all the world must die : The earth can yield me but a common grave. When you entombed in men's eyes shall lie. Your monument shall be my gentle verse, Which eyes not yet created shall o'er-read ; And tongues to be, your being shall rehearse, When all the breathers of this world are dead ; You still shall live (such virtue hath my pen) Where breath most breathes, — even in the mouths of men.
Página 452 - Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall out-live this powerful rhyme ; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn The living record of your memory, 'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth ; your praise shall still find room, Even in the eyes of all posterity That wear this world...
Página 279 - That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.
Página 162 - While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the...
Página 459 - God! that one might read the Book of Fate, And see the revolution of the times Make mountains level, and the continent, Weary of solid firmness, melt itself Into the sea : and, other times, to s'ee The beachy girdle of the ocean Too wide for Neptune's hips...
Página 405 - There was a roaring in the wind all night; The rain came heavily and fell in floods; But now the sun is rising calm and bright; The birds are singing in the distant woods...