The Quarterly Review, Volumen21William 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, 1819 |
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... whilst a small naval force might scour every harbour and river to the southward of them . A country so ex- tended as America would find difficulties in forming a naval force , which are not experienced in Great Britain . In a case of ...
... whilst a small naval force might scour every harbour and river to the southward of them . A country so ex- tended as America would find difficulties in forming a naval force , which are not experienced in Great Britain . In a case of ...
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... whilst the thorough - paced Jacobins , regardless of all con- sequences , or overlooking them in their fury for conquest , would rush on their object , and , like their predecessors in France , trust to proscription and massacre to ...
... whilst the thorough - paced Jacobins , regardless of all con- sequences , or overlooking them in their fury for conquest , would rush on their object , and , like their predecessors in France , trust to proscription and massacre to ...
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... Whilst some have attributed it to the form of government , and to the freedom enjoyed by the people under the republic , others trace it to national vanity and the ambition of surpassing the efforts of contemporary states . Neither of ...
... Whilst some have attributed it to the form of government , and to the freedom enjoyed by the people under the republic , others trace it to national vanity and the ambition of surpassing the efforts of contemporary states . Neither of ...
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... whilst the thousands unransomed filled the state with slaves whose employment cost it nothing beyond the food which they consumed . The silver mines of Laurium , which had been abandoned as unpro- ductive , in consequence of the high ...
... whilst the thousands unransomed filled the state with slaves whose employment cost it nothing beyond the food which they consumed . The silver mines of Laurium , which had been abandoned as unpro- ductive , in consequence of the high ...
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... whilst the sovereignty of the people was represented in the majestic edifices designed to the public use ; nor was this republican spirit totally extin- guished by the introduction of wealth and monarchy . It was in works of national ...
... whilst the sovereignty of the people was represented in the majestic edifices designed to the public use ; nor was this republican spirit totally extin- guished by the introduction of wealth and monarchy . It was in works of national ...
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Página 47 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Página 36 - In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; they, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
Página 40 - Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: but except ye repent yc shall all likewise perish.
Página 45 - If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men ; then the Lord hath not sent me. But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit ; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
Página 117 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Página 383 - The charms that she wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin which but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings which dizen the proud? Alas ! they are all laid aside ; And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed, But the long winding-sheet, and the fringe of the shroud.
Página 47 - ... waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou...
Página 47 - Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Página 346 - Twenty-seven names make up the first story, and the recorded names ever since contain not one living century. The number of the dead long exceedeth all that shall live. The night of time far surpasseth the day; and who knows when was the equinox ? Every hour adds unto that current arithmetic, which scarce stands one moment.
Página 346 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.