The Quarterly Review, Bind 39William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1829 |
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Side 30
... Sultan , he tells us , should escape the bow - string , he will be pensioned off , as was the lot of the traitor Stanislaus , and several others . England having first lost Corfu , Malta , and Gib- raltar , the island of Sicily will ...
... Sultan , he tells us , should escape the bow - string , he will be pensioned off , as was the lot of the traitor Stanislaus , and several others . England having first lost Corfu , Malta , and Gib- raltar , the island of Sicily will ...
Side 41
... Sultan may now boast , with the Roman warrior , ' like an eagle in a dove - cote , I Flutter'd your Russians in Bulgaria ; Alone I did it . ' Fluttered , indeed , with a vengeance ! The rout was complete ; resembling , on a smaller ...
... Sultan may now boast , with the Roman warrior , ' like an eagle in a dove - cote , I Flutter'd your Russians in Bulgaria ; Alone I did it . ' Fluttered , indeed , with a vengeance ! The rout was complete ; resembling , on a smaller ...
Side 103
... sultans or Roman emperors , in the great schoolboy , who is the tyrant of his fellows , as in Orbilius , and the long line of his successors in the same profession . When Almanzor exclaims , in the bombasted heroics of Dryden's tragedy ...
... sultans or Roman emperors , in the great schoolboy , who is the tyrant of his fellows , as in Orbilius , and the long line of his successors in the same profession . When Almanzor exclaims , in the bombasted heroics of Dryden's tragedy ...
Side 144
... Sultan of the Fellans , or Fel- latas , resident at Soccatoo , addressed to the King of England , in consequence of conversations that had passed between him and Clapperton . In that letter the sultan proposed three things ; -the ...
... Sultan of the Fellans , or Fel- latas , resident at Soccatoo , addressed to the King of England , in consequence of conversations that had passed between him and Clapperton . In that letter the sultan proposed three things ; -the ...
Side 153
... sultan , as they called him , of Kiama . They were mounted on remarkably fine horses , but were a lawless set of fellows , who plundered the vil- lages as they went along , without mercy or remorse . At Kiama he was well received by ...
... sultan , as they called him , of Kiama . They were mounted on remarkably fine horses , but were a lawless set of fellows , who plundered the vil- lages as they went along , without mercy or remorse . At Kiama he was well received by ...
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Side 4 - O FRIEND ! I know not which way I must look For comfort, being, as I am, opprest, To think that now our life is only drest For show ; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook, Or groom ! We must run glittering like a brook In the open sunshine, or we are unblest : The wealthiest man among us is the best : No grandeur now in nature or in book Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry ; and these we adore : Plain living and high thinking are no more...
Side 476 - The discovery of America, and that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest and most important events recorded in the history of mankind.
Side 110 - First, we do amiss to spend seven or eight years merely in scraping together so much miserable Latin and Greek as might be learned otherwise easily and delightfully in one year.
Side 101 - From Paul's I went, to Eton sent, To learn straightways the Latin phrase, Where fifty-three stripes given to me At once I had. For fault but small, or none at all, It came to pass thus beat I was; See, Udal, see the mercy of thee To me, poor lad.
Side 18 - The great mass of nations is neither rich nor gay. They whose aggregate constitutes the people are found in the streets and the villages, in the shops and farms ; and from them collectively considered must the measure of general prosperity be taken.
Side 345 - Took up the lady's voice, and laughed again ; That ancient woman seated on Helm-crag Was ready with her cavern ; Hammar-scar, And the tall steep of Silver-how, sent forth A noise of laughter ; southern Loughrigg heard, And Fairfield answered with a mountain tone ; Helvellyn far into the clear blue sky Carried the lady's voice ; old Skiddaw blew His speaking-trumpet ; back out of the clouds Of Glaramara southward came the voice ; And Kirkstone tossed it from his misty head.
Side 284 - In perusing a corrupted piece, he must have before him all possibilities of meaning, with all possibilities of expression. Such must be his comprehension of thought, and such his copiousness of language. Out of many readings possible, he must be able to select that which best suits with the state, opinions, and modes of language prevailing in every age, and with his authour's particular cast of thought, and turn of expression. Such must be his knowledge, and such his taste.
Side 522 - An Inquiry into the Process of Nature in Repairing Injuries of the Intestines.
Side 190 - He had not been long in confinement when he applied to the Court of King's Bench for a writ of habeas corpus...
Side 216 - It is agreed that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.