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... royal and magna- nimous ; and the fame of his name extended itself so greatly , ' that not only in his own time he was held in estimation , but augmented far more with posterity after his death , ' & c . & c . 6 It is in this spirit of ...
... royal and magna- nimous ; and the fame of his name extended itself so greatly , ' that not only in his own time he was held in estimation , but augmented far more with posterity after his death , ' & c . & c . 6 It is in this spirit of ...
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... Royal , it shows , what indeed was otherwise sufficiently known , that the principles advanced in it are not regarded unfavourably by the government . M. Schmalz sets out with a brief statement of his leading or fundamental principles ...
... Royal , it shows , what indeed was otherwise sufficiently known , that the principles advanced in it are not regarded unfavourably by the government . M. Schmalz sets out with a brief statement of his leading or fundamental principles ...
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... Royal patronage . We should not be surprised , however , were M. Schmalz to become a favourite with our monopolists . They are quite ready to do justice to any argument in favour of a more liberal system of commercial intercourse - so ...
... Royal patronage . We should not be surprised , however , were M. Schmalz to become a favourite with our monopolists . They are quite ready to do justice to any argument in favour of a more liberal system of commercial intercourse - so ...
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... royal pleasure . After the lapse of three months , it might again be tendered to them ; and , if it were again refused , the recusant was guilty of high treason ! A prospective law , however severe , framed to exclude Catholics from the ...
... royal pleasure . After the lapse of three months , it might again be tendered to them ; and , if it were again refused , the recusant was guilty of high treason ! A prospective law , however severe , framed to exclude Catholics from the ...
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... royal fa- vour turned . He conformed backwards and forwards as the King changed his mind . While Henry lived , he assisted in con- demning to the flames those who denied the doctrine of tran- . substantiation . When Henry died , he ...
... royal fa- vour turned . He conformed backwards and forwards as the King changed his mind . While Henry lived , he assisted in con- demning to the flames those who denied the doctrine of tran- . substantiation . When Henry died , he ...
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Side 193 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Side 15 - London's Encyclopaedia of Agriculture: comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture. With 1,100 Woodcuts. 8vo. 31s. 6d. London's Encyclopaedia of Gardening : comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape Gardening.
Side 282 - Are we a piece of machinery, which, like the /Eolian harp, passive, takes the impression of the passing accident ; or do these workings argue something within us above the trodden clod ? I own myself partial to such proofs of those awful and important realities : a God that made all things, man's immaterial and immortal nature, and a world of weal or wo beyond death and the grave.
Side 289 - A wish (I mind its power), A wish, that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast, — That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan or book could make, Or sing a sang at least.
Side 9 - The breeze had been fresh all day, with more sea than usual, and they had made great progress. At sunset they had stood again to the west, and were ploughing the waves at a rapid rate, the Pinta keeping the lead, from her superior sailing. The greatest animation prevailed throughout the ships ; not an eye was closed that night. As the evening darkened, Columbus took his station on the top of the castle or cabin on the high poop of his vessel.
Side 178 - What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarcely be folly in that of a great kingdom.
Side 61 - LANZI'S History of Painting In Italy, from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the i8th Century.
Side 297 - ... their time and country, he expressed himself with perfect firmness, but without the least intrusive forwardness ; and when he differed in opinion, he did not hesitate to express it firmly, yet at the same time with modesty. I do not remember any part of his conversation distinctly enough to be quoted ; nor did I ever see him again, except in the street, where he did not recognise me, as I could not expect he should. He was much caressed in Edinburgh : but (considering what literary emoluments...
Side 297 - I never saw a man in company with his superiors in station or information more perfectly free from either the reality or the affectation of embarrassment. I was told, but did not observe it, that his address to females was extremely deferential, and always with a turn either to the pathetic or humorous, which engaged their attention particularly. I have heard the late Duchess of Gordon remark this. — I do not know anything I can add to these recollections of forty years since...
Side 282 - I have some favourite flowers in spring, among which are the mountain-daisy, the hare-bell, the fox-glove, the wild-brier rose, the budding birch, and the hoary hawthorn, that I view and hang over with particular delight.