The Quarterly Review, Band 41William 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, 1829 |
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... labour of a very contemptible , but very industrious worm , that by degrees protrudes those coral rocks , whereon the proudest vessel finds a breaker and a grave ; and , in like manner , it is by the silent , ceaseless operation of ...
... labour of a very contemptible , but very industrious worm , that by degrees protrudes those coral rocks , whereon the proudest vessel finds a breaker and a grave ; and , in like manner , it is by the silent , ceaseless operation of ...
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... labour of the ascent : and often as I have ascended them all , it has never been without a fresh delight . The best near view is from a field adjoining Friar's Craig . There it is that , if I had Aladdin's lamp or Fortunatus's purse ...
... labour of the ascent : and often as I have ascended them all , it has never been without a fresh delight . The best near view is from a field adjoining Friar's Craig . There it is that , if I had Aladdin's lamp or Fortunatus's purse ...
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... , do and live as they please , conforming to the laws . In regard to employing the labouring people , they shall be employed on the pay- ment ment of customary wages , and whoever compels their labour 52 Crawfurd's Embassy to Ava .
... , do and live as they please , conforming to the laws . In regard to employing the labouring people , they shall be employed on the pay- ment ment of customary wages , and whoever compels their labour 52 Crawfurd's Embassy to Ava .
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... labour without reward shall be punished . In regard to slavery , since all men , whe- ther common people or chiefs , are by nature equal , there shall be under the English government no slaves . Let all debts and engage- ments ...
... labour without reward shall be punished . In regard to slavery , since all men , whe- ther common people or chiefs , are by nature equal , there shall be under the English government no slaves . Let all debts and engage- ments ...
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... labour , nothing wearied or alarmed her ; whatever scene was to be acted , she could grace to the height by her dignity , her complaisance , her boldness , her diffi- dence , her merriment , nay , even by her tears , for she is more ...
... labour , nothing wearied or alarmed her ; whatever scene was to be acted , she could grace to the height by her dignity , her complaisance , her boldness , her diffi- dence , her merriment , nay , even by her tears , for she is more ...
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Seite 449 - I ran it through, even from my boyish days To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Seite 17 - The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry ; Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing, when possest, ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast...
Seite 26 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust : for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Seite 242 - I) your sheep that were wont to be so meek and tame, and so small eaters, now, as I hear say, be become so great devourers and so wild, that they eat up, and swallow down the very men themselves. They consume, destroy, and devour whole fields, houses, and cities.
Seite 138 - Proximi Gallis et similes sunt, seu durante originis vi, seu procurrentibus in diversa terris positio coeli corporibus habitum dedit.
Seite 242 - For look in what parts of the realm doth grow the finest, and therefore dearest wool, there noblemen and gentlemen : yea, and certain Abbots, holy men...
Seite 295 - Twere almost sacrilege to sing Those notes amid the glare of day ; Notes borne by angels' purest wing, And wafted by their breath away. When, sleeping in my grass-grown bed, Shouldst thou still linger here above, Wilt thou not kneel beside my head, And, sister, sing the song I love?
Seite 6 - God (to whom all hearts are open and from whom no secrets are hidden...
Seite 299 - It is a dark and fearful thing ; It steals along with withering tread, Or sweeps on wild destruction's wing. That thought comes o'er me in the hour Of grief, of sickness, or of sadness; 'Tis not the dread of death ; 'tis more, — It is the dread of madness.
Seite 90 - Keeper of the yellow gate, bring us that picture, that we may view it. [Sees the picture.] "Ah, how has he dimmed the purity of the gem, bright as the waves in autumn ! " [To the attendant.'] Transmit our pleasure to the officer of the guard to behead Maouyenshow, and report to us his execution.