The Edinburgh Review, Band 105A. and C. Black, 1857 |
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... object still the same : though at times her course has been interrupted and that object thrown aside , it has never been completely forsaken , for it lived in the heart of the nation , even when no outward signs of activity disclosed ...
... object still the same : though at times her course has been interrupted and that object thrown aside , it has never been completely forsaken , for it lived in the heart of the nation , even when no outward signs of activity disclosed ...
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... object and the passionate desire of the eighteenth century . The Revolution of 1789 was the result ; in other words , the old society of France was recast in the mould of democracy ; and this work which was commenced under the name of ...
... object and the passionate desire of the eighteenth century . The Revolution of 1789 was the result ; in other words , the old society of France was recast in the mould of democracy ; and this work which was commenced under the name of ...
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... object to characterise and to compare , Spain was the best prepared and the most resolved to accept one of these events and to reject the other . Monarchy had triumphed in Spain more completely and more gloriously than in any other part ...
... object to characterise and to compare , Spain was the best prepared and the most resolved to accept one of these events and to reject the other . Monarchy had triumphed in Spain more completely and more gloriously than in any other part ...
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... object , his movements and his forces . Though a Catholic and a despot , he was more politic than fanatical ; and his judicious and clear - sighted com- prehension sometimes taught him to yield to necessity , and even to pause in the ...
... object , his movements and his forces . Though a Catholic and a despot , he was more politic than fanatical ; and his judicious and clear - sighted com- prehension sometimes taught him to yield to necessity , and even to pause in the ...
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... object of his constant and devouring anxiety , the rule and standard of his policy abroad as well as at home , in his family as well as in his dominions . There lay his entire history . We care not to linger over the uninviting ...
... object of his constant and devouring anxiety , the rule and standard of his policy abroad as well as at home , in his family as well as in his dominions . There lay his entire history . We care not to linger over the uninviting ...
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Seite 203 - All property of the wife, owned by her before marriage, and that acquired afterwards by gift, bequest, devise, or descent, with the rents, issues, and profits thereof, is her separate property. The wife may, without the consent of her husband, convey her separate property.
Seite 482 - Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. He has no second. He has distanced all his competitors so decidedly that it is not worth while to place them. Eclipse is first, and the rest nowhere.
Seite 370 - There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks and its bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas.. It is the Gulf Stream.
Seite 166 - That Prelacy, and the superiority of any office in the Church above Presbyters, is, and hath been, a great and insupportable grievance and trouble to this nation, and contrary to the inclinations of the generality of the people, ever since the Reformation, they having been reformed from Popery by Presbyters, and, therefore, ought to be abolished.
Seite 483 - The characteristic peculiarity of his intellect was the union of great powers with low prejudices. If we judged of him by the best parts of his mind, we should place him almost as high as he was placed by the idolatry of Boswell ; if by the worst parts of his mind, we should place him even below Boswell himself.
Seite 482 - That such a man should have written one of the best books in the world is strange enough. But this is not all. Many persons who have conducted themselves foolishly in active life, and whose conversation has indicated no superior powers of mind, have left us valuable works.
Seite 483 - But these men attained literary eminence in spite of their weaknesses. Boswell attained it by reason of his weaknesses. If he had not been a great fool, he would never have been a great writer.
Seite 492 - If you come to settle here, we will have one day in the week on which we will meet by ourselves. That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm quiet interchange of sentiments.
Seite 488 - His virtues walk'd their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void; And sure the Eternal Master found His single talent well employ'd.
Seite 482 - Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived, and he has beaten them all.