The London Quarterly Review, Band 86

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Theodore Foster, 1850
 

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Seite 35 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : but the land whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...
Seite 16 - That no person dissenting from the church of England in holy orders, or pretended holy orders, or pretending to holy orders, nor any preacher or teacher of any congregation of dissenting protestants, that shall make and subscribe the declaration aforesaid, and take the said oaths...
Seite 74 - A capital therefore employed in the home trade will sometimes make twelve operations, or be sent out and returned twelve times, before a capital employed in the foreign trade of consumption has made one. If the capitals are equal therefore, the one will give four and twenty times more encouragement and support to the industry of the country than the other.
Seite 170 - If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? Follow thou me." So let us not be inquisitive or solicitous to know the judgment to be pronounced upon our brethren, or to solve the enigmas of their destiny, but take heed to our own; and take particular heed that we do it no prejudice by proud or harsh feelings entertained towards them.
Seite 163 - L'itala gioventude? O numi, o numi: Pugnan per altra terra itali acciari. Oh misero colui che in guerra è spento, Non per li patrii lidi e per la pia Consorte ei figli cari, Ma da nemici altrui Per altra gente, e non può dir morendo: Alma terra natia, La vita che mi desti ecco ti rendo.
Seite 75 - The first is, when some particular sort of industry is necessary for the defence of the country. The defence of Great Britain, for example, depends very much upon the number of its sailors and shipping. The act of navigation, therefore, very properly endeavours to give the sailors and shipping of Great Britain the monopoly of the trade of their own country, in some cases...
Seite 142 - Annahoe, in the county of Tyrone, transmitted by you on their behalf on the 21st instant ; and I am directed to assure you of the satisfaction his Excellency has felt at the expression of their loyalty and attachment to the throne, and to convey his thanks for their kind expressions as regards himself.
Seite 3 - The intermixture of distinct species is guarded against by the aversion of the individuals composing them to sexual union, or by the sterility of the mule offspring. It does not appear that true hybrid races have ever been perpetuated for several generations, even by the assistance of man; for the cases usually cited relate to the crossing of mules with individuals of pure species, and not to the intermixture of hybrid with hybrid.
Seite 75 - The defence of Great Britain, for example, depends very much upon the number of its sailors and shipping. The act of navigation," therefore, very pro,ierly endeavours to give the sailors and shipping of Great Britain the monopoly of the trade of their own country, in some cases, by absolute prohibitions, and in others by heavy burdens upon the shipping of foreign countries.
Seite 249 - They have put in the papers a good story made on White's : a man dropped down dead at the door, was carried in ; the club immediately made bets whether he was dead or not, and when they were going to bleed him, the wagerers for his death interposed, and said it would affect the fairness of the bet.

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