The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Band 80A. Constable, 1844 |
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... Social Life in the Twelfth Century , as exemplified in the Chro- nicles of Jocelin of Brakelond . Translated , with Notes , and an Introduction . ) By J. E. Tomlins , Esq . Page ART . I. 7. The Lives of the English Saints.
... Social Life in the Twelfth Century , as exemplified in the Chro- nicles of Jocelin of Brakelond . Translated , with Notes , and an Introduction . ) By J. E. Tomlins , Esq . Page ART . I. 7. The Lives of the English Saints.
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... century ; the most celebrated wit of the nineteenth does precisely the reverse . • Upon principle , ' ( said the Rev. Sydney Smith , in answer to an application about letters from Sir James Mackintosh , ) I keep no letters , except ...
... century ; the most celebrated wit of the nineteenth does precisely the reverse . • Upon principle , ' ( said the Rev. Sydney Smith , in answer to an application about letters from Sir James Mackintosh , ) I keep no letters , except ...
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... century , he might constantly be seen in the bow- window of his house in Piccadilly , ( now divided into the two houses occupied by Lord Cadogan and Lora Rosebery , ) ex- amining the street passengers through an eyeglass with his ...
... century , he might constantly be seen in the bow- window of his house in Piccadilly , ( now divided into the two houses occupied by Lord Cadogan and Lora Rosebery , ) ex- amining the street passengers through an eyeglass with his ...
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... century , gaming of some sort was an ordinary amusement for both sexes in the best society . * Till near the commence- ment of the present , the favourite game was Faro ; and as it was a decided advantage to hold the Bank , masters and ...
... century , gaming of some sort was an ordinary amusement for both sexes in the best society . * Till near the commence- ment of the present , the favourite game was Faro ; and as it was a decided advantage to hold the Bank , masters and ...
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... century and our own , is highly satisfactory . Intellec- tual tastes have nearly superseded the necessity , formerly felt by the unoccupied classes , of resorting to coarse indulgences or strong excitements ; and respect for public ...
... century and our own , is highly satisfactory . Intellec- tual tastes have nearly superseded the necessity , formerly felt by the unoccupied classes , of resorting to coarse indulgences or strong excitements ; and respect for public ...
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Seite 274 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Seite 323 - The body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten in the Supper, only after an heavenly and spiritual manner. And the mean whereby the body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper, is faith.
Seite 20 - Blair's Chronological and Historical Tables, from the Creation to the Present Time : With Additions and Corrections from the most authentic Writers ; including the Computation of St. Paul, as connecting the Period from the Exode to the Temple.
Seite 468 - Lords and Commons of England, consider what nation it is whereof ye are and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to.
Seite 15 - When we got to Temple Bar he stopped me, pointed to the heads upon it, and slily whispered me, ' Forsitan et nostrum nomen miscebitur ISTIS.
Seite 19 - LAING.— THE CHRONICLE OF THE KINGS OF NORWAY, From the Earliest Period of the History of the Northern Sea Kings to the Middle of the Twelfth Century, commonly called The Heimskringla. Translated from the Icelandic of Snorro Sturleson, with Notes, and a Preliminary Discourse, by SAMUEL LAINO, Author of " Notes of a Traveller,
Seite 313 - When I mention religion, I mean the Christian religion ; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion ; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England.
Seite 149 - A GLACIER is AN IMPERFECT FLUID, OR A VISCOUS BODY. WHICH IS URGED DOWN SLOPES OF A CERTAIN INCLINATION BY THE MUTUAL PRESSURE OF ITS PARTS.
Seite 135 - The Glacier's cold and restless mass Moves onward day by day ; But I am he who bids it pass, Or with its ice delay.