The London Quarterly Review, Volumi 38-39Theodore Foster, 1828 |
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Pagina 323
... respect to this alleged confusion in the no- tions of right and wrong entertained by different nations ? is it very great after all ? Theft may have been applauded in Sparta ; but has not the fact been put upon record as a monster in ...
... respect to this alleged confusion in the no- tions of right and wrong entertained by different nations ? is it very great after all ? Theft may have been applauded in Sparta ; but has not the fact been put upon record as a monster in ...
Pagina 350
... respecting this people , and we have done with them . ' The females , unlike those of the Indian tribes , had much hand- somer features than the men ; and one young woman of the party would have been deemed pretty even in Europe . Our ...
... respecting this people , and we have done with them . ' The females , unlike those of the Indian tribes , had much hand- somer features than the men ; and one young woman of the party would have been deemed pretty even in Europe . Our ...
Pagina 369
... respect for the talents and acquirements of M. Delille , we cannot , however , forbear the expression of our own opinion , that , in many of the essential qualities of a translator , and in the benefits to be derived from this ...
... respect for the talents and acquirements of M. Delille , we cannot , however , forbear the expression of our own opinion , that , in many of the essential qualities of a translator , and in the benefits to be derived from this ...
Pagina 395
... respect on those merits which have procured them their present enviable station , on what just grounds can they imagine themselves placed where they are ? It is observable that the most insolent and haughty of our nobility are uniformly ...
... respect on those merits which have procured them their present enviable station , on what just grounds can they imagine themselves placed where they are ? It is observable that the most insolent and haughty of our nobility are uniformly ...
Pagina 396
... respect . The barbarous injustice which she experienced has excited the pity of succeeding ages , and our unwillingness to abandon a tender and amiable sentiment has probably prevented any * Born 1526 , died 1583 . very strict inquiry ...
... respect . The barbarous injustice which she experienced has excited the pity of succeeding ages , and our unwillingness to abandon a tender and amiable sentiment has probably prevented any * Born 1526 , died 1583 . very strict inquiry ...
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Pagina 434 - Isabel," said he, Two evenings after he had heard the news, "I have been toiling more than seventy years, And in the open sunshine of God's love Have we all lived; yet if these fields of ours Should pass into a stranger's hand, I think That I could not lie quiet in my grave.
Pagina 523 - I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing...
Pagina 378 - ... virtue, nor excite it. Genius is chiefly exerted in historical pictures ; and the art of the painter of portraits is often lost in the obscurity of his subject. But it is in painting as in life ; what is greatest is not always best. I should grieve to see Reynolds transfer to heroes and to goddesses, to empty splendour and to airy fiction, that art which is now employed in diffusing friendship, in reviving tenderness, in quickening the affections of the absent, and continuing the presence of...
Pagina 563 - I do swear that I will defend to the utmost of my power the settlement of property within this realm as established by the laws : And I do hereby disclaim, disavow and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present Church Establishment as settled by law within this realm...
Pagina 6 - O FRIEND ! I know not which way I must look For comfort, being, as I am, opprest, To think that now our life is only drest For show ; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook, Or groom ! We must run glittering like a brook In the open sunshine, or we are unblest : The wealthiest man among us is the best : No grandeur now in nature or in book Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry ; and these we adore : Plain living and high thinking are no more...
Pagina 536 - ... they say it is the fatal destiny of that land, that no purposes whatsoever which are meant for her good, will prosper or take good effect : which, whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil or influence of the stars, or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation, or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still, for some secret scourge, which shall by her come unto England, it is hard to be known, but yet much to be feared.
Pagina 20 - The great mass of nations is neither rich nor gay. They whose aggregate constitutes the people are found in the streets and the villages, in the shops and farms ; and from them collectively considered must the measure of general prosperity be taken.
Pagina 580 - IN elect of the Church of N. from henceforward will be faithful and obedient to St Peter the Apostle,, and to the holy Roman Church, and to our lord, the lord N. Pope N. and to his successors, canonically coming in.
Pagina 315 - Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Pagina 192 - Application was then made to the court of King's Bench for a writ of habeas corpus to bring up the child, and...