The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 34A. Constable, 1820 |
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Pagina 39
... means , to pay off the portions of his brothers and sisters . The inhabitants of the left side of the Loire , accustomed to the Roman law , which favoured the eldest son , generally contrive in this way to pre- serve the family estate ...
... means , to pay off the portions of his brothers and sisters . The inhabitants of the left side of the Loire , accustomed to the Roman law , which favoured the eldest son , generally contrive in this way to pre- serve the family estate ...
Pagina 47
... means . This is to be an- xious about words , and negligent of things . An arrangement of rocks ought in fact to be considered as a branch of geological science , and a history of their natural affinities , as far as that is practicable ...
... means . This is to be an- xious about words , and negligent of things . An arrangement of rocks ought in fact to be considered as a branch of geological science , and a history of their natural affinities , as far as that is practicable ...
Pagina 49
... means irremediable ; but it is a question how far , in the present state of the sci- ence , it admits of a remedy without introducing still greater inconveniences . It involves the difficult question of a nomen- clature : a difficulty ...
... means irremediable ; but it is a question how far , in the present state of the sci- ence , it admits of a remedy without introducing still greater inconveniences . It involves the difficult question of a nomen- clature : a difficulty ...
Pagina 61
... means by which such a provision may be made , we consider them as the very worst that could have been devised : And it appears to us , that the adoption of any measure which , at the same time that it secured the just rights of the ...
... means by which such a provision may be made , we consider them as the very worst that could have been devised : And it appears to us , that the adoption of any measure which , at the same time that it secured the just rights of the ...
Pagina 68
... means , increasing in the same manner as tithes increase , proportionably with the difficulty of cultivation , the effect would be the same . The Church would be constantly obtaining an increased portion of the net pro- duce of the land ...
... means , increasing in the same manner as tithes increase , proportionably with the difficulty of cultivation , the effect would be the same . The Church would be constantly obtaining an increased portion of the net pro- duce of the land ...
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Pagina 200 - O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple-stained mouth; That I might drink, and leave the world unseen, And with thee fade away into the forest dim...
Pagina 152 - He now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn. But it, too, was gone. A large, rickety wooden building stood in its place, with great gaping windows, some of them broken and mended with old hats and petticoats, and over the door was painted, "The Union Hotel, by Jonathan Doolittle.
Pagina 149 - For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the Third.
Pagina 150 - Rip Van Winkle ! Rip Van Winkle!" At the same time, Wolf bristled up his back, and giving a low growl, skulked to his master's side, looking fearfully down into the glen. Rip now felt a vague apprehension stealing over him. He looked anxiously in the same direction and perceived a strange figure slowly toiling up the rocks, and bending under the weight of something he carried on his back. He was surprised to see any human being in this lonely and unfrequented place ; but supposing it to be some one...
Pagina 154 - ... dreading the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle. Whenever her name was mentioned, however, he shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, and cast up his eyes ; which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived at Mr. Doolittle's hotel.
Pagina 200 - Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn...
Pagina 154 - Ah, poor man, Rip Van Winkle was his name, but it's twenty years since he went away from home with his gun, and never has been heard of since,— his dog came home without him; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl.
Pagina 148 - Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill mountains. They are a dismembered branch of the great Appalachian family, and are seen away to the west of the river, swelling up to a noble height, and lording it over the surrounding country.
Pagina 151 - ... round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and, whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence...
Pagina 150 - On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd-looking personages playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion : some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long...