The Retrospective Review.., Band 3Henry Southern Charles and Henry Baldwyn, Newgate Street., 1821 |
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... means intentional , though characteristic of the degree of information which was then prevalent on the subject . " Mahomet of Arabia , at this time , when there was great confu- sion of things both in the east and west , then began his ...
... means intentional , though characteristic of the degree of information which was then prevalent on the subject . " Mahomet of Arabia , at this time , when there was great confu- sion of things both in the east and west , then began his ...
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... mean to have gone to such length of quota- tions from a work so easy of access , but we must still find room for the only favorable specimen we recollect , of quite a different sort of composition ; the attempts at which , in the Koran ...
... mean to have gone to such length of quota- tions from a work so easy of access , but we must still find room for the only favorable specimen we recollect , of quite a different sort of composition ; the attempts at which , in the Koran ...
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... the final assumption of characters , for which he was least of all qualified , those of the monarch and legislator . We do not mean , however , to rate his abilities even here so low as many have done ; on the 18 Sale's Koran .
... the final assumption of characters , for which he was least of all qualified , those of the monarch and legislator . We do not mean , however , to rate his abilities even here so low as many have done ; on the 18 Sale's Koran .
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... means de- tract ; but we are very much inclined to believe that a diligent inquirer , properly qualified for the task , might , at this time of day , with all the opportunities which are now within the reach of one who knew how to avail ...
... means de- tract ; but we are very much inclined to believe that a diligent inquirer , properly qualified for the task , might , at this time of day , with all the opportunities which are now within the reach of one who knew how to avail ...
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... means to reconcile himself to the monarch , by showing that the word is was a typographical mistake for was , yet it is probable he thought it expedient still farther to manifest his opinions in favour of his own nation . Our author is ...
... means to reconcile himself to the monarch , by showing that the word is was a typographical mistake for was , yet it is probable he thought it expedient still farther to manifest his opinions in favour of his own nation . Our author is ...
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Seite 217 - SWEET day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Seite 184 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Seite 221 - Let us (said he) pour on him all we can: Let the world's riches, which dispersed lie, Contract into a span. So strength first made a way; Then beauty flowed, then wisdom, honour, pleasure: When almost all was out, God made a stay, Perceiving that alone of all his treasure Rest in the bottom lay. For if I should...
Seite 142 - Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of -Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Seite 218 - WHO says that fictions only and false hair Become a verse ? Is there in truth no beauty ? Is all good structure in a winding stair...
Seite 58 - ... but only a rod and a ferula. Secondly, others who are able, use it only as a passage to better preferment, to patch the rents in their present fortune, till they can provide a. new one, and betake themselves to some more gainful calling. Thirdly, they are disheartened from doing their best with the miserable reward which in some places they receive, being masters to their children and slaves to their parents.
Seite 143 - But it is not good to stay too long in the theatre. Let us now pass on to the judicial place or palace of the mind, which we are to approach and view with more reverence and attention.
Seite 148 - But as young men, when they knit and shape perfectly, do seldom grow to a further stature ; so knowledge, while it is in aphorisms and observations, it is in growth ; but when it once is comprehended in exact methods, it may perchance be further polished and illustrated, and accommodated for use and practice ; but it increaseth no more in bulk and substance.
Seite 146 - But the greatest error of all the rest, is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or farthest end of knowledge : for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge...
Seite 220 - I did ; and going did a rainbow note : Surely, thought I, This is the lace of Peace's coat : I will search out the matter.