The Quarterly Review, Band 90

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John Murray, 1852
 

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Seite 159 - The feather that adorns the royal bird supports his flight. Strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth.
Seite 62 - BELL (Sir Charles). The Anatomy and Philosophy of Expression, as Connected with the Fine Arts.
Seite 35 - God Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man...
Seite 145 - Let it be impressed upon your minds, let it be instilled into your children, that the liberty of the press is the palladium of all the civil, political, and religious rights of an Englishman...
Seite 96 - Mr. Grenville was at any rate to be distressed, because he was minister, and Mr. Pitt and Lord Camden were to be the patrons of America, because they were in opposition.
Seite 537 - But the sea is yours; you maintain, by your fleets, the safety of navigation in it, and keep it clear of pirates ; you may have, therefore, a natural and equitable right to some toll or duty on merchandises carried through that part of your dominions, towards defraying the expense you are at in ships to maintain the safety of that carriage.
Seite 355 - The ghosts of defunct bodies, fly; Where truth in person does appear, Like words congeal'd in northern air. He knew what's what, and that's as high As metaphysic wit can fly : 150 In school divinity as able As he that hight Irrefragable; A second Thomas, or at once To name them all, another Dunce...
Seite 100 - I must be more cautious than ever. I am sure I should not survive a discovery three days ; or, if I did, they would attaint me by bill.
Seite 272 - Justice will meet immediately, under pain of forfeiture; they will convoke the juries in the place which they will select to proceed to the judgment of the President and his accomplices; they will nominate the magistrates charged to fulfil the duties of public ministers. "And seeing that the National Assembly...
Seite 119 - In the present state of things, if I were to write again, I must be as silly as any of the horned cattle that run mad through the city, or as any of your wise aldermen.

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