Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Band 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843 |
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... writers , is a Herodotus or a Froissart , when compared with Dr. Nares . It is not merely in bulk , but in specific ... writer would employ in sup- porting a paradox . Of the rules of historical per- spective , he has not the faintest ...
... writers , is a Herodotus or a Froissart , when compared with Dr. Nares . It is not merely in bulk , but in specific ... writer would employ in sup- porting a paradox . Of the rules of historical per- spective , he has not the faintest ...
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... writer ; " but his heart con- sented not thereto . Yea , he openly opposed it ; though at last yielding to the greatness of Northum- berland , in an age when it was present drowning not to swim with the stream . But as the philosopher ...
... writer ; " but his heart con- sented not thereto . Yea , he openly opposed it ; though at last yielding to the greatness of Northum- berland , in an age when it was present drowning not to swim with the stream . But as the philosopher ...
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... writers , of being very concise . It must be admitted , however , that , with many of the best qualities of a ... writer . Now an Abbot is the head of a religious house ; an Abbé is quite a different sort of person . It is better ...
... writers , of being very concise . It must be admitted , however , that , with many of the best qualities of a ... writer . Now an Abbot is the head of a religious house ; an Abbé is quite a different sort of person . It is better ...
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... writer was also distinguished as a soldier or a politician . Boscan bore arms with high reputation . Garcilaso de Vega , the author of the sweetest and most graceful pastoral poem of modern times , after a short but splendid military ...
... writer was also distinguished as a soldier or a politician . Boscan bore arms with high reputation . Garcilaso de Vega , the author of the sweetest and most graceful pastoral poem of modern times , after a short but splendid military ...
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... writers call bands of heroic patriots , and what General Stanhope calls a " rascally foot militia . " If the invaders had acted with vigour and judgment , Cadiz would probably have fallen . But the chiefs of the expedition were divided ...
... writers call bands of heroic patriots , and what General Stanhope calls a " rascally foot militia . " If the invaders had acted with vigour and judgment , Cadiz would probably have fallen . But the chiefs of the expedition were divided ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
absurd admiration apostolical succession appeared army Augmentis authority Bacon believe better body Catalonia Catholic century character Charles Christian Church of England Church of Rome conduct Court crown doctrines Duke effect Elizabeth eminent employed enemies English Essex Europe evil favour favourite feelings France French Gladstone honour Horace Walpole House of Bourbon House of Commons human induction intellect judge judgment King learned liberty Lord Mahon Louis the Fourteenth means ment mind minister Montagu moral nation nature never Newcastle noble Novum Organum object opinion opposition Parliament party persecuted person Peterborough Philip philosophy Pitt Plato political Prince principles produced professed Protestant Queen question reform reign religion religious Revolution royal scarcely seems Sir James Mackintosh sovereign Spain Spanish spirit statesman strong talents temper thing tion took Tories treaty truth Walpole Whigs whole
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 240 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Seite 37 - Forgiveness to the injured does belong ; But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
Seite 262 - And they do claim, demand and insist upon all and singular the premises as their undoubted rights and liberties...
Seite 475 - ... that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the squares of the sides.
Seite 189 - Lord," he said to the Duke of Devonshire, " I am sure that I can save this country, and that nobody else can.
Seite 426 - 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 labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Seite 2 - ... occupies fifteen hundred inches cubic measure, and that it weighs sixty pounds avoirdupois. Such a book might, before the deluge, have been considered as light reading by Hilpa and Shalum.
Seite 357 - Come, rest in this bosom, my own stricken deer, Though the herd have fled from thee, thy home is still here; Here still is the smile, that no cloud can o'ercast, And a heart and a hand all thy own to the last.
Seite 209 - We find in it the diligence, the accuracy, and the judgment of Hallam, united to the vivacity and the colouring of Southey. A history of England, written throughout in this manner, would be the most fascinating book in the language. It would be more in request at the circulating libraries than the last novel.
Seite 371 - My conceit of his person was never increased toward him by his place, or honours : but I have and do reverence him, for the greatness that was only proper to himself, in that he seemed to me ever, by his work, one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed, that God would give him strength ; for greatness he could not want.