The London Quarterly Review, Volúmenes143-144Theodore Foster, 1877 |
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... thought it a duty to devote the whole of his accumulated knowledge and power to the public work which has occu- pied so large a portion of his life . So few men are capable of extracting for themselves and digesting all the information ...
... thought it a duty to devote the whole of his accumulated knowledge and power to the public work which has occu- pied so large a portion of his life . So few men are capable of extracting for themselves and digesting all the information ...
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... thought it an unpro- pitious moment to reveal . He was recalled in the summer , and Casale and Ghinucci , the two men whom Wolsey selected to take charge of the divorce in 1527 , were sent in his place to expose business of great moment ...
... thought it an unpro- pitious moment to reveal . He was recalled in the summer , and Casale and Ghinucci , the two men whom Wolsey selected to take charge of the divorce in 1527 , were sent in his place to expose business of great moment ...
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... thought it prudent if he had lately designed that she should be Cath- arine's successor . After long preliminaries a treaty of alli- ance with France was signed in April 1527 ; and Henry betrothed his daughter Mary to the son of his ...
... thought it prudent if he had lately designed that she should be Cath- arine's successor . After long preliminaries a treaty of alli- ance with France was signed in April 1527 ; and Henry betrothed his daughter Mary to the son of his ...
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... thought it not difficult to es- tablish , to declare the marriage null and void . Next to this joint commission , he preferred one for a Roman Legate alone . In the last extremity he would accept one for the two English Archbishops ...
... thought it not difficult to es- tablish , to declare the marriage null and void . Next to this joint commission , he preferred one for a Roman Legate alone . In the last extremity he would accept one for the two English Archbishops ...
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... thought them sufficient . They did not satisfy Wolsey . He feared that the cause might be taken out of his hands , that the rule of law by which he tried it might be rejected , that his judg- ment might be reversed , by Clement or by ...
... thought them sufficient . They did not satisfy Wolsey . He feared that the cause might be taken out of his hands , that the rule of law by which he tried it might be rejected , that his judg- ment might be reversed , by Clement or by ...
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Página 106 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things ; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he have in himself the experience and the practice of all that which is praiseworthy...
Página 9 - British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of universal emancipation. No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced ; no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon...
Página 107 - Homer, to have written indecent things of the gods ; only this my mind gave me, that every free and gentle spirit, without that oath, ought to be born a knight, nor needed to expect the gilt spur, or the laying of a sword upon his shoulder to stir him up both by his counsel and his arm, to secure and protect the weakness of any attempted chastity.
Página 9 - ... no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery ; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains that burst from around him, and he stands redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled, by the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION ! [Here Mr.
Página 19 - I can say, and will say, that as a peer of parliament, as speaker of this right honourable house, as keeper of the great seal, as guardian of his majesty's conscience, as lord high chancellor of England, nay, even in that character alone in which the noble duke would think it an affront to be considered, — as a MAN, I am at this moment as respectable, — I beg leave to add, — I am at this time as much respected, as the proudest peer I now look down upon.
Página 23 - There is a popular impression, for which there is a good deal to be said, that a man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Página 44 - The Principles of Mental Physiology. With their Applications to the Training and Discipline of the Mind, and the Study of its Morbid Conditions.
Página 143 - Sir, (said he,) by doing so, you would do what would be of importance in raising your children to eminence. There would be a lustre reflected upon them from your spirit and curiosity. They would be at all times regarded as the children of a man who had gone to view the wall of China. I am serious, Sir.
Página 101 - The first thing to be considered in an epic poem is the fable, which is perfect or imperfect, according as the action which it relates is more or less so. This action should have three qualifications in it. First, it should be but one action; secondly, it should be an entire action; and thirdly, it should be a great action. To consider the action of the Iliad, jEneid, and Paradise Lost, in these three several lights.
Página 159 - His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, having, in his constant solicitude for the welfare of his subjects, issued a firman which, while ameliorating their condition without distinction of religion or of race, records his generous intentions towards the Christian population of his empire, and wishing to give a further proof of his sentiments in that respect, has resolved to communicate to the contracting parties the said firman, emanating spontaneously from his sovereign will.