The Critical Review: Or, Annals of LiteratureW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1812 |
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... justice of Iceland , which he describes as the best residence in the island . The author says , that the Tatsroed , who lived here in a state of seclusion from the literary world , possessed talents and acquirements which would have pro ...
... justice of Iceland , which he describes as the best residence in the island . The author says , that the Tatsroed , who lived here in a state of seclusion from the literary world , possessed talents and acquirements which would have pro ...
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... justice to the merits of the British envoy which the simple narrative , without one comment , would have afforded.- -Ön another motive I regret the omission of these notes . They would have charag- CRIT . REV . Vol . 1 , January , 1812 ...
... justice to the merits of the British envoy which the simple narrative , without one comment , would have afforded.- -Ön another motive I regret the omission of these notes . They would have charag- CRIT . REV . Vol . 1 , January , 1812 ...
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... justice , and his views are directed to the general good of his country and of its dependencies . In the present instance , he appears to us to have taken rather too confined a view of the true interest of Spain and of her colonies . It ...
... justice , and his views are directed to the general good of his country and of its dependencies . In the present instance , he appears to us to have taken rather too confined a view of the true interest of Spain and of her colonies . It ...
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... JUSTICE , must be the same whether in America or in Europe ; but these principles must often be modified by circumstances , both local and temporal ; by characters , manners , and usages , which have a particular and circumscribed ...
... JUSTICE , must be the same whether in America or in Europe ; but these principles must often be modified by circumstances , both local and temporal ; by characters , manners , and usages , which have a particular and circumscribed ...
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... justice the basis of his policy , and he who does this , can err only when he mistakes that in which justice consists . On this occasion , the author appears to have erred in his views of the justice on which the South American colonies ...
... justice the basis of his policy , and he who does this , can err only when he mistakes that in which justice consists . On this occasion , the author appears to have erred in his views of the justice on which the South American colonies ...
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Página 555 - But midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along, the world's tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless ; Minions of splendour shrinking from distress ! None that, with kindred consciousness endued, If we were not, would seem to smile the less, Of all that flatter'd, follow'd, sought, and sued ; This is to be alone ; this, this is solitude ! XXVII.
Página 200 - I believe them true : They argue no corrupted mind In him : the fault is in mankind. This maxim, more than all the rest, Is thought too base for human breast : " In all distresses of our friends, We first consult our private ends ; While nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us.
Página 555 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean; This is not solitude; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Página 330 - To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion or empire above any realm, nation, or city is repugnant to nature, contumely to God, a thing most contrarious to His revealed will and approved ordinance, and finally it is the subversion of good order, of all equity and justice.
Página 272 - Christ did truly rise again from death, and took again his body, with flesh, bones, and all things appertaining to the perfection of Man's nature; wherewith he ascended into Heaven, and there sitteth, until he return to judge all Men at the last day.
Página 337 - The doctor rose up, and Kinyeancleugh sat down before his bed. About eleven o'clock, he gave a deep sigh, and said, " Now it is come." Bannatyne immediately drew near, and desired him to think upon those comfortable promises of our Saviour Jesus Christ, which he had so often declared to others ; and, perceiving that he was speechless, requested him to give them a sign that he heard them, and died in peace. Upon this he lifted up one of his hands, and, sighing twice, expired without a struggle...
Página 383 - If I possess any talent, it is that of darkening the gloomy, and of deepening the .sad; of painting life in extremes, and representing those struggles of passion when the soul trembles on the verge of the unlawful and the unhallowed.
Página 549 - Maidens, like moths, are ever caught by glare, And Mammon wins his way where Seraphs might despair.
Página 327 - the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of Rochester, Ely, St. David's, Lincoln, and Bath, were sincerely bent on advancing the purity of doctrine, agreeing IN ALL THINGS with the Helvetic churches,
Página 452 - that we were ready to make all that were consistent with honesty and conscience ;' but many things might have been said upon that subject, which I did not then think proper to mention. ' However,' said I,