The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volumen121A. Constable, 1865 |
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... genius and of eminent public services may be tarnished , if not effaced in the estimation of some minds , by the frailties of an irascible temper or an ungoverned tongue . It was wisely said by a great man * , though himself not quite ...
... genius and of eminent public services may be tarnished , if not effaced in the estimation of some minds , by the frailties of an irascible temper or an ungoverned tongue . It was wisely said by a great man * , though himself not quite ...
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... genius a career of usefulness and honour not less brilliant than that which he had relinquished . More fortunate than most other men who , debarred from the exer- cise of their original profession , find themselves unapt or dis ...
... genius a career of usefulness and honour not less brilliant than that which he had relinquished . More fortunate than most other men who , debarred from the exer- cise of their original profession , find themselves unapt or dis ...
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... genius had an affinity with all that was grand or beautiful in art or nature , or in the sphere of human action or pursuit . To him might be applied what Hume has so finely said of one with whom the Napiers were connected by lineage ...
... genius had an affinity with all that was grand or beautiful in art or nature , or in the sphere of human action or pursuit . To him might be applied what Hume has so finely said of one with whom the Napiers were connected by lineage ...
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... genius . Did our space permit , we could multiply examples of beautiful images and glowing thoughts which require only the outward form of verse to make them absolute poetry . Yet admirable as is the composition of this great work , the ...
... genius . Did our space permit , we could multiply examples of beautiful images and glowing thoughts which require only the outward form of verse to make them absolute poetry . Yet admirable as is the composition of this great work , the ...
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... genius , under the pressure of severe pain and physical depression . As an example of the author's striking power of figurative descrip- tion , we will extract only the last sentence of that celebrated parallel : - In following up a ...
... genius , under the pressure of severe pain and physical depression . As an example of the author's striking power of figurative descrip- tion , we will extract only the last sentence of that celebrated parallel : - In following up a ...
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Página 593 - The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands; and to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper without injury to his neighbour is a plain violation of this most sacred property.
Página 164 - Concerning appeals, if any shall arise, they ought to proceed from the archdeacon to the bishop, and from the bishop to the archbishop : and, if the archbishop...
Página 162 - ... when any cause of the law divine happened to come in question, or of spiritual learning, then it was declared, interpreted and showed by that part of the body politic called the spiritualty, now being usually called the English Church...
Página 176 - And here it is to be noted, that such Ornaments of the Church and of the Ministers thereof, at all Times of their Ministration, shall be retained, and be in use, as were in this Church of England, by the Authority of Parliament, in the Second Year of the Reign of King Edward the Sixth.
Página 186 - Assembly, to make laws for the peace, welfare, and good government...
Página 146 - And these all night upon the * bridge of war Sat glorying ; many a fire before them blazed : As when in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful, when all the winds are laid, And every height comes out, and jutting peak * Or, ridge. And valley, and the immeasurable heavens Break open to their highest, and all the stars Shine, and the Shepherd gladdens in his heart...
Página 269 - Manassas in order to hasten to cover Richmond and Norfolk. He must do this; for, should he permit us to occupy Richmond, his destruction can be averted only by entirely defeating us in a battle in which he must be the assailant.
Página 187 - ... 1. The public debt and property. 2. The regulation of trade and commerce. 3. The imposition or regulation of duties of Customs on imports and exports, except on exports of timber, logs, masts, spars, deals, and sawn lumber, and of coal and other minerals.
Página 189 - In regard to all subjects over which jurisdiction belongs to both the general and local Legislatures, the laws of the general Parliament shall control and supersede those made by the local Legislature, and the latter shall be void so far as they are repugnant to, or inconsistent with, the former.
Página 162 - ... that part of the said body politic called the spiritualty, now being usually called the English Church, which always hath been reputed, and also found of that sort, that both for knowledge, integrity, and sufficiency of number, it hath been always thought, and is also at this hour sufficient, and meet of itself, without the intermeddling of any exterior person or persons, to declare and determine all such doubts, and to administer all such offices and duties as to their rooms spiritual doth appertain...