The Quarterly Review, Volumen92William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1853 |
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... nature to have a most softening influence upon them . ' We now begin to see the men drawn into the circle of Mr. Wilson's influence , and the ' cricket ' seems the attractive power . The three nights when the boys were schooling , the ...
... nature to have a most softening influence upon them . ' We now begin to see the men drawn into the circle of Mr. Wilson's influence , and the ' cricket ' seems the attractive power . The three nights when the boys were schooling , the ...
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... nature and religion ensure to the one much greater prosperity than to the other , although it may be impossible to trace out the details of this , and say such a hundred pounds spent upon the boys at such a time has brought back two ...
... nature and religion ensure to the one much greater prosperity than to the other , although it may be impossible to trace out the details of this , and say such a hundred pounds spent upon the boys at such a time has brought back two ...
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... nature , gloom and retired- ness . The tone of his religious education concurred to produce this effect . His uncle was a rigid Calvinist , and imported his theology into his ordinary talk and feelings . The new world in which the ...
... nature , gloom and retired- ness . The tone of his religious education concurred to produce this effect . His uncle was a rigid Calvinist , and imported his theology into his ordinary talk and feelings . The new world in which the ...
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... Nature has conferred her own unmatchable grace or dignity— though scarcely any thing more tasteful for the orator can well be conceived than the lawyer's silk gown - as that they raise the low and mean , separate all from the crowd ...
... Nature has conferred her own unmatchable grace or dignity— though scarcely any thing more tasteful for the orator can well be conceived than the lawyer's silk gown - as that they raise the low and mean , separate all from the crowd ...
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... nature , the law of nations , commercial and maritime law , federal law , and federal equity . In England we should smile at the notion of a judge undertaking such a task ; to what extent and in what manner Story redeemed his pledge ...
... nature , the law of nations , commercial and maritime law , federal law , and federal equity . In England we should smile at the notion of a judge undertaking such a task ; to what extent and in what manner Story redeemed his pledge ...
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Página 188 - The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air ; And I must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there.
Página 160 - Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be, In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due.
Página 200 - There are in the piece those profound touches of the human heart which I find three or four times in " The Robbers " of Schiller, and often in Shakespeare, but in Wordsworth there are no inequalities.
Página 128 - The thing that hath been is that which shall be ; and that which is done is that which shall be done ; and there is no new thing under the sun.
Página 187 - I was called upon, among other scholars, to write verses upon the completion of the second centenary from the foundation of the school in 1585 by Archbishop Sandys. These verses were much admired — far more than they deserved, for they were but a tame imitation of Pope's versification, and a little in his style.
Página 545 - The history of a battle is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events, of which the great result is the battle won or lost ; but no individual can recollect the order in which, or the exact moment at which, they occurred, which makes all the difference as to their value or importance.
Página 48 - ... rusticus expectat, dum defluat amnis: at ille labitur et labetur in omne volubilis aevum.
Página 328 - With shining ringlets the smooth ivory neck. Love in these labyrinths his slaves detains, And mighty hearts are held in slender chains. With hairy springes we the birds betray, Slight lines of hair surprise the finny prey, Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare, And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Página 475 - Call on a business man at business times only, and on business ; transact your business, and go about your business, in order to give him time to finish his business.
Página 517 - Tis enough to make one thoughtful ; but no matter : my die is cast, they may overwhelm me, but I don't think they will outmanoeuvre me. First, because I am not afraid of them, as everybody else seems to be ; and secondly, because if what I hear of their system of manoeuvres be true, I think it a false one as against steady troops. I suspect all the continental armies were more than half beaten before the battle was begun. I, at least, will not be frightened beforehand.