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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... positions in the factory should only have to back him up and assist him . ' 6 The Belmont chaplain has no sinecure . At a quarter to six every morning he gives a short service for the men who are inclined to attend it before commencing ...
... positions in the factory should only have to back him up and assist him . ' 6 The Belmont chaplain has no sinecure . At a quarter to six every morning he gives a short service for the men who are inclined to attend it before commencing ...
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... position , for in reality a less high , though it may be a more showy one . The best that a clever and energetic man can expect from going into " society , " or from getting into Parliament , is a certain amount of usefulness and ...
... position , for in reality a less high , though it may be a more showy one . The best that a clever and energetic man can expect from going into " society , " or from getting into Parliament , is a certain amount of usefulness and ...
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... position of a leader . His course appears to have been both honourable and successful ; he was on most of the important committees , and often the chairman to frame the report . One very serious question occurred , in which he took a ...
... position of a leader . His course appears to have been both honourable and successful ; he was on most of the important committees , and often the chairman to frame the report . One very serious question occurred , in which he took a ...
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... position of the man on the bench is so very much below that of the man at the bar in point of income , as to interfere with their relative positions in society . The labours of the one imply a great de- mand for the services of the ...
... position of the man on the bench is so very much below that of the man at the bar in point of income , as to interfere with their relative positions in society . The labours of the one imply a great de- mand for the services of the ...
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... position there , and politics must soon have absorbed him . Jefferson , writing in 1810 , says bitterly : - ' The Federalists , during their short - lived ascendancy , have never- theless , by forcing from us the Embargo , inflicted a ...
... position there , and politics must soon have absorbed him . Jefferson , writing in 1810 , says bitterly : - ' The Federalists , during their short - lived ascendancy , have never- theless , by forcing from us the Embargo , inflicted a ...
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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.