The Quarterly Review, Volumen92John Murray, 1853 |
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... remarkable manner the two great faculties of creating enthusiasm in study and establishing relations of confidence and affection with his pupils . We felt that he was our father in the law - our elder brother - the patriarch of a common ...
... remarkable manner the two great faculties of creating enthusiasm in study and establishing relations of confidence and affection with his pupils . We felt that he was our father in the law - our elder brother - the patriarch of a common ...
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... acquainted , let us request attention to the following passage : - ' It is , I think , a remarkable distinction between the manners of the natives natives and ours , and one which affects our dealings 54 Indian Administration .
... acquainted , let us request attention to the following passage : - ' It is , I think , a remarkable distinction between the manners of the natives natives and ours , and one which affects our dealings 54 Indian Administration .
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... remarkable case is the assumption of the Mysore territory upon the flimsy pretext that a defective revenue - administration had endangered the regularity of the annual payments due to the British Government . The same fate probably ...
... remarkable case is the assumption of the Mysore territory upon the flimsy pretext that a defective revenue - administration had endangered the regularity of the annual payments due to the British Government . The same fate probably ...
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... remarkable facts as to the periodicity of falling stars , the inquiry assumed at once a cosmical character , associating itself with some of the movements and higher laws of the planetary system . We have sketched this preliminary ...
... remarkable facts as to the periodicity of falling stars , the inquiry assumed at once a cosmical character , associating itself with some of the movements and higher laws of the planetary system . We have sketched this preliminary ...
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... remarkable and authentic record of antiquity is that of the massive stone which fell in the 78th Olympiad ( about the time of the birth of Socrates ) , at Ægospotamos on the Hellespont - the place soon afterwards dignified , or defaced ...
... remarkable and authentic record of antiquity is that of the massive stone which fell in the 78th Olympiad ( about the time of the birth of Socrates ) , at Ægospotamos on the Hellespont - the place soon afterwards dignified , or defaced ...
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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.