The Quarterly Review, Volumen16John Murray, 1816 |
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... object of both being that of extorting as large a revenue as possible from the hard hands of the peasants . ༔ · Even now , ' says this judicious writer , the population is decreasing ; and the peasant , although in a fertile country ...
... object of both being that of extorting as large a revenue as possible from the hard hands of the peasants . ༔ · Even now , ' says this judicious writer , the population is decreasing ; and the peasant , although in a fertile country ...
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... object ; the man , on observing the village turned upside down , stared at the traveller with great astonishment ; but on being told that , by the order of the Pashaw , he was about to destroy it , the poor fellow entreated he would ...
... object ; the man , on observing the village turned upside down , stared at the traveller with great astonishment ; but on being told that , by the order of the Pashaw , he was about to destroy it , the poor fellow entreated he would ...
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... objects that usually catch the travel- ler's attention , possessed no charms apparently for Mr. Legh : he was unsaintly enough not to visit the Coptic church in which is the grotto where the Holy Family took refuge ; nor did his ...
... objects that usually catch the travel- ler's attention , possessed no charms apparently for Mr. Legh : he was unsaintly enough not to visit the Coptic church in which is the grotto where the Holy Family took refuge ; nor did his ...
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6 6 nishing objects , that one is riveted to the spot , unable to decide whither to direct the step or fix the attention . These ruins extend from each bank of the Nile to the sides of the inclosing mountains : the objects which most ...
6 6 nishing objects , that one is riveted to the spot , unable to decide whither to direct the step or fix the attention . These ruins extend from each bank of the Nile to the sides of the inclosing mountains : the objects which most ...
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... object of their curiosity ; as appears from the inscriptions . ' These are cut into the legs of the northernmost of two colossal figures , found in the midst of the plain near Médinet- Abou , in a sitting posture ; they are in various ...
... object of their curiosity ; as appears from the inscriptions . ' These are cut into the legs of the northernmost of two colossal figures , found in the midst of the plain near Médinet- Abou , in a sitting posture ; they are in various ...
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Página 196 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's magnificently stern array...
Página 393 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow, The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Página 194 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell; But hush!
Página 86 - Almost to jelly with the act of fear, Stand dumb and speak not to him. This to me In dreadful secrecy impart they did, And I with them the third night kept the watch ; Where, as they had deliver'd, both in time, Form of the thing, each word made true and good, The apparition comes.
Página 252 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Página 197 - Within its own creation, or in thine, Maternal Nature ! for who teems like thee, Thus on the banks of thy majestic Rhine? There Harold gazes on a work divine, A blending of all beauties; streams and dells, Fruit, foliage, crag, wood, cornfield, mountain, vine, And chiefless castles breathing stern farewells From gray but leafy walls, where Ruin greenly dwells.
Página 200 - My daughter! with thy name thus much shall end — I see thee not, — I hear thee not, — but none Can be so wrapt in thee ; thou art the friend To whom the shadows of far years extend : Albeit my brow thou never shouldst behold, My voice shall with thy future visions blend, And reach into thy heart, — when mine is cold, — A token and a tone, even from thy father's mould.
Página 195 - Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Página 195 - Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark! - that heavy sound breaks in once more, As if the clouds its echo would repeat; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before! Arm!
Página 206 - I have not loved the world, nor the world me, But let us part fair foes; I do believe, Though I have found them not, that there may be Words which are things, hopes which will not deceive, And virtues which are merciful, nor weave Snares for the failing; I would also deem O'er others...