The London Quarterly Review, Band 4William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison Hamilton, Adams, and Company, 1855 |
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... critics of the pro- prieties , did we not consider the peculiar disposition of the man , as well as the circumstances in which he was placed . During a professional attendance upon a family at Edmonton , he had met with a young lady ...
... critics of the pro- prieties , did we not consider the peculiar disposition of the man , as well as the circumstances in which he was placed . During a professional attendance upon a family at Edmonton , he had met with a young lady ...
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... critic - author is so careful as to observe that " justice demands " that " the noble Montagu " should not be left unsung . Posterity has been more just ; but , a century and more ago , the demoniacal pollution of Congreve was in higher ...
... critic - author is so careful as to observe that " justice demands " that " the noble Montagu " should not be left unsung . Posterity has been more just ; but , a century and more ago , the demoniacal pollution of Congreve was in higher ...
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... critics and fine writers ; and of these the most notorious offender is Mr. George Gilfillan . Many reasons concur to fix our choice upon the writings of this gentleman , and to justify the free handling we propose to give them . The ...
... critics and fine writers ; and of these the most notorious offender is Mr. George Gilfillan . Many reasons concur to fix our choice upon the writings of this gentleman , and to justify the free handling we propose to give them . The ...
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... critic of men and affairs as well as of books and authors , —a critic of critics , challenging the judgments of such men as Macaulay and Hallam , and approving or condemning , by his own stand- ard , the weights and measures long ...
... critic of men and affairs as well as of books and authors , —a critic of critics , challenging the judgments of such men as Macaulay and Hallam , and approving or condemning , by his own stand- ard , the weights and measures long ...
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... critics . And why so ? Simply because the most necessary and valuable qualities of the critic were possessed by him in plenitude and perfection . For these qualities , be it remembered , are not rightly concerned with the rarest ...
... critics . And why so ? Simply because the most necessary and valuable qualities of the critic were possessed by him in plenitude and perfection . For these qualities , be it remembered , are not rightly concerned with the rarest ...
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Seite 118 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
Seite 425 - One man draws out the wire, another straights it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head ; to make the head requires two or three distinct operations ; to put it on is a peculiar business, to whiten the pins is another ; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper ; and the important business of making a pin is, in this manner, divided into about eighteen distinct operations, which, in some manufactories, are all performed by distinct...
Seite 414 - My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
Seite 387 - If I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto me,
Seite 387 - The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
Seite 25 - See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Seite 274 - Ah ! since dark days still bring to light Man's prudence and man's fiery might, Time may restore us in his course Goethe's sage mind and Byron's force ; But where will Europe's latter hour Again find Wordsworth's healing power ? Others will teach us how to dare, And against fear our breast to steel ; Others will strengthen us to bear — But who, ah ! who, will make us feel ? The cloud of mortal destiny...
Seite 112 - To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform. Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Seite 47 - ... the end of the last and the commencement of the present century.
Seite 544 - twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.