The Quarterly review, Band 42Murray, 1830 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 77
Seite 12
... passed the House of Commons , we have not heard , and could not understand from the debate . It had several faults . The University of Edinburgh protested against it on the ground that it would give the London Medical Schools such an ...
... passed the House of Commons , we have not heard , and could not understand from the debate . It had several faults . The University of Edinburgh protested against it on the ground that it would give the London Medical Schools such an ...
Seite 16
... passed his time not unpleasantly , for that he had begun to write the History of Physic , from the time of Galen to the commencement of the sixteenth century ; but that at present he felt the necessity of consulting more books than the ...
... passed his time not unpleasantly , for that he had begun to write the History of Physic , from the time of Galen to the commencement of the sixteenth century ; but that at present he felt the necessity of consulting more books than the ...
Seite 18
... passing through every stage of civilization , and exhibiting , in the variety of their national fortunes , immortal examples of all that can dignify , and of all that can darken , the character of our species , have long since , in ...
... passing through every stage of civilization , and exhibiting , in the variety of their national fortunes , immortal examples of all that can dignify , and of all that can darken , the character of our species , have long since , in ...
Seite 21
... passed . At Medina , he paid his devotions at the tomb of Mahomed . He describes Mekka as situated in a country cursed by God , producing neither tree nor herb , nor fruit , nor even water fit to drink ; but the great temple , with its ...
... passed . At Medina , he paid his devotions at the tomb of Mahomed . He describes Mekka as situated in a country cursed by God , producing neither tree nor herb , nor fruit , nor even water fit to drink ; but the great temple , with its ...
Seite 24
... passed through the various ceremonies of the occasion , without the smallest suspicion having arisen as to his real character . ' The equanimity of this excellent man was put to a severe trial from the moment he set foot on shore at ...
... passed through the various ceremonies of the occasion , without the smallest suspicion having arisen as to his real character . ' The equanimity of this excellent man was put to a severe trial from the moment he set foot on shore at ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
admiral advantage amount appear banks Bencoolen body British Burckhardt Caillié Canton capital cause character Chinese church circumstances colonies commercial commissioners common considered consul court D'Ghies debt doubt Duke duty Earl ecclesiastical effect endowments engine England English establishment estates expense favour feel French consul Ghadamis Hassuna Hedjaz Hong merchants honour hour hundred ihram India insanity interest island judges judicature kaaba King's Bench labour land less London Lord Lord Minto means Mekka ment merchants miles mind never object observed occasion opinion paper parish parliament party peerage peers persons possession practice present principle proceedings produce proposed question Raffles respect revenue Rodney says Scotland ship Sir Charles Sir Charles Douglas Sir George Sir George Rodney Sir Henry Parnell Sir Stamford Sumatra Timbuctoo tion tithes trade Tripoli Wales Welsh whole
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 40 - According to the tradition of his companions, Mahomet was distinguished by the beauty of his person, an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused. Before he spoke, the orator engaged on his side the affections of a public or private audience. They applauded his commanding presence, his majestic aspect, his piercing eye, his gracious smile, his flowing beard, his countenance that painted every sensation of the soul, and his gestures that enforced each expression...
Seite 140 - Hail to the State of England ! And conjoin With this a salutation as devout, Made to the spiritual Fabric of her Church ; Founded in truth ; by blood of Martyrdom Cemented; by the hands of Wisdom reared In beauty of Holiness, with ordered pomp, Decent, and unreproved. The voice, that greets The majesty of both, shall pray for both ; That, mutually protected and sustained, They may endure as long as sea surrounds This favoured Land, or sunshine warms her soil. — And O, ye swelling hills, and spacious...
Seite 16 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Seite 140 - Nor wanting, at wide intervals, the bulk Of ancient minster, lifted above the cloud Of the dense air, which town or city breeds To intercept the sun's glad beams, — may ne'er That true succession fail of English hearts, Who, with ancestral feeling can perceive What in those holy structures ye possess Of ornamental Interest and the charm Of pious sentiment diffused afar, And human charity, and social love. Thus never shall th...
Seite 131 - Winchester, in possession of ten thousand pounds a year ; and cannot conceive why it is in worse hands than estates to the like amount in the hands of this earl, or that squire ; although it may be true, that so many dogs and horses are not kept by the former, and fed with the victuals which ought to nourish the children of the people.
Seite 132 - From the united considerations of religion and constitutional policy, from their opinion of a duty to make a sure provision for the consolation of the feeble and the instruction of the ignorant, they have incorporated and identified the estate of the church with the mass of private property, of which the state is not the proprietor, either for use or dominion, but the guardian only and the regulator.
Seite 271 - Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods ! When went there by an age, since the great flood, But it was famed with more than with one man?
Seite 158 - A country which neglects or despises foreign commerce, and which admits the vessels of foreign nations into one or two of its ports only, cannot transact the same quantity of business which it might do with different laws and institutions.
Seite 500 - ... of the First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that they are not making a considerable sacrifice, adverting especially to the Bank of Ireland remaining in possession of that privilege five years longer than the Bank of England.
Seite 73 - Now, my dear friend, I am at the service of your Greeks and Trojans, and the whole of Homer's Iliad, or as much of it as you please...