The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal ..., Volumen10J. Ridgeway and sons, 1840 |
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... enemy with the arms and upon the ground which the latter had chosen in full confidence of success . If we could feel dissatisfied with the writer , it would be for his having given up too much debatable ground , and con- ceded more than ...
... enemy with the arms and upon the ground which the latter had chosen in full confidence of success . If we could feel dissatisfied with the writer , it would be for his having given up too much debatable ground , and con- ceded more than ...
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... enemies or to be useful to its allies . But all we want is a repressive power . We do not seek to call up a new nation of conquerors ; of such our quarter of the globe has already more than its share . We want a nation possessing the ...
... enemies or to be useful to its allies . But all we want is a repressive power . We do not seek to call up a new nation of conquerors ; of such our quarter of the globe has already more than its share . We want a nation possessing the ...
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... enemy , which is Ignorance , wallows over the land , debasing the tastes , mis- directing the energies , destroying the souls of the people ; because , whilst this controversy lasts , three quarters of our strength are for party , and ...
... enemy , which is Ignorance , wallows over the land , debasing the tastes , mis- directing the energies , destroying the souls of the people ; because , whilst this controversy lasts , three quarters of our strength are for party , and ...
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... enemy were discomfited and flying , before he knew the full extent either of the dreadful carnage or of his triumph , when after enumerating some who had fallen , he ended the brief letter with " I HAVE ESCAPED UNHURT , -THE FINGER OF ...
... enemy were discomfited and flying , before he knew the full extent either of the dreadful carnage or of his triumph , when after enumerating some who had fallen , he ended the brief letter with " I HAVE ESCAPED UNHURT , -THE FINGER OF ...
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... enemy , consisting of about 2000 infantry , moved forward " in excellent order towards the 33rd regiment , which corps " reserving its fire , with the utmost steadiness received that " of the enemy at a distance of about sixty yards ...
... enemy , consisting of about 2000 infantry , moved forward " in excellent order towards the 33rd regiment , which corps " reserving its fire , with the utmost steadiness received that " of the enemy at a distance of about sixty yards ...
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Página 99 - mid the steep sky's commotion, Loose clouds like earth's decaying leaves are shed, Shook from the tangled boughs of heaven and ocean, Angels of rain and lightning! there are spread On the blue surface of thine airy surge, Like the bright hair uplifted from the head Of some fierce Maenad, ev'n from the dim verge Of the horizon to the zenith's height — The locks of the approaching storm.
Página 103 - Peace, peace ! he is not dead, he doth not sleep — He hath awakened from the dream of life — 'Tis we, who, lost in stormy visions, keep With phantoms an unprofitable strife, And in mad trance strike with our spirit's knife Invulnerable nothings.
Página 105 - His part, while the one Spirit's plastic stress Sweeps through the dull dense world, compelling there All new successions to the forms they wear ; Torturing th...
Página 105 - He has outsoared the shadow of our night; Envy and calumny and hate and pain, And that unrest which men miscall delight, Can touch him not and torture not again; From the contagion of the world's slow stain He is secure, and now can never mourn A heart grown cold, a head grown gray in vain; Nor, when the spirit's self has ceased to burn, With sparkless ashes load an unlamented urn.
Página 291 - The RIGHT OF NATURE, which writers commonly call jus naturale, is the liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life; and consequently, of doing any thing, which in his own judgment, and reason, he shall conceive to be the aptest means thereunto.
Página 100 - The sunbeams are my shafts, with which I kill Deceit, that loves the night and fears the day; All men who do or even imagine ill Fly me, and from the glory of my ray Good minds and open actions take new might. Until diminished by the reign of night.
Página 98 - I stood within the city disinterred ; And heard the autumnal leaves, like light footfalls Of spirits passing through the streets ; and heard The mountain's slumberous voice at intervals Thrill through those roofless halls...
Página 447 - I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar powers) Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support and ornament of virtue's cause.
Página 464 - Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die : Remove far from me vanity and lies : give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord 1 or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Página 137 - I have had the honour of receiving your letter of the 8th inst.