The Quarterly Review, Volumen193William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1901 |
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... once as low as 66s . , the range of annual averages having been from 74s . to 126s . 6d . It is strange indeed , that in 1813 , the year after wheat had reached its highest average of 126s . 6d . , it was deemed desirable to increase ...
... once as low as 66s . , the range of annual averages having been from 74s . to 126s . 6d . It is strange indeed , that in 1813 , the year after wheat had reached its highest average of 126s . 6d . , it was deemed desirable to increase ...
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... once more became common . The price of wheat recovered after 1822. It remained over 52s . per quarter , and frequently rose to between 60s . and 70s . , until 1834 , when the average was only 46s . 2d . , and in 1835 it dropped to 398 ...
... once more became common . The price of wheat recovered after 1822. It remained over 52s . per quarter , and frequently rose to between 60s . and 70s . , until 1834 , when the average was only 46s . 2d . , and in 1835 it dropped to 398 ...
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... once quoted , and quoted inaccurately , the couplet— ' And I was asked and authorised to go To seek the firm of Clutterbuck and Co .'- from Crabbe's most powerful poem , as an instance of his hopeless dulness of style ; and even that ...
... once quoted , and quoted inaccurately , the couplet— ' And I was asked and authorised to go To seek the firm of Clutterbuck and Co .'- from Crabbe's most powerful poem , as an instance of his hopeless dulness of style ; and even that ...
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... once filled an im- portant place in the human comedy . It is curious , too , to be carried back to a time when the middle - class man still regarded a ' lord ' as a being belonging to a class apart , who might be expected to have a ...
... once filled an im- portant place in the human comedy . It is curious , too , to be carried back to a time when the middle - class man still regarded a ' lord ' as a being belonging to a class apart , who might be expected to have a ...
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... once a larger range of subject than the ' Parish Register , ' and enabled the poet to group under one heading a whole series of sketches of men and manners -the various professions , the trustees and inmates of the almshouse , the clubs ...
... once a larger range of subject than the ' Parish Register , ' and enabled the poet to group under one heading a whole series of sketches of men and manners -the various professions , the trustees and inmates of the almshouse , the clubs ...
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Página 128 - O WELL for him whose will is strong ! He suffers, but he will not suffer long ; He suffers, but he cannot suffer wrong : For him nor moves the loud world's random mock, Nor all Calamity's hugest waves confound, Who seems a promontory of rock, That, compass'd round with turbulent sound, In middle ocean meets the surging shock, Tempest-buffeted, citadel-crown'd.
Página 286 - It against lawlessness and disorder. 3. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not revictual nor take any stores in the canal except so far as may be strictly necessary ; and the transit of such vessels through the canal shall be effected with the least possible delay...
Página 286 - The canal shall never be blockaded, nor shall any right of war be exercised nor any act of hostility be committed within it. The United States, however, shall be at liberty to maintain such military police along the canal as may be necessary to protect it against lawlessness and disorder.
Página 285 - ... the canal may be constructed under the auspices of the Government of the United States, either directly at its own cost, or by gift or loan of money to individuals or Corporations, or through subscription to or purchase of stock or shares, and that subject to the provisions of the present...
Página 111 - Subiecit pedibus strepitumque Acherontis avari. Fortunatus et ille, deos qui novit agrestes, Panaque Silvanumque senem Nymphasque sorores.
Página 286 - The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise.
Página 95 - Socrates insisting to the other two that the genius of comedy was the same as that of tragedy, and that the writer of tragedy ought to be a writer of comedy also.
Página 24 - That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid ; Those ample clasps, of solid metal made; The...
Página 30 - Arrived at home, how then they gazed around, In every place, — where she — no more, was found ; — The seat at table she was wont to fill ; The fire-side chair, still set, but vacant still ; The garden-walks, a labour all her own ; The latticed bower, with trailing shrubs o'ergrown ; The Sunday-pew she fill'd with all her race, — Each place of hers, was now a sacred place,(') That, while it call'd up sorrows in the eyes, Pierced the full heart and forced them still to rise.
Página 286 - ... 5. The provisions of this article shall apply to waters adjacent to the canal, within 3 marine miles of either end. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not remain in such waters longer than twenty-four hours at any one time, except in case of distress, and in such case shall depart as soon as possible ; but a vessel of war of one belligerent shall not depart within twenty-four hours from the departure of a vessel of war of the other belligerent.