The Quarterly Review, Volumen105William 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, 1859 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 53
Página 7
... plain from Ame- rican authorities , particularly from the printed correspondence of Washington , that the resources of the United States were in an exhausted condition , that their commissariat was wretched , that their troops were ill ...
... plain from Ame- rican authorities , particularly from the printed correspondence of Washington , that the resources of the United States were in an exhausted condition , that their commissariat was wretched , that their troops were ill ...
Página 13
... plain speaking . His employers were sure to learn the truth from him on all subjects ; and his despatches from British India , whilst conveying the most vivid impression of the inherent vices of its civil and military admi- nistration ...
... plain speaking . His employers were sure to learn the truth from him on all subjects ; and his despatches from British India , whilst conveying the most vivid impression of the inherent vices of its civil and military admi- nistration ...
Página 21
... Attorney - General , and from that time forth , ' said Grattan , his country and myself were the two peculiar objects of his calumny . ' 6 thundered thundered from a thousand hills , and filled the plain Lord Cornwallis . 21.
... Attorney - General , and from that time forth , ' said Grattan , his country and myself were the two peculiar objects of his calumny . ' 6 thundered thundered from a thousand hills , and filled the plain Lord Cornwallis . 21.
Página 22
... plain with the congre- gated waters , in whose mirror was seen for a moment the watery image of the British Constitution . The waters subside , the torrents cease , the rill ripples within its own bed , and the boys and children of the ...
... plain with the congre- gated waters , in whose mirror was seen for a moment the watery image of the British Constitution . The waters subside , the torrents cease , the rill ripples within its own bed , and the boys and children of the ...
Página 71
... plain prose , say that the false brother , being invested with ducal honours , believed himself to be indeed the duke- like one who by telling of his own lie had made of his memory such a sinner unto truth ( as ) to credit it . ' The ...
... plain prose , say that the false brother , being invested with ducal honours , believed himself to be indeed the duke- like one who by telling of his own lie had made of his memory such a sinner unto truth ( as ) to credit it . ' The ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
ALBEMARLE STREET ancient antique appears Austria Author ballads Bishop British Bunsen BURLINGTON STREET calf Cardinal character Christian Church cloth Cod Liver Oil College colour common contains Court Crown 8vo Devonshire Ditto extra dynasty Egyptian England English Engravings Eratosthenes favour Fcap France French George George III gilt Government Herodotus honour House Illustrations interest Italian Italy JOHN Johnson King King's labour late less letter literature living London Lord Brougham Lord Castlereagh Lord Cornwallis Lord John Russell Manetho matter ment mind minister modern Morocco plain National Gallery nature never Parliament patents period persons Poems political Pope popular Post 8vo present Prince Prussia published reform reign remarkable rendered Roman Royal Sardinia says School Second Edition SERMONS Shakespeare taste tion vols volume W. F. Hook wheat whole Woodcuts writes
Pasajes populares
Página 227 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Página 193 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary. and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Página 20 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Página 220 - Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.
Página 178 - I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it.
Página 49 - As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latins, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage...
Página 234 - And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them ; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Página 43 - O my love! my wife! Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty: Thou art not conquer'd; beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Página 190 - Dear Bathurst (said he to me one day) was a man to my very heart's content : he hated a fool, and he hated a rogue, and he hated a whig; he was a very good hater...
Página 20 - And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament, from the waters which were above the firmament : and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.