The Quarterly Review, Volume 226John Murray, 1916 - English literature |
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Page 68
... practical pursuit of amusement — a most credible picture of modern manners . She who , descending from the schoolroom to the drawing - room , might have been ex- pected to embarrass the wisdom of her elders by her young curiosity , does ...
... practical pursuit of amusement — a most credible picture of modern manners . She who , descending from the schoolroom to the drawing - room , might have been ex- pected to embarrass the wisdom of her elders by her young curiosity , does ...
Page 87
... practical impossi- bility to carry it by storm , owing to the almost per- pendicular steepness of the cliffs . From the outside not a gun is visible . Every gun is protected by Gruson turrets or cupolas , all built on the disappearing ...
... practical impossi- bility to carry it by storm , owing to the almost per- pendicular steepness of the cliffs . From the outside not a gun is visible . Every gun is protected by Gruson turrets or cupolas , all built on the disappearing ...
Page 99
... practical effect . By that time he will have cor- roborated or revised the stock of ideas that he brought with him ; if he has plans , they will have been put into the hands of the Secretariat and subjected to a preliminary testing by ...
... practical effect . By that time he will have cor- roborated or revised the stock of ideas that he brought with him ; if he has plans , they will have been put into the hands of the Secretariat and subjected to a preliminary testing by ...
Page 102
... practical effect . The most vehement of their objections to the original partition were on the ground that it would involve a breaking - up of the Bengal High Court , an institution which seems to grow dearer by its faults . To appease ...
... practical effect . The most vehement of their objections to the original partition were on the ground that it would involve a breaking - up of the Bengal High Court , an institution which seems to grow dearer by its faults . To appease ...
Page 136
... Practical men know that it is impossible in any direction to generalise to any useful extent on such a subject . But it is precisely through wide generalisa- tions , deduced from insufficient particulars , that politicians and social ...
... Practical men know that it is impossible in any direction to generalise to any useful extent on such a subject . But it is precisely through wide generalisa- tions , deduced from insufficient particulars , that politicians and social ...
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Page 379 - England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed ; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam, A body of England's, breathing English air, Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.
Page 130 - Roused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary bands, That this most famous Stream in bogs and sands Should perish ; and to evil and to good Be lost for ever. In our halls is hung Armoury of the invincible Knights of old : We must be free or die, who speak the tongue That Shakspeare spake; the faith and morals hold Which Milton held. — In every thing we are sprung Of Earth's first blood, have titles manifold.
Page 131 - Two Voices are there ; one is of the Sea, One of the Mountains ; each a mighty Voice : In both from age to age Thou didst rejoice, They were thy chosen Music, Liberty...
Page 386 - I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.
Page 134 - Thou hast left behind Powers that will work for thee; air, earth, and skies; There's not a breathing of the common wind That will forget thee; thou hast great allies; Thy friends are exultations, agonies, And love, and man's unconquerable mind.
Page 199 - There are citizens of the United States, I blush to admit, born under other flags, but welcomed under our generous naturalization laws to the full freedom and opportunity of America, who have poured the poison of disloyalty into the very arteries of our national life...
Page 131 - Now, when I think of thee, and what thou art, Verily, in the bottom of my heart, Of those unfilial fears I am ashamed. For dearly must we prize thee ; we who find In thee a bulwark for the cause of men ; And I by my affection was beguiled : What wonder if a Poet now and then, Among the many movements of his mind, Felt for thee as a lover or a child ! OCTOBER, 1803.
Page 130 - Plain living and high thinking are no more : The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone ; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws...
Page 269 - But self-government, in my opinion, when it was conceded, ought to have been conceded as part of a great policy of imperial consolidation. It, ought to have been accompanied by an imperial tariff, by securities for the people of England for the enjoyment of the unappropriated lands which belonged to the sovereign as their trustee, and by a military code...
Page 211 - For my own part, I cannot consent to any abridgment of the rights of American citizens in any respect. The honor and self-respect of the nation is involved. We covet peace and shall preserve it at any cost but the loss of honor. To forbid our people to exercise their rights for fear we might be called upon to vindicate them would be a deep humiliation indeed.