The Quarterly review, Volume 33Murray, 1826 |
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... Observations upon the Importance of the North Ame- rican Colonies to Great Britain , by an old Inhabitant of British America ( Mr. Haliburton ) . - VII . Report of the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the Wages of Labour ...
... Observations upon the Importance of the North Ame- rican Colonies to Great Britain , by an old Inhabitant of British America ( Mr. Haliburton ) . - VII . Report of the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the Wages of Labour ...
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... observe the manner in which the more questionable guilt of the former is impressed upon the reader , that of the latter soft- ened , doubted , obscured : look to the execution of each , equally unjust and barbarous ; with what equity is ...
... observe the manner in which the more questionable guilt of the former is impressed upon the reader , that of the latter soft- ened , doubted , obscured : look to the execution of each , equally unjust and barbarous ; with what equity is ...
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... observe , that Mr. Ellis has adduced some convincing arguments to prove the celebrated letter of Anne Boleyn to be genuine , a composition unquestion- ably of the most exquisite and pathetic beauty . But , after all , the character of ...
... observe , that Mr. Ellis has adduced some convincing arguments to prove the celebrated letter of Anne Boleyn to be genuine , a composition unquestion- ably of the most exquisite and pathetic beauty . But , after all , the character of ...
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... observed , when they cease to consider Mount Meru as 20,000 miles high , and the world as a flower , of which India is the cup , and other countries the leaves , their minds may become more open to rational views on the subject of reli ...
... observed , when they cease to consider Mount Meru as 20,000 miles high , and the world as a flower , of which India is the cup , and other countries the leaves , their minds may become more open to rational views on the subject of reli ...
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... observations of what they saw along the Irrawaddey , but those few are favourable to the gene- ral appearance of the country and its inhabitants ; it was now a time of peace , and the beginning of a new reign . The banks were crowded ...
... observations of what they saw along the Irrawaddey , but those few are favourable to the gene- ral appearance of the country and its inhabitants ; it was now a time of peace , and the beginning of a new reign . The banks were crowded ...
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Page 92 - For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost ; and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood ; and these three agree in one.
Page 272 - Sweet Queen of Parley, Daughter of the Sphere! So may'st thou be translated to the skies, And give resounding grace to all Heaven's harmonies!
Page 370 - But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world unto our glory.
Page 169 - Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not : in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piemontese that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 310 - But that which did please me beyond any thing in the whole world was the wind-musique when the angel comes down, which is so sweet that it ravished me, and indeed, in a word, did wrap up my soul so that it made me really sick, just as I have formerly been when in love with my wife...
Page 88 - This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood; and it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
Page 290 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God (it being Sunday evening) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the king sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth...
Page 440 - ... grievously whipped and burned through the gristle of the right ear with a hot iron of the compass of an inch about, as a manifestation of his wicked life, and due punishment received for the same.
Page 361 - In their lowest servitude and depression, the subjects of the Byzantine throne were still possessed of a golden key that could unlock the treasures of antiquity ; of a musical and prolific language, that gives a soul to the objects of sense, and a body to the abstractions of philosophy.
Page 276 - ENCYCLOPAEDIA of AGRICULTURE: comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture. With 1,100 Woodcuts. 8vo.