The Quarterly Review, Volume 210William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, John Murray, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1909 - English literature |
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... influence on any invasion schemes which might be based on the temporary or permanent overthrow of our sea - power . The exact force of that influence , however , is not easy to estimate . The exist- ence of this organised land - force ...
... influence on any invasion schemes which might be based on the temporary or permanent overthrow of our sea - power . The exact force of that influence , however , is not easy to estimate . The exist- ence of this organised land - force ...
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... influence which has discouraged recruiting is the additional stringency in standard of training and in liability for service . To the ordinary mind it would appear that the decrease in numbers is directly due to the endeavour to ensure ...
... influence which has discouraged recruiting is the additional stringency in standard of training and in liability for service . To the ordinary mind it would appear that the decrease in numbers is directly due to the endeavour to ensure ...
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... influence . To these bodies the duty of providing both officers and men has been entrusted ; and the inference seems a fair one that they are expected either by social influence to induce men of means to become officers , or from their ...
... influence . To these bodies the duty of providing both officers and men has been entrusted ; and the inference seems a fair one that they are expected either by social influence to induce men of means to become officers , or from their ...
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... influence and commercial interest . James I about this time allowed English ships to enter the Venetian service , besides equipping a fleet himself ; and the appointment of an English consul by the English merchants at Venice in 1608 ...
... influence and commercial interest . James I about this time allowed English ships to enter the Venetian service , besides equipping a fleet himself ; and the appointment of an English consul by the English merchants at Venice in 1608 ...
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... influence which was daily becoming less exalted . It may be that Yuaa had some connexion with this movement , for he was now a personage of considerable impor- tance at the palace . He may have already held the title of prince or duke ...
... influence which was daily becoming less exalted . It may be that Yuaa had some connexion with this movement , for he was now a personage of considerable impor- tance at the palace . He may have already held the title of prince or duke ...
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Page 164 - Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 161 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Page 161 - Haste thee nymph and bring with thee Jest and youthful jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles. Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled care derides. And laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as ye go On the light fantastic toe...
Page 163 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill...
Page 452 - Though I, once gone, to all the world must die : The earth can yield me but a common grave. When you entombed in men's eyes shall lie. Your monument shall be my gentle verse, Which eyes not yet created shall o'er-read ; And tongues to be, your being shall rehearse, When all the breathers of this world are dead ; You still shall live (such virtue hath my pen) Where breath most breathes, — even in the mouths of men.
Page 452 - Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall out-live this powerful rhyme ; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn The living record of your memory, 'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth ; your praise shall still find room, Even in the eyes of all posterity That wear this world...
Page 279 - That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.
Page 162 - While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the...
Page 459 - God! that one might read the Book of Fate, And see the revolution of the times Make mountains level, and the continent, Weary of solid firmness, melt itself Into the sea : and, other times, to s'ee The beachy girdle of the ocean Too wide for Neptune's hips...
Page 405 - There was a roaring in the wind all night; The rain came heavily and fell in floods; But now the sun is rising calm and bright; The birds are singing in the distant woods...