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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... TRUTH AND FICTION IN IRISH HISTORY · 231 · · - 254 1. Die englische Kolonisation in Ireland . By Dr M. J. Bonn . Two vols . Stuttgart and Berlin : Cotta , 1906 . 2. The Making of Ireland and its Undoing , 1200-1600 . By Alice Stopford ...
... TRUTH AND FICTION IN IRISH HISTORY · 231 · · - 254 1. Die englische Kolonisation in Ireland . By Dr M. J. Bonn . Two vols . Stuttgart and Berlin : Cotta , 1906 . 2. The Making of Ireland and its Undoing , 1200-1600 . By Alice Stopford ...
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... TRUTH The Will to Believe , and other Essays in Popular Philosophy . By William James . London : Long- mans , 1897 . - 305 329 - 356 - 379 And other works . ART . 5. - THE ESSENTIALS OF GREAT POETRY - - 408 - 429 · 455 ART . 6. THE ...
... TRUTH The Will to Believe , and other Essays in Popular Philosophy . By William James . London : Long- mans , 1897 . - 305 329 - 356 - 379 And other works . ART . 5. - THE ESSENTIALS OF GREAT POETRY - - 408 - 429 · 455 ART . 6. THE ...
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... truth is that there is very great difficulty in arriving at any accurate estimate ; reasonable probability is the only safe basis for discussion . The grave risks of any such expedition must be considered ; the risk of its being ...
... truth is that there is very great difficulty in arriving at any accurate estimate ; reasonable probability is the only safe basis for discussion . The grave risks of any such expedition must be considered ; the risk of its being ...
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... truth ' as for that of untruth ' ) , might beat the Jesuits on their own ground by sending forth agents into the Protestant States of Italy . The plan , which had the approval of Bacon , was in 1610 communicated to the Protestant ...
... truth ' as for that of untruth ' ) , might beat the Jesuits on their own ground by sending forth agents into the Protestant States of Italy . The plan , which had the approval of Bacon , was in 1610 communicated to the Protestant ...
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... Truth , ' as he called his religion , would triumph . But the world was not ready , and still is not ready , for the promulgation of the doctrine of peace ; and the price of enlightenment was paid by Akhnaton in the utter wreck of his ...
... Truth , ' as he called his religion , would triumph . But the world was not ready , and still is not ready , for the promulgation of the doctrine of peace ; and the price of enlightenment was paid by Akhnaton in the utter wreck of his ...
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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...