The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 45A. Constable, 1827 |
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... persons of our antiqui- ty naturally do in using such a phrase , to the earlier part of the late reign , and coming down pretty nearly to its termina- tion . Without pretending to give - what this generation can scarcely yet need - a ...
... persons of our antiqui- ty naturally do in using such a phrase , to the earlier part of the late reign , and coming down pretty nearly to its termina- tion . Without pretending to give - what this generation can scarcely yet need - a ...
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... persons in society who richly deserve such ridicule , and who - like their prototypes in Eschylus trembling before the shafts of Apollo - are here made to feel the full force of the archery of wit . It is , indeed , a proof of the ef ...
... persons in society who richly deserve such ridicule , and who - like their prototypes in Eschylus trembling before the shafts of Apollo - are here made to feel the full force of the archery of wit . It is , indeed , a proof of the ef ...
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... persons besides Mr Woodfall , the impression produced by this first essay of his oratory was far from answerable to the expectations that had been formed . The chief defect remarked in him was a thick and indistinct mode of delivery ...
... persons besides Mr Woodfall , the impression produced by this first essay of his oratory was far from answerable to the expectations that had been formed . The chief defect remarked in him was a thick and indistinct mode of delivery ...
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... person an expe- riment should be made to ascertain with how small a portion of Kingly power the executive government of ... persons , Mr Moore had almost satisfied himself proceeded from Sheridan alone ; when by an inquiry , to 1826 . 23 ...
... person an expe- riment should be made to ascertain with how small a portion of Kingly power the executive government of ... persons , Mr Moore had almost satisfied himself proceeded from Sheridan alone ; when by an inquiry , to 1826 . 23 ...
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... persons , to authenticate the main point of their statement - the gift of the 40007. - I shall be most happy to cor- rect my own omission , and to be made the humble instrument of record- ing an act of such liberality in these pages . I ...
... persons , to authenticate the main point of their statement - the gift of the 40007. - I shall be most happy to cor- rect my own omission , and to be made the humble instrument of record- ing an act of such liberality in these pages . I ...
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Page 4 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 4 - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose, like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze with bossy sculptures graven ; The roof was fretted gold.
Page 12 - He certainly has a great deal of fancy, and a very good memory; but, with a perverse ingenuity, he employs these qualities as no other person does — for he employs his fancy in his narratives, and keeps his...
Page 262 - During the gloomy and disastrous centuries which followed the downfall of the Roman Empire, Italy had preserved, in a far greater degree than any other part of Western Europe, the traces of ancient civilization.
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Page 31 - ... in direct opposition to the declared sense of a great majority of the nation, and they should be put in force with all their rigorous provisions, if his opinion were asked by the people as to their obedience, he should tell them, that it was no longer a question of moral obligation and duty, but of prudence.
Page 13 - DUTIES ; Or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies on the Management of their Households, and the Regulation of their Conduct in the various Relations and Duties of Married Life. By Mrs W. PARKES.
Page 267 - Ridotta tutta in somma pace e tranquillita, coltivata non meno ne' luoghi piu montuosi e piu sterili che nelle pianure e region! piu fertili, ne sottoposta ad altro imperio che de' suoi medesimi, non solo era abbondantissima d'abitatori e di ricchezze ; ma illustrata sommamente dalla magnificenza di molti principi, dallo splendore di molte nobilissime e bellissime citta, dalla sedia e maesta della religione, fioriva d...