The Quarterly Review, Volume 103William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1858 |
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Pagina 31
... existence apart from the fact of baronial possession . A title was not a man's cloak but his skin . An Earl of Chester go- verned Chester , like a kinglet ; and though this was not the case after the Conquest with every earl ( as Selden ...
... existence apart from the fact of baronial possession . A title was not a man's cloak but his skin . An Earl of Chester go- verned Chester , like a kinglet ; and though this was not the case after the Conquest with every earl ( as Selden ...
Pagina 82
... existence of the ' Critical Review coincide with a very important period in the history of Britain . After the death of Mr. Pelham in 1754 , the government had been carried on by a continuation of the same ministry under Pelham's ...
... existence of the ' Critical Review coincide with a very important period in the history of Britain . After the death of Mr. Pelham in 1754 , the government had been carried on by a continuation of the same ministry under Pelham's ...
Pagina 90
... existence in February , 1763. But other causes were at work . Smol- lett had been labouring at his ' Continuation of the History of England . ' He had been engaged also in other literary schemes , including 6 including a Translation of ...
... existence in February , 1763. But other causes were at work . Smol- lett had been labouring at his ' Continuation of the History of England . ' He had been engaged also in other literary schemes , including 6 including a Translation of ...
Pagina 112
... existence was unknown to Leland or Camden , had the honour and gratification of showing this Cyclopean monu- ment to Charles II . , in the year 1663 , and also of walking his Majesty and the Duke of York up to the top of Silbury Hill ...
... existence was unknown to Leland or Camden , had the honour and gratification of showing this Cyclopean monu- ment to Charles II . , in the year 1663 , and also of walking his Majesty and the Duke of York up to the top of Silbury Hill ...
Pagina 116
... existence , should have continued till the other day to send two members to the Great Council of the Empire , while neither Manchester nor Birming- ham had one . As for the modern city of Salisbury , with its regular but dull streets ...
... existence , should have continued till the other day to send two members to the Great Council of the Empire , while neither Manchester nor Birming- ham had one . As for the modern city of Salisbury , with its regular but dull streets ...
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Pagina 299 - Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow; so indeed he did. The torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it With lusty sinews, throwing it aside And stemming it with hearts of controversy; But ere we could arrive the point propos'd, Caesar cried, 'Help me, Cassius, or I sink!
Pagina 196 - And angling, too, that solitary vice, Whatever Izaak Walton sings or says: The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, in his gullet Should have a hook, and a small trout to pull it.
Pagina 318 - ... and stiff, and separated behind ; and he often had, seemingly, convulsive starts and odd gesticulations, which tended to excite at once surprise and ridicule. Mrs. Porter was so much engaged by his conversation that she overlooked all these external disadvantages, and said to her daughter: "This is the most sensible man that I ever saw in my life.
Pagina 298 - I will not be put to the question. Don't you consider, Sir, that these are not the manners of a gentleman? I will not be baited with what and why; what is this? what is that? why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy?" The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, "Why, Sir, you are so good, that I venture to trouble you.
Pagina 207 - The shock produced a stupor similar to that which seems to be felt by a mouse after the first shake of the cat. It caused a sort of dreaminess, in which there was no sense of pain nor feeling of terror, though quite conscious of all that was happening.
Pagina 398 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Pagina 211 - Denounce no doom on the delinquent ? None. He lives, and o'er his brimming beaker boasts (As if barbarity were high desert...
Pagina 301 - Sunday (said he) was a heavy day to me when I was a boy. My mother confined me on that day, and made me read 'The Whole Duty of Man,' from a great part of which I could derive no instruction.
Pagina 97 - I trust, by the mercy of God, I shall be sure in port in a very few glasses, and fast moored in a most blessed riding; for my good friend Jolter hath overhauled the journal of my sins, and, by the observation he hath taken of the state of my soul, I hope I shall happily conclude my voyage, and be brought up in the latitude of heaven.
Pagina 56 - IN brave poursuitt of honorable deed, There is I know not what great difference Betweene the vulgar and the noble seed, Which unto things of valorous pretence Seemes to be borne by native influence ; As feates of armes ; and love to entertaine : But chiefly skill to ride seemes a science Proper to gentle blood : some others faine To menage steeds, as did this vaunter ; but in vaine.