The Quarterly Review, Volume 129John Murray, 1870 |
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Pagina 7
... interest was indeed of great use to her relations : but none of them was so fortunate as her eldest brother John , a fine youth , who carried a pair of colours in the Foot Guards . He rose fast in the Court and in the army , and was ...
... interest was indeed of great use to her relations : but none of them was so fortunate as her eldest brother John , a fine youth , who carried a pair of colours in the Foot Guards . He rose fast in the Court and in the army , and was ...
Pagina 8
... interest that gained her the appoint- ment of maid of honour to the Duchess , had gained him that of page to the Duke ; and the usual change from page to ensign is traditionally reported to have been accelerated by the eager inclination ...
... interest that gained her the appoint- ment of maid of honour to the Duchess , had gained him that of page to the Duke ; and the usual change from page to ensign is traditionally reported to have been accelerated by the eager inclination ...
Pagina 29
... is based not on the scattered stories , but on the character of the essays as a whole , and a whole which has the interest of a novel . ' were were before the world ; and it might be quite Earl Stanhope's Reign of Queen Anne . 29.
... is based not on the scattered stories , but on the character of the essays as a whole , and a whole which has the interest of a novel . ' were were before the world ; and it might be quite Earl Stanhope's Reign of Queen Anne . 29.
Pagina 37
... interest it was idle to expect preferment in the army , the navy , or the church . The higher grades were reserved for the sons of the landed gentry and nobility ; the lower were not unfrequently bestowed on their domestics and hangers ...
... interest it was idle to expect preferment in the army , the navy , or the church . The higher grades were reserved for the sons of the landed gentry and nobility ; the lower were not unfrequently bestowed on their domestics and hangers ...
Pagina 43
... interest in the Caroline divines no doubt followed the Oxford movement ; bnt that is already declining ; nothing is more conspicuous in the writings of the new ' Catholic ' school in the Church of England than the contempt which they ...
... interest in the Caroline divines no doubt followed the Oxford movement ; bnt that is already declining ; nothing is more conspicuous in the writings of the new ' Catholic ' school in the Church of England than the contempt which they ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 4 - There St John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...
Pagina 39 - Will Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather see their children starve like gentlemen than thrive in a trade or profession that is beneath their quality.
Pagina 29 - We have not the least doubt that if Addison had written a novel, on an extensive plan, it would have been superior to any that we possess. As it is, he is 'entitled to be considered not only as the greatest of the English essayists, but as the forerunner of the great English novelists.
Pagina 26 - The danger was soon over. The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction. The whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the tories ; and the tories echoed every clap, to shew that the satire was unfelt.
Pagina 365 - ... my slenderer and younger taper imbibed its borrowed light from the more matured and redundant fountain of yours. Yes, my lord, we can remember those nights, without any other regret than that they can never more return; for " We spent them not in toys; or lust, or wine; But search of deep philosophy, Wit, eloquence, and poesy; Arts which I lov'd, for they, my friend, were thine...
Pagina 101 - It should be understood, at the outset, that the principal object to be attained is the Prevention of Crime. To this great end every effort of the Police is to be directed. The security of person and property, the preservation of the public...
Pagina 183 - So on our heels a fresh perfection treads, A power more strong in beauty, born of us And fated to excel us, as we pass In glory that old Darkness: nor are we Thereby more conquer'd than by us the rule Of shapeless Chaos.
Pagina 36 - Saturday night, the least los. and some 30s. for work, and have seen them go with it directly to the alehouse, lie there till Monday, spend it every penny, and run in debt to boot, and not give a farthing of it to their families, though all of them had wives and children. From hence comes poverty, parish charges, and beggary...
Pagina 93 - A TREATISE on the POLICE of the METROPOLIS: Containing a Detail of the various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which public and private Property and Security are at present injured and endangered ; and suggesting Remedies for their Prevention.
Pagina 39 - ... under Military and Martial Law, as applicable to the Army, Navy, Marine, and Auxiliary Forces. 8vo. 12s. COLCHESTER (THE) Papers. The Diary and Correspondence of Charles Abbott, Lord Colchester, Speaker of the House of Commons . 1802-1817. Portrait. 3 Vols. 8vo. 42».