The Quarterly Review, Volume 129John Murray, 1870 |
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Pagina 3
... means or instruments were left unemployed ; and one marked result was the temporary elevation of a class which has usually occupied a far inferior place in the warfare of party . Journal- ism was raised , socially and politically , to a ...
... means or instruments were left unemployed ; and one marked result was the temporary elevation of a class which has usually occupied a far inferior place in the warfare of party . Journal- ism was raised , socially and politically , to a ...
Pagina 15
... mean time had not been more successful than Cutts . His cavalry was broken and routed ; he narrowly escaped being shot by a ... means : the more that come , the more we shall kill . ' His countrymen acquit him of this absurdity , justly ...
... mean time had not been more successful than Cutts . His cavalry was broken and routed ; he narrowly escaped being shot by a ... means : the more that come , the more we shall kill . ' His countrymen acquit him of this absurdity , justly ...
Pagina 20
... means , than any other captain or commander recorded in history . Take , for example , the capture of a Spanish frigate ( the Gamos ' ) of thirty - two heavy guns and 319 men , with the ' Speedy ' of 158 tons , fourteen 4 - pounders ...
... means , than any other captain or commander recorded in history . Take , for example , the capture of a Spanish frigate ( the Gamos ' ) of thirty - two heavy guns and 319 men , with the ' Speedy ' of 158 tons , fourteen 4 - pounders ...
Pagina 30
... means of the press that the public without doors could be influenced . ' A speech made in the House of Commons at four in the morning is on thirty thousand tables before ten . A speech made on Monday is read on the Wednesday by ...
... means of the press that the public without doors could be influenced . ' A speech made in the House of Commons at four in the morning is on thirty thousand tables before ten . A speech made on Monday is read on the Wednesday by ...
Pagina 33
... means who undertook a journey was obliged to travel ( like Roderick Random and Strap ) in a waggon , subject to the imminent risk of being robbed , beaten and stripped by highwaymen , and flung naked ( like Joseph Andrews ) into a ditch ...
... means who undertook a journey was obliged to travel ( like Roderick Random and Strap ) in a waggon , subject to the imminent risk of being robbed , beaten and stripped by highwaymen , and flung naked ( like Joseph Andrews ) into a ditch ...
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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».