The Quarterly Review, Volume 46William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1832 - English literature |
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... believe him to have been equally successful in another , even if it were not a higher , way . How flattering to the indolence and the envy , alike characteristic of the present tone of intel- lect , the off - hand decision , that he who ...
... believe him to have been equally successful in another , even if it were not a higher , way . How flattering to the indolence and the envy , alike characteristic of the present tone of intel- lect , the off - hand decision , that he who ...
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... believe be asserted , that not one single scrap of annotation has , down to this time , been bestowed ! Very nearly the same thing may be said of the great comic novelists , drama- tists in all but name and form - and more than ...
... believe be asserted , that not one single scrap of annotation has , down to this time , been bestowed ! Very nearly the same thing may be said of the great comic novelists , drama- tists in all but name and form - and more than ...
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... believe a fortnight . Why such boys were sent to trouble other homes , I cannot tell . My mother had some opinion that much improvement was to be had by changing the mode of life . My uncle Harrison was a widower ; and his house was ...
... believe a fortnight . Why such boys were sent to trouble other homes , I cannot tell . My mother had some opinion that much improvement was to be had by changing the mode of life . My uncle Harrison was a widower ; and his house was ...
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... believe , ever prepared ; and fewer still are preserved . It is delightful to read what , in the happy exercise of his own genius , Horace chooses to communicate of himself and his friends ; but I confess I am not so much a lover of ...
... believe , ever prepared ; and fewer still are preserved . It is delightful to read what , in the happy exercise of his own genius , Horace chooses to communicate of himself and his friends ; but I confess I am not so much a lover of ...
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... believe that this wise , no less than eloquent man has expressed the settled and deliberate con- viction of his mind . It is admitted that it may be expedient to submit to a minute scrutiny the private life of persons who have ' borne ...
... believe that this wise , no less than eloquent man has expressed the settled and deliberate con- viction of his mind . It is admitted that it may be expedient to submit to a minute scrutiny the private life of persons who have ' borne ...
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Page 162 - Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide. They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Page 27 - Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd...
Page 455 - I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure, any intention to subvert the present church establishment as settled by law within this realm, and I do solemnly swear, that I never will exercise any privilege to which I am or may become entitled, to disturb or weaken the protestant religion or protestant government in the United Kingdom.
Page 310 - A prince can make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith, he maunna fa' that! For a
Page 297 - In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Parting-ton's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest.
Page 181 - Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
Page 27 - Praise, said the sage, with a sigh, is to an old man an empty sound. I have neither mother to be delighted with the reputation of her son, nor wife to partake the honours of her husband.
Page 39 - I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air was soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude.
Page 311 - Oh! had he been content to serve the Crown, With virtues only proper to the gown; Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle that oppressed the noble seed; David for him his tuneful harp had strung, And heaven had wanted one immortal song. But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land.
Page 311 - Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages curst: For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit; Restless, unfixed in principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay.