The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 76A. Constable, 1843 |
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... force as to have become almost proverbial . But how has its merit survived Mr Alison's appropriation ? He seizes on one half of the simile , severs it from the other , and tacks it to a new object with which it has no natural connexion ...
... force as to have become almost proverbial . But how has its merit survived Mr Alison's appropriation ? He seizes on one half of the simile , severs it from the other , and tacks it to a new object with which it has no natural connexion ...
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... force and originality of the language employed by this great military historian . Among all his high qualities none is more conspicuous than the warmth and vigour of his narration . It is impossible not to feel ani- mated by the fiery ...
... force and originality of the language employed by this great military historian . Among all his high qualities none is more conspicuous than the warmth and vigour of his narration . It is impossible not to feel ani- mated by the fiery ...
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... forces . Surely we shall not be told that this too is an idle vision . If experience , reason , and revelation deny that man is perfectible , do they not combine to assert that he is improvable - improvable to a degree which those who ...
... forces . Surely we shall not be told that this too is an idle vision . If experience , reason , and revelation deny that man is perfectible , do they not combine to assert that he is improvable - improvable to a degree which those who ...
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... The time is past when their influence was able to provoke the collision of physical force . The people , when thoroughly roused , can now find legal and constitutional means of redress , 30 Oct. Alison's History of Europe .
... The time is past when their influence was able to provoke the collision of physical force . The people , when thoroughly roused , can now find legal and constitutional means of redress , 30 Oct. Alison's History of Europe .
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... force ; and to esta- blish an effectual sinking fund . But he acknowledges that no government could at the present time carry through such a system as this , and therefore he avowedly despairs of the re- public . It is our intention ...
... force ; and to esta- blish an effectual sinking fund . But he acknowledges that no government could at the present time carry through such a system as this , and therefore he avowedly despairs of the re- public . It is our intention ...
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