The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 76A. Constable, 1843 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 4
... ' ( Pref . xxxviii . ) — of a truth as proclaimed in cha- ' racters of fire to mankind , ' ( viii . 7. ) We cannot omit the two 6 6 6 following sentences , which we consider to be almost 4 Oct. Alison's History of Europe .
... ' ( Pref . xxxviii . ) — of a truth as proclaimed in cha- ' racters of fire to mankind , ' ( viii . 7. ) We cannot omit the two 6 6 6 following sentences , which we consider to be almost 4 Oct. Alison's History of Europe .
Page 6
... truth and justice , but negligent of his own literary fame - who lavishes that time and trouble in ascertaining his facts which he omits to employ in polishing his style . are confident that Mr Alison might , with a little care and pa ...
... truth and justice , but negligent of his own literary fame - who lavishes that time and trouble in ascertaining his facts which he omits to employ in polishing his style . are confident that Mr Alison might , with a little care and pa ...
Page 19
... truth , is it easy to conceive how he can find any instruction at all in an event which he believes to have originated in mysterious insanity , and to have terminated in hope- less slavery . It is true that we find in his work plenty of ...
... truth , is it easy to conceive how he can find any instruction at all in an event which he believes to have originated in mysterious insanity , and to have terminated in hope- less slavery . It is true that we find in his work plenty of ...
Page 27
... truth appears to be , that a bad democracy displays great faults and great powers , while a bad aristocracy , with faults nearly as great , displays no power at all . The defects of an aristocracy are intrinsic , but its merits are ...
... truth appears to be , that a bad democracy displays great faults and great powers , while a bad aristocracy , with faults nearly as great , displays no power at all . The defects of an aristocracy are intrinsic , but its merits are ...
Page 34
... truth is , that the British people have for generations been as impatient of vigilance and precau- tion in time of peace , as they are daring and obstinate in actual The present generation may have inherited the reckless imprudence of ...
... truth is , that the British people have for generations been as impatient of vigilance and precau- tion in time of peace , as they are daring and obstinate in actual The present generation may have inherited the reckless imprudence of ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
2d edition action Admiral Alison appear authority believe Berryer boards body British Burney Calotype camera obscura Captain cause character Christian Church Church of England civil cloth coloured command constitution court Daguerre Daguerreotype daugh defence doctrine doubt Duke duty effect enemy England English existence favour feel fleet France Frances Burney French French Revolution friends give Grignan honour human India interest judge justice Keppel King labours less letter light Lord Lord Keppel Lord Sandwich LXXVI Madame de Sévigné Mademoiselle ment mind minister moral nation nature never object opinion paper Paris party persons picture plates political Post 8vo practical present principles private judgment readers remarkable Revolution Robespierre sewed Sewell ship Sir Edward Hawke Sir Robert Peel spirit success supposed thing tion Torbay Tory trial truth vols Whig whole writer