The North British Review, Volume 10W.P. Kennedy, 1849 - English literature |
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Page 101
... Lord Mansfield did not , as alleged by Junius , drink the health of the Pretender on his knees . But it is positively asserted " that Lord Ravens- worth , in 1753 , before the Privy Council , convicted Lord Mansfield of that offence ...
... Lord Mansfield did not , as alleged by Junius , drink the health of the Pretender on his knees . But it is positively asserted " that Lord Ravens- worth , in 1753 , before the Privy Council , convicted Lord Mansfield of that offence ...
Page 102
... Lord North was Chancellor of the Exchequer ; Lord Mansfield , Lord Chief - Justice ; Lord Weymouth and the Earl of Hillsborough , Secretaries of State ; The Marquis of Granby , Commander - in- Chief ; and Viscount Townshend , Lord ...
... Lord North was Chancellor of the Exchequer ; Lord Mansfield , Lord Chief - Justice ; Lord Weymouth and the Earl of Hillsborough , Secretaries of State ; The Marquis of Granby , Commander - in- Chief ; and Viscount Townshend , Lord ...
Page 104
... Lord Mansfield , Sir William Blackstone , and Sir William Draper , adopted this opinion . Mrs. Burke once admitted that her husband knew the author , and Sir Joshua Reynolds and Mr. Malone believed that though Burke did not write them ...
... Lord Mansfield , Sir William Blackstone , and Sir William Draper , adopted this opinion . Mrs. Burke once admitted that her husband knew the author , and Sir Joshua Reynolds and Mr. Malone believed that though Burke did not write them ...
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... Lord Shelburne , and refers him to that nobleman for the truth of one of his statements . Could Sir William have ... Lord Thurlow is compared with Junius ' attack upon Lord Mansfield , the inferiority of Sir Philip is so great in the ...
... Lord Shelburne , and refers him to that nobleman for the truth of one of his statements . Could Sir William have ... Lord Thurlow is compared with Junius ' attack upon Lord Mansfield , the inferiority of Sir Philip is so great in the ...
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... Lord Mansfield , against whom he had no ground of offence . In supporting Sergeant Glynn's motion for a Com- mittee to inquire into the administration of Criminal Justice , which was made in the House of Commons on the 6th December 1770 , ...
... Lord Mansfield , against whom he had no ground of offence . In supporting Sergeant Glynn's motion for a Com- mittee to inquire into the administration of Criminal Justice , which was made in the House of Commons on the 6th December 1770 , ...
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Page 77 - A poet is the most unpoetical of anything in existence, because he has no identity ; he is continually in for, and filling, some other body. The sun, the moon, the sea, and men and women, who are creatures of impulse, are poetical, and have about them an unchangeable attribute ; the poet has none, no identity. He is certainly the most unpoetical of all God's creatures.
Page 51 - That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour...
Page 86 - In Endymion I leaped headlong into the sea, and thereby have become better acquainted with the soundings, the quicksands, and the rocks, than if I had stayed upon the green shore, and piped a silly pipe, and took tea and comfortable advice. I was never afraid of failure; for I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.
Page 510 - Can I forget the dismal night that gave My soul's best part for ever to the grave? How silent did his old companions tread, By midnight lamps, the mansions of the dead, Through breathing statues, then unheeded things, Through rows of warriors, and through walks of kings! What awe did the slow solemn knell inspire; • The pealing organ, and the pausing choir; The duties by the lawn-robed prelate paid: And the last words that dust to dust conveyed!
Page 52 - But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see : and they that have not heard shall understand.
Page 506 - By the festal cities blaze, Whilst the wine-cup shines in light ; And yet amidst that joy and uproar Let us think of them that sleep, Full many a fathom deep, By thy wild and stormy steep, Elsinore.
Page 509 - The eclipse of Nature spreads my pall, The majesty of Darkness shall Receive my parting ghost ! This spirit shall return to Him "Who gave its heavenly spark ; Yet think not, Sun, it shall be dim When thou thyself art dark ! No ! it shall live again, and shine In bliss unknown to beams of thine, By him recall'd to breath, Who captive led captivity, Who robb'd the grave of Victory, — And took the sting from Death...
Page 87 - Singularity - it should strike the Reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a Remembrance - 2nd Its touches of Beauty should never be half way ther[e]by making the reader breathless instead of content: the rise, the progress, the setting of imagery should like the Sun come natural natural too him - shine over him and set soberly although in magnificence leaving him in the Luxury of twilight...
Page 85 - Darkness! Darkness! ever must I moan, To question Heaven and Hell and Heart in vain. Why did I laugh?
Page 54 - Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you ; as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things ; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.