Nineteenth Century and After: A Monthly Review, Volume 42Nineteenth Century and After Limited., 1897 |
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... better represent the complexity of these connections , and show their characters . Suppose the skin of the right hand is irritated by , let us say , a burn . The end - ramifications of some nerve - fibre , which exist in every portion ...
... better represent the complexity of these connections , and show their characters . Suppose the skin of the right hand is irritated by , let us say , a burn . The end - ramifications of some nerve - fibre , which exist in every portion ...
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... better , perhaps . Dr. Holmes said ( in 1886 ) that class distinctions are more sharply drawn in the United States than they are in England , though they are also harder to define . The remark seems paradoxical ; but the contradiction ...
... better , perhaps . Dr. Holmes said ( in 1886 ) that class distinctions are more sharply drawn in the United States than they are in England , though they are also harder to define . The remark seems paradoxical ; but the contradiction ...
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... better buggies than the Governor . The man who was entitled by our usages to be addressed as His Excellency , but who certainly was not so addressed by any of these people , himself took his horse out of the vehicle , though he was ...
... better buggies than the Governor . The man who was entitled by our usages to be addressed as His Excellency , but who certainly was not so addressed by any of these people , himself took his horse out of the vehicle , though he was ...
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... better informed and better equipped for the discussion of public affairs than was the press of forty years ago ; it is also far more earnest and sincere . The old idea of the journalist as a bravo , whose pen was to be bought for any ...
... better informed and better equipped for the discussion of public affairs than was the press of forty years ago ; it is also far more earnest and sincere . The old idea of the journalist as a bravo , whose pen was to be bought for any ...
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... better done when there is no solid conversation ; for when there is , people differ in opinion and get into bad humour , or some of the company are left out and feel themselves uneasy ; it was for this reason that Sir Robert Walpole ...
... better done when there is no solid conversation ; for when there is , people differ in opinion and get into bad humour , or some of the company are left out and feel themselves uneasy ; it was for this reason that Sir Robert Walpole ...
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Page 637 - ... that comes from abroad or is grown at home ; taxes on the raw material ; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man ; taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice ; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride— at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay.
Page 205 - Too blest, if it tells me that, 'mid the gay cheer, Some kind voice had murmur'd, " I wish he were here ! " Let Fate do her worst, there are relics of joy, Bright dreams of the past, which she cannot destroy ; Which come in the night-time of sorrow and care, And bring back the features that joy used to wear. Long, long be my heart with such memories...
Page 138 - Car nous voulons la Nuance encor, Pas la couleur, rien que la nuance! Oh! la nuance seule fiance Le rêve au rêve et la flûte au cor!
Page 67 - ... that which should follow ; whereas a slow speech confirmeth the memory, addeth a conceit of wisdom to the hearers, besides a seemliness of speech and countenance.
Page 880 - I want to know how it happens that what is sauce for the goose is not sauce for the gander...
Page 302 - Each warrior vanished where he stood, In broom or bracken, heath or wood ; Sunk brand and spear and bended bow In osiers pale and copses low : It seemed as if their mother Earth Had swallowed up her warlike birth.
Page 254 - That Day she was dressed in white Silk, bordered with Pearls of the Size of Beans, and over it a Mantle of black Silk, shot with Silver Threads; her Train was very long, the End of it borne by a Marchioness; instead of a Chain, she had an oblong Collar of Gold and Jewels.
Page 637 - TAXES upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste — taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion — taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth...
Page 68 - And once, when Johnson was ill, and unable to exert himself as much as usual without fatigue, Mr. Burke having been mentioned, he said " That fellow calls forth all my powers. Were I to see Burke now it would kill me.
Page 384 - He was opposed to all privilege, and indeed to all orders of men, except dukes, who were a necessity. He was also strongly in favour of the equal division of all property, except land. Liberty depended on land, and the greater the landowners, the greater the liberty of a country. He would hold forth on this topic even with energy, amazed at anyone differing from him; "as if a fellow could have too much land," he would urge with a voice and glance which defied contradiction.