The Quarterly Review, Volume 114William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1863 |
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Beports of the Past and Present State of Her Majesty's Colonial Possessions,
transmitted with the Blue-books for the Year 1860. 4. Twenty-first General Beport
of the Emigration Commissioners. 5. Letter to the Bight Hon. Benjamin Disraeli,
M.P. ...
Beports of the Past and Present State of Her Majesty's Colonial Possessions,
transmitted with the Blue-books for the Year 1860. 4. Twenty-first General Beport
of the Emigration Commissioners. 5. Letter to the Bight Hon. Benjamin Disraeli,
M.P. ...
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Much of Hungary presents at the present day almost a virgin field for agriculture,
and a moderate application of capital would speedily convert it into one of the
finest corn -producing districts in the world. The Austrian empire comprises, since
...
Much of Hungary presents at the present day almost a virgin field for agriculture,
and a moderate application of capital would speedily convert it into one of the
finest corn -producing districts in the world. The Austrian empire comprises, since
...
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could not but produce an immediate effect upon the labour of the country, since
the enfranchised peasant will certainly not, in his present state of civilization,
work for hire if he can supply his few wants by working on his own account.
could not but produce an immediate effect upon the labour of the country, since
the enfranchised peasant will certainly not, in his present state of civilization,
work for hire if he can supply his few wants by working on his own account.
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The prosecuted wine-merchant, who was present, listened attentively to the
chemist's evidence, and asked him which ingredient it was. The chemist very
imprudently told him ; and the accused immediately answered, ' 1 am very much
obliged, ...
The prosecuted wine-merchant, who was present, listened attentively to the
chemist's evidence, and asked him which ingredient it was. The chemist very
imprudently told him ; and the accused immediately answered, ' 1 am very much
obliged, ...
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Notwithstanding the abundance of the ore throughout the country, many of the
districts which produce it are so remote from good roads that they cannot be
regarded at present as available sources of supply. This discouragement of the ...
Notwithstanding the abundance of the ore throughout the country, many of the
districts which produce it are so remote from good roads that they cannot be
regarded at present as available sources of supply. This discouragement of the ...
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Page 188 - his own bitterness ; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
Page 60 - Thus saith the Lord; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
Page 63 - And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
Page 238 - And here I prophesy ; — This brawl to-day Grown to this faction, in the Temple garden, Shall send, between the red rose and the white, A thousand souls to death and deadly night.
Page 187 - And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? "For the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Page 209 - That the dead are seen no more, said Imlac, I will not undertake to maintain against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which...
Page 50 - Tarsus held, or that sea-beast Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugest that swim th' ocean stream: Him haply slumb'ring on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff, Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea, and wished morn delays...
Page 153 - This rambling propensity strengthened with my years. Books of voyages and travels became my passion, and in devouring their contents, I neglected the regular exercises of the school. How wistfully would I wander about the...
Page 74 - And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
Page 70 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: which indeed is the least of all seeds : but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 114 |
| Editors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) |
| Contributor | George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1863 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 Mar 2007 |
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