The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 33A. Constable, 1820 |
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... England , than we know of what they did or thought at Rome in the time of Augustus , or at Athens in the time of Pericles . The memorials and relics of those earlier ages and remoter nations are greatly more abundant and more familiar ...
... England , than we know of what they did or thought at Rome in the time of Augustus , or at Athens in the time of Pericles . The memorials and relics of those earlier ages and remoter nations are greatly more abundant and more familiar ...
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... England . - Rotherwood was not , however , without defences ; no habitation , in that disturbed period , could have been so , without the risk of being plundered and burnt before the next morning . A deep fosse , or ditch , was drawn ...
... England . - Rotherwood was not , however , without defences ; no habitation , in that disturbed period , could have been so , without the risk of being plundered and burnt before the next morning . A deep fosse , or ditch , was drawn ...
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... England . " 99 " " 99 " That will I do blythely , " replied the Pilgrim , " and that with- out guerdon ; my oath , for a time , prohibits me touching gold . " The first in honour as in arms , in renown as in place , said the Pilgrim ...
... England . " 99 " " 99 " That will I do blythely , " replied the Pilgrim , " and that with- out guerdon ; my oath , for a time , prohibits me touching gold . " The first in honour as in arms , in renown as in place , said the Pilgrim ...
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... England ; and the con- trast of the various dresses of these dignified spectators , rendered the view as gay as it was rich , while the interior and lower space , filled with the substantial burgesses and yeomen of merry England ...
... England ; and the con- trast of the various dresses of these dignified spectators , rendered the view as gay as it was rich , while the interior and lower space , filled with the substantial burgesses and yeomen of merry England ...
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... England . " " They might be whomsoever they pleased , " replied Wamba ; " but my neck stands too straight upon my shoulders to have it twisted for their sake . " I am like John - a - Duck's mare , that will let no man mount her but John ...
... England . " " They might be whomsoever they pleased , " replied Wamba ; " but my neck stands too straight upon my shoulders to have it twisted for their sake . " I am like John - a - Duck's mare , that will let no man mount her but John ...
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Page 133 - Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the Bankrupt Laws ; and i This and the two preceding motions were lost by large majorities.
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Page 28 - They pull down the piles and palisades; they hew down the barriers with axes. His high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back!
Page 333 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed, Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
Page 27 - A singular novelty,' muttered the knight, ' to advance to storm such a castle without pennon or banner displayed! Seest thou who they be that act as leaders ?' 'A knight, clad in sable armour, is the most conspicuous,' said the Jewess; ' he alone is armed from head to heel, and seems to assume the direction of all around him.