The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 33A. Constable, 1820 |
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... cause of her retiring ; " the archery must in some de- gree have ceased , since they are now fighting hand to hand - Look again , there is now less danger . " Rebecca again looked forth , and almost immediately exclaimed , " Holy ...
... cause of her retiring ; " the archery must in some de- gree have ceased , since they are now fighting hand to hand - Look again , there is now less danger . " Rebecca again looked forth , and almost immediately exclaimed , " Holy ...
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... cause to that of the Temple , for it is our Order which thou hast defied . " Cast my innocence into the scale , answered Rebec- ca , " and the glove of silk shall outweigh the glove of iron . " " Then thou doest persist in thy refusal ...
... cause to that of the Temple , for it is our Order which thou hast defied . " Cast my innocence into the scale , answered Rebec- ca , " and the glove of silk shall outweigh the glove of iron . " " Then thou doest persist in thy refusal ...
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... cause of that glut of goods , and also of labour , in the market , which has occasioned the fall of prices and of wages , which is at the root of our present distress . Another great evil of the system has been the neces- sity in which ...
... cause of that glut of goods , and also of labour , in the market , which has occasioned the fall of prices and of wages , which is at the root of our present distress . Another great evil of the system has been the neces- sity in which ...
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... causes cease or continue to operate in time to come . Now , the effect of depreciation has in a great measure ceas- ed , and also the effect of the high wages of labour ; there- fore , taxation alone remains as a permanent cause to keep ...
... causes cease or continue to operate in time to come . Now , the effect of depreciation has in a great measure ceas- ed , and also the effect of the high wages of labour ; there- fore , taxation alone remains as a permanent cause to keep ...
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... cause would have given rise to other indications of disturbance , which do not actually appear : 3 . that in many cases , no such cause can have operated , as the curved strata rest on horizontal ones , which betray no sym- ptoms of ...
... cause would have given rise to other indications of disturbance , which do not actually appear : 3 . that in many cases , no such cause can have operated , as the curved strata rest on horizontal ones , which betray no sym- ptoms of ...
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Page 69 - In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book? or goes to an American play? or looks at an American picture or statue?
Page 68 - The schoolboy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid...
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.
Page 16 - Thus exhorted Hubert resumed his place, and not neglecting the caution which he had received from his adversary, he made the necessary allowance for a very light air of wind, which had just arisen, and shot so successfully that his arrow alighted in the very centre of the target. " A Hubert! a Hubert!" shouted the populace, more interested in a known person than in a stranger. " In the clout! — in the clout! — a Hubert forever!" " Thou canst not mend that shot, Locksley," said the Prince, with...
Page 15 - One by one the archers, stepping forward, delivered their shafts yeomanlike and bravely. Of twentyfour arrows shot in succession, ten were fixed in the target, and the others ranged so near it that, considering the distance of the mark, it was accounted good archery. Of the ten shafts which hit the target, two within the inner ring were shot by Hubert, a forester in the service of Malvoisin, who was accordingly pronounced victorious. "Now, Locksley...
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.