The Quarterly Review, Volumen51William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1834 |
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... called - Danton died last : ' it was growing dark - at the foot of the horrible statue ( a colossal effigy of Liberty , in plaster - of - Paris , erected on the pedestal of the ci - devant statue of Louis XV . ) which looked black ...
... called - Danton died last : ' it was growing dark - at the foot of the horrible statue ( a colossal effigy of Liberty , in plaster - of - Paris , erected on the pedestal of the ci - devant statue of Louis XV . ) which looked black ...
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... called an Institute in the great cabin , at which the savans , and followers , and naval and military officers were expected , that is , ordered , to attend . There Buonaparte , seated on a kind of throne , would give a theme for ...
... called an Institute in the great cabin , at which the savans , and followers , and naval and military officers were expected , that is , ordered , to attend . There Buonaparte , seated on a kind of throne , would give a theme for ...
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... called . Then began the reading : but after Arnault had read a few lines , describing the feastings of the Suitors , Buona- parte burst out into ridicule of those ancient manners : — ' That's what you call fine ! ' he cried ; these ...
... called . Then began the reading : but after Arnault had read a few lines , describing the feastings of the Suitors , Buona- parte burst out into ridicule of those ancient manners : — ' That's what you call fine ! ' he cried ; these ...
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... called - I have not rung . " General , " answered Duroc , as the squadron is lying - to , General Kleber ( the second in command ) has taken the favourable opportunity of coming on board to see you - he is in the outer cabin . " Buon ...
... called - I have not rung . " General , " answered Duroc , as the squadron is lying - to , General Kleber ( the second in command ) has taken the favourable opportunity of coming on board to see you - he is in the outer cabin . " Buon ...
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... called Pindarique Poems , —not worth- less , but yet of little worth , and which , by popular association , have largely contributed to throw the poetry of Pindar into that discredit or neglect which they themselves excited , and partly ...
... called Pindarique Poems , —not worth- less , but yet of little worth , and which , by popular association , have largely contributed to throw the poetry of Pindar into that discredit or neglect which they themselves excited , and partly ...
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Adam Clarke admirable agricultural appears Arnault Artevelde Baird beautiful believe better called character Church Clarke Colonel Wellesley command Conradin corn corn-laws Créqui death Dissenters Donnegan doubt Duke Duke of Bourbon Duke of Burgundy duty edition effect Elena emperor England English father favour feeling foreign Frederick French genius give Greek Gutzlaff Hohenstaufen honour instance interest king labour land language less lexicon look Lord Lord Byron Lord Chancellor Lord Wellesley manner manufactures means Memoirs mind ministers moral nation nature never night object observe opinion passage passed Passow perhaps persons Philip van Artevelde Pindar poet pope present principle produce question racter readers Renée de Froulay scene Schneider seems sense Sir David Baird Sir Egerton spirit talents things thought tion trade whole word writers
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Página 302 - I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death.
Página 37 - The charm dissolves apace ; And as the morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness, so their rising senses Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle Their clearer reason.
Página 366 - ... and consequently no culture of the earth; no navigation nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea; no commodious building; no instruments of moving and removing such things as require much force; no knowledge of the face of the earth; no account of time; no arts; no letters; no society; and, which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
Página 24 - Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for th' isles Of Javan or Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails fill'd, and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold them play...
Página 306 - I have loved justice, and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile...
Página 38 - O, speak again, bright angel ! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him, When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air.
Página 128 - Naaman the Syrian. 28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, 29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. 30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way.
Página 303 - So far have I been from any care to grace my pages with modern decorations, that I have studiously endeavoured to collect examples and authorities from the writers before the restoration, whose works I regard as the wells of English undefiled, as> the pure sources of genuine diction.
Página 303 - ... admitting among the additions of later times, only such as may supply real deficiencies, such as are readily adopted by the genius of our tongue, and incorporate easily with our native idioms.
Página 427 - Orientale;" but for correctness of costume, beauty of description, and power of imagination, it far surpasses all European imitations; and bears such marks of originality, that those who have visited the East will find some difficulty in believing it to be more than a translation. As an Eastern tale, even Rasselas must bow before it; his " Happy Valley" will not bear a comparison with the "Hall of Eblis.