The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Հատոր 192A. Constable, 1900 |
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... become force . ' And after enumerating some dozen of political crimes , countenanced by the Pope , from the Norman conquest of England to the expulsion of the Huguenots , he asks : - ' What were these but acts of force commanded by ...
... become force . ' And after enumerating some dozen of political crimes , countenanced by the Pope , from the Norman conquest of England to the expulsion of the Huguenots , he asks : - ' What were these but acts of force commanded by ...
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... become a life of drones , the lazy were sure to take to it , and laziness was pretty sure to breed vice . Monasteries in parts of the country where there were no inns were still useful as hospices . They fed the poor at their gates ...
... become a life of drones , the lazy were sure to take to it , and laziness was pretty sure to breed vice . Monasteries in parts of the country where there were no inns were still useful as hospices . They fed the poor at their gates ...
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... become possible when , consequent on the War of the Roses , a strong king found himself unopposed by a turbulent and powerful baronage , and thus independent of the Pope's alliance . The religious change , or reformation , followed in ...
... become possible when , consequent on the War of the Roses , a strong king found himself unopposed by a turbulent and powerful baronage , and thus independent of the Pope's alliance . The religious change , or reformation , followed in ...
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... become an object of excessive admiration . As the world goes on and intelligence spreads , the importance of individual leaders grows less . . . . Yet , at a crisis , there may still be a call for a leader , and it is something to know ...
... become an object of excessive admiration . As the world goes on and intelligence spreads , the importance of individual leaders grows less . . . . Yet , at a crisis , there may still be a call for a leader , and it is something to know ...
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... become a national peril . ' The Restoration government wished to regain the in- fluence which France had enjoyed in the Mediterranean before the Revolution . It accordingly sent ships of war to the Levant , and , in 1819 , ordered a ...
... become a national peril . ' The Restoration government wished to regain the in- fluence which France had enjoyed in the Mediterranean before the Revolution . It accordingly sent ships of war to the Levant , and , in 1819 , ordered a ...
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Էջ 372 - What, silent still? and silent all? Ah! no — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, "Let one living head, But one arise — we come, we come!
Էջ 373 - falls into the yellow Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion, And the sad truth which hovers o'er my desk Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.
Էջ 371 - And canst not alter now. The love where Death has set his seal, Nor age can chill, nor rival steal, Nor falsehood disavow: And, what were worse, thou canst not see Or wrong, or change, or fault in me. The better days of life were ours; The worst can be but mine: The sun that cheers, the storm that lowers, Shall never more be thine. The silence of that dreamless sleep I envy now too much to weep; Nor need I to repine That all those charms have pass'd away, I might have watch'd through long decay.
Էջ 373 - Is it some yet imperial hope , That with such change can calmly cope ? Or dread of death alone ? To die a prince — or live a slave — Thy choice is most ignobly brave ! VI.
Էջ 384 - The total energy of any material system is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any action between the parts of the system, though it may be transformed into any of the forms of which energy is susceptible.
Էջ 270 - Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over SIXTY YEARS by MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their CHILDREN while TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS, , ALLAYS all PAIN; CURES WIND COLIC, and is the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup,
Էջ 103 - I had received from his Majesty, to add that, in the present instance, his Majesty does not intend to depart from the usual course of proceeding on such occasions. I am sorry to have delayed some hours this answer to your Grace's letter : but from the nature of the subject I did not like to forward it without having previously submitted it (together with your Grace's letter) to his Majesty.
Էջ 309 - Capacity for the nobler feelings is in most natures a very tender plant, easily killed, not only by hostile influences, but by mere want of sustenance; and in the majority of young persons it speedily dies away if the occupations to which their position in life has devoted them, and the society into which it has thrown them are not favorable to keeping that higher capacity in exercise.
Էջ 255 - The people of any race, other than the aboriginal race in any State for whom it is deemed necessary to make special laws...
Էջ 262 - No appeal shall be permitted to the Queen in Council from a decision of the High Court upon any question, howsoever arising, as to the limits inter se...