The Quarterly Review, Հատոր 18William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1818 |
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... Captain Nixon , with his little party , in endeavouring to force his way to a small post , was attacked by the whole of Hyder's army , consisting of two deep columns of in- fantry , and a body of about 12,000 horse , which moved with ...
... Captain Nixon , with his little party , in endeavouring to force his way to a small post , was attacked by the whole of Hyder's army , consisting of two deep columns of in- fantry , and a body of about 12,000 horse , which moved with ...
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... Captain Beaufort of the royal navy , when sur- veying this part of the coast of Karamania , visited the spot . The mountain , like that of Cuchivano , was calcareous , being composed of a crumbling serpentine rock , with loose blocks of ...
... Captain Beaufort of the royal navy , when sur- veying this part of the coast of Karamania , visited the spot . The mountain , like that of Cuchivano , was calcareous , being composed of a crumbling serpentine rock , with loose blocks of ...
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... captain that every thing necessary had been provided , and a naval officer appointed to take charge of it : this naval officer , however , jumped into one of the boats , and never joined them . The boats pushed off in a line , towing ...
... captain that every thing necessary had been provided , and a naval officer appointed to take charge of it : this naval officer , however , jumped into one of the boats , and never joined them . The boats pushed off in a line , towing ...
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... captain and surgeon of the Princess of Wales of Aberdeen , that the reckoning in his log - book was worked at the end of every watch , a practice which is also com- mon among British whalers after making the ice ; ' and that both the ...
... captain and surgeon of the Princess of Wales of Aberdeen , that the reckoning in his log - book was worked at the end of every watch , a practice which is also com- mon among British whalers after making the ice ; ' and that both the ...
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... Captain Lowenorn , of the Danish navy , was sent out for the express pur- pose of re - discovering the old colony on the eastern coast . The par- ticulars of this voyage , we believe , were not made public ; but the following extract of ...
... Captain Lowenorn , of the Danish navy , was sent out for the express pur- pose of re - discovering the old colony on the eastern coast . The par- ticulars of this voyage , we believe , were not made public ; but the following extract of ...
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Էջ 457 - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Էջ 463 - Nay, do not think I flatter ; For what advancement may I hope from thee That no revenue hast but thy good spirits, To feed and clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flatter'd ? No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning.
Էջ 494 - EASTER-DAY, on which the rest depend, is always the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon or next after the twenty-first day of March, and if the full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday after.
Էջ 381 - I thought I saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. Delighted and surprised, I embraced her, but as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they became livid with the hue of death; her features appeared to change, and I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the graveworms crawling in the folds of the flannel.
Էջ 331 - His voice — his face — is gone ; " To feel impatient-hearted, Yet feel we must bear on ; Ah, I could not endure To whisper of such woe, Unless I felt this sleep ensure That it will not be so.
Էջ 196 - I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless the fact were proved to be done, or at least the body found dead,(/) for the sake of two cases, one mentioned in my lord Coke's PC cap.
Էջ 314 - The examination of a coral reef, during the different stages of one tide, is particularly interesting. When the tide has left it for some time, it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and...
Էջ 456 - ... that indestructible love of flowers and odours, and dews and clear waters, and soft airs and sounds, and bright skies, and woodland solitudes, and moonlight bowers, which are the Material elements of Poetry...
Էջ 381 - I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room, and continued a long time traversing my bed-chamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep. At length lassitude succeeded to the...
Էջ 377 - After days and nights of incredible labour and fatigue, I succeeded in discovering the cause of generation and life ; nay, more, I became myself capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter.