The British Critic: A New Review, Volume 18F. and C. Rivington, 1822 |
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... hand , the question is already determined . To know a thing that cannot be known , is a contradiction in terms , and is equivalent to saying nothing . " ( Copleston's Remarks , p . 5. ) Dr. Copleston's recommendation of Archbishop ...
... hand , the question is already determined . To know a thing that cannot be known , is a contradiction in terms , and is equivalent to saying nothing . " ( Copleston's Remarks , p . 5. ) Dr. Copleston's recommendation of Archbishop ...
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... hand - writing ( the original of which he offers to public inspection ) prefixed to the present work , and 9 32 O'Meara's Napoleon in Exile . Napoleon in Exile; or, Voice from St Helena, by Barry E O'Meara, Esq his late Surgeon.
... hand - writing ( the original of which he offers to public inspection ) prefixed to the present work , and 9 32 O'Meara's Napoleon in Exile . Napoleon in Exile; or, Voice from St Helena, by Barry E O'Meara, Esq his late Surgeon.
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... hand which elicits the tones , not to the strings which give them out , that we must refer for our estimate of the master's art . Now we are by no means surprized , that a person placed in Mr. O'Meara's post , should have been dazzled ...
... hand which elicits the tones , not to the strings which give them out , that we must refer for our estimate of the master's art . Now we are by no means surprized , that a person placed in Mr. O'Meara's post , should have been dazzled ...
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... hand greedy to treasure up , every syllable which fell from his lips ; and it was doubtless his interest , in the first place , to extend the influence which he could not fail to obtain over him ; and , in the second , so to measure his ...
... hand greedy to treasure up , every syllable which fell from his lips ; and it was doubtless his interest , in the first place , to extend the influence which he could not fail to obtain over him ; and , in the second , so to measure his ...
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... hand carpet , which had once decorated the dining - room of a lieutenant of the St. Helena artillery . In the right - hand corner was placed the little plain iron camp bedstead , with green silk cur- tains , upon which its master had ...
... hand carpet , which had once decorated the dining - room of a lieutenant of the St. Helena artillery . In the right - hand corner was placed the little plain iron camp bedstead , with green silk cur- tains , upon which its master had ...
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Page 421 - The Lord bless you, and keep you. The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace, both now and evermore.
Page 421 - They that turn many to righteousness, shall shine as the stars for ever and ever.
Page 411 - And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed : I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
Page 134 - But now I have written unto you, not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Page 421 - Prayer ardent opens heaven, lets down a stream Of glory on the consecrated hour Of man, in audience with the Deity.
Page 528 - Of nicely-calculated less or more ; So deemed the man who fashioned for the sense These lofty pillars, spread that branching roof Self-poised, and scooped into ten thousand cells, Where light and shade repose, where music dwells Lingering — and wandering on as loth to die ; Like thoughts whose very sweetness yieldeth proof That they were born for immortality.
Page 424 - Her parents, the duke and duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber, reading...
Page 528 - Albeit labouring for a scanty band Of white-robed Scholars only — this immense And glorious Work of fine intelligence ! Give all thou canst ; high Heaven rejects the lore Of nicely-calculated less or more ; So deemed the man who fashioned for the sense...
Page 85 - On the Progress of Mathematical and Physical Science since the Revival of letters in Europe.
Page 424 - and tell you a truth which perchance ye will marvel at. One of the greatest benefits that ever God gave me is that he sent me so sharp and severe parents and so gentle a schoolmaster. For when I am in presence...