The British Critic: A New Review, Volume 18F. and C. Rivington, 1822 |
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Page 38
... look in vain for the meek endurance , the unbroken fortitude , the majestic self - possession which dis- tinguished our own Charles , or the equally noble - minded Louis . Born to , and educated for Crowns , these Princes displayed ...
... look in vain for the meek endurance , the unbroken fortitude , the majestic self - possession which dis- tinguished our own Charles , or the equally noble - minded Louis . Born to , and educated for Crowns , these Princes displayed ...
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... looks had poisoned it , and I ordered Marchand to throw it out of the window ; I could not have swallowed it for the world . " . " Count Las Cases , who entered Napoleon's room a few minutes after the departure of the governor , told me ...
... looks had poisoned it , and I ordered Marchand to throw it out of the window ; I could not have swallowed it for the world . " . " Count Las Cases , who entered Napoleon's room a few minutes after the departure of the governor , told me ...
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... look for the graces of diction , in the absence of all other conceivable merits . An expedition , however , amongst the warriors of Dóngola ( one of whom goggles dis- may on us , in the scarcely semi - human portrait which dis- figures ...
... look for the graces of diction , in the absence of all other conceivable merits . An expedition , however , amongst the warriors of Dóngola ( one of whom goggles dis- may on us , in the scarcely semi - human portrait which dis- figures ...
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... look on the members of every established church with contempt or abhor- rence . The manners of Dr. Price were the softest by far of any among them , and I found myself easiest in his company . He is certainly a good mathematician , but ...
... look on the members of every established church with contempt or abhor- rence . The manners of Dr. Price were the softest by far of any among them , and I found myself easiest in his company . He is certainly a good mathematician , but ...
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... look for in vain in any of the treatises expressly written on that subject . It was on the 12th of April , 1782 , that the merits of Clerk's system were put to the trial and approved . The brave Rodney , who , like all able men , shewed ...
... look for in vain in any of the treatises expressly written on that subject . It was on the 12th of April , 1782 , that the merits of Clerk's system were put to the trial and approved . The brave Rodney , who , like all able men , shewed ...
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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...