National Review, Volume 13Robert Theobold, 1861 |
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Page 48
... Lords , and is fully de- scribed by Lord Macaulay ( History of England , iv . p . 93 ) , who says , " it has been seen by only two or three persons now living . " Its provisions , though far below the rigid demands of logical ...
... Lords , and is fully de- scribed by Lord Macaulay ( History of England , iv . p . 93 ) , who says , " it has been seen by only two or three persons now living . " Its provisions , though far below the rigid demands of logical ...
Page 65
... lords and proprietors " of Rupert's Land . Excluding from our view the inhospitable peninsula of Labrador , the entire territory is broadly marked out into three divisions . From the base of the Rocky Mountains to the shores of Lake ...
... lords and proprietors " of Rupert's Land . Excluding from our view the inhospitable peninsula of Labrador , the entire territory is broadly marked out into three divisions . From the base of the Rocky Mountains to the shores of Lake ...
Page 86
... LORD MACAULAY'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND . Macaulay's History of England . Vol . V. London : Longman and Co. Correspondence between the Bishop of Exeter and the Right Hon . T. B. Macaulay . London : Murray . The New Examen . By John Paget ...
... LORD MACAULAY'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND . Macaulay's History of England . Vol . V. London : Longman and Co. Correspondence between the Bishop of Exeter and the Right Hon . T. B. Macaulay . London : Murray . The New Examen . By John Paget ...
Page 87
... Lord Macaulay on a level with Humboldt or Goethe , it is yet impossible not to rank him in the very first class of men who have influenced England and Europe in the last fifty years . Probably no English prose - writer has ever been so ...
... Lord Macaulay on a level with Humboldt or Goethe , it is yet impossible not to rank him in the very first class of men who have influenced England and Europe in the last fifty years . Probably no English prose - writer has ever been so ...
Page 88
... Lord Macaulay would assuredly not have disdained grammar and rhetoric , although M. Jourdain talked prose without knowing it . We dwell upon this want at once of grasp and of subtlety , not assuredly from any desire to disparage the ...
... Lord Macaulay would assuredly not have disdained grammar and rhetoric , although M. Jourdain talked prose without knowing it . We dwell upon this want at once of grasp and of subtlety , not assuredly from any desire to disparage the ...
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Page 54 - Christ. Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father. When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb. When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers.
Page 21 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no. 'Tis insensible, then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? no. Why? detraction will not suffer it. Therefore I'll none of • it. Honour is a mere scutcheon : and so ends my catechism.
Page 438 - Father, took man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance ; so that two whole and perfect natures, that is to say, the Godhead and Manhood, were joined together in one Person, never to be divided, whereof is one Christ, very God and very man ; who truly suffered, was crucified, dead and buried, to reconcile His Father to us, and to be a sacrifice, not only for original guilt, but also for all actual sins of men.
Page 213 - in the room of the Right Honourable William Pitt, who, since his election, has accepted the office of First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Page 484 - ... and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. In every case, after the choice of the president, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the vice-president.
Page 470 - ... with the advice and approbation of the Senate, the power of making all treaties ; to have the sole appointment of the heads or chief officers of the departments of Finance, War, and Foreign Affairs...
Page 239 - AFRICA. Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa : with Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People, and of the Chase of the Gorilla, the Crocodile, Leopard, Elephant, Hippopotamus, and other Animals.
Page 438 - The offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemption, propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual ; and there is none other satisfaction for sin, but that alone.
Page 470 - All laws of the particular States contrary to the Constitution or laws of the United States to be utterly void; and the better to prevent such laws being passed, the Governor or President...
Page 48 - I do approve of the doctrine and worship and government of the Church of England by law established, as containing all things necessary to salvation ; and I promise, in the exercise of my ministry, to preach and practise according thereunto.