The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Том 78A. Constable, 1843 |
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... thought themselves obliged to maintain some consistency in error : as respects Corn and Sugar , they have thought themselves forced to make the country pay the penalty of their factious opposition to what they know to be right ; but on ...
... thought themselves obliged to maintain some consistency in error : as respects Corn and Sugar , they have thought themselves forced to make the country pay the penalty of their factious opposition to what they know to be right ; but on ...
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... thought , that by restricting foreign trade he could bring money into the country , and resolved that his empire should no longer be tributary to foreigners . That a sovereign surrounded by manufacturers , eager to become mono- polists ...
... thought , that by restricting foreign trade he could bring money into the country , and resolved that his empire should no longer be tributary to foreigners . That a sovereign surrounded by manufacturers , eager to become mono- polists ...
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... thought fit , might not receive the price in gold or silver . In fact , he almost always does receive it in gold or silver . There is much inaccuracy in the common statement , that the commerce between two countries , when the values ...
... thought fit , might not receive the price in gold or silver . In fact , he almost always does receive it in gold or silver . There is much inaccuracy in the common statement , that the commerce between two countries , when the values ...
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... thought , would have done him no harm : his German is somewhat ele- mentary ; his sins against French orthography ( albeit an ac- complishment on which he prides himself ) unpardonable ; while with Polish and Russian , though he lived ...
... thought , would have done him no harm : his German is somewhat ele- mentary ; his sins against French orthography ( albeit an ac- complishment on which he prides himself ) unpardonable ; while with Polish and Russian , though he lived ...
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... thought of the morrow as able to procure him possibly more entertainment than the day . He seldom read , and if he did , it was only a pam- phlet , or the last new novel published by Avocat . With politics he never troubled himself , or ...
... thought of the morrow as able to procure him possibly more entertainment than the day . He seldom read , and if he did , it was only a pam- phlet , or the last new novel published by Avocat . With politics he never troubled himself , or ...
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Сторінка 251 - Oh! if sometimes thy spotless form descend, To me, thy aid, thou guardian genius, lend! When rage misguides me, or when fear alarms, When pain distresses, or when pleasure charms, In silent whisperings purer thoughts impart, And turn from ill a frail and feeble heart, Lead through the paths thy virtue trod before, Till bliss shall join, nor death can part us more.
Сторінка 229 - The mere choice and arrangement of his words would have sufficed to make his essays classical. For never, not even by Dryden, not even by Temple, had the English language been written with such sweetness, grace, and facility.
Сторінка 455 - Thebes's streets three thousand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory, And time had not begun to overthrow Those temples, palaces, and piles stupendous Of which the very ruins are tremendous.
Сторінка 251 - Or dost thou warn poor mortals left behind, A task well suited to thy gentle mind ? Oh! if sometimes thy spotless form descend, To me thy aid, thou guardian genius, lend! When rage misguides me, or when fear alarms, When pain distresses, or when pleasure charms, In silent whisperings purer thoughts impart, And turn from ill a frail and feeble heart; Lead through the paths thy virtue trod before, Till bliss shall join, nor death can...
Сторінка 238 - ... and books on farriery included. In these circumstances, the sale of the Spectator must be considered as indicating a popularity quite as great as that of the most successful works of Sir Walter Scott and Mr. Dickens in our own time.
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Сторінка 194 - To Addison himself we are bound by a sentiment as much like affection as any sentiment can be which is inspired by one who has been sleeping a hundred and twenty years in Westminster Abbey.