The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Том 34A. Constable, 1820 |
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... land is such , that a farm in the neighbourhood of any village , if sold in small lots , is sure to bring a considerable advance of price . There are instances of sales at the rate of 80 or even 100 years ' purchase the new proprietor ...
... land is such , that a farm in the neighbourhood of any village , if sold in small lots , is sure to bring a considerable advance of price . There are instances of sales at the rate of 80 or even 100 years ' purchase the new proprietor ...
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... land , with an income of from two to twenty thousand francs a year for each family , ( 80 % . Sterling to 800l . a year . ) 13,059,000 proprietors and their families , of the class of peasants , living partly by their labour , with an ...
... land , with an income of from two to twenty thousand francs a year for each family , ( 80 % . Sterling to 800l . a year . ) 13,059,000 proprietors and their families , of the class of peasants , living partly by their labour , with an ...
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... land in France ; and thus , owing to a better system of husbandry , larg- er farms , and more pastures , we can afford a double proportion of our population for commercial and manufacturing labours , the liberal and the useful arts ...
... land in France ; and thus , owing to a better system of husbandry , larg- er farms , and more pastures , we can afford a double proportion of our population for commercial and manufacturing labours , the liberal and the useful arts ...
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... land of opinion , and check the sudden inroads of daring and restless innovation . The history of Bonaparte affords , no doubt , a useful lesson to conquerors ; but all princes might find in it something else to learn for if his talents ...
... land of opinion , and check the sudden inroads of daring and restless innovation . The history of Bonaparte affords , no doubt , a useful lesson to conquerors ; but all princes might find in it something else to learn for if his talents ...
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... land of the latter ; lived upon them at discretion for nearly seven centuries ; yielding a sort of loose and reluctant obedience to the old Ge- neral under whom they held their fee , or share of the conquer- ed lands . The fate ...
... land of the latter ; lived upon them at discretion for nearly seven centuries ; yielding a sort of loose and reluctant obedience to the old Ge- neral under whom they held their fee , or share of the conquer- ed lands . The fate ...
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Сторінка 200 - O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple-stained mouth; That I might drink, and leave the world unseen, And with thee fade away into the forest dim...
Сторінка 152 - He now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn. But it, too, was gone. A large, rickety wooden building stood in its place, with great gaping windows, some of them broken and mended with old hats and petticoats, and over the door was painted, "The Union Hotel, by Jonathan Doolittle.
Сторінка 149 - For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the Third.
Сторінка 150 - Rip Van Winkle ! Rip Van Winkle!" At the same time, Wolf bristled up his back, and giving a low growl, skulked to his master's side, looking fearfully down into the glen. Rip now felt a vague apprehension stealing over him. He looked anxiously in the same direction and perceived a strange figure slowly toiling up the rocks, and bending under the weight of something he carried on his back. He was surprised to see any human being in this lonely and unfrequented place ; but supposing it to be some one...
Сторінка 154 - ... dreading the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle. Whenever her name was mentioned, however, he shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, and cast up his eyes ; which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived at Mr. Doolittle's hotel.
Сторінка 200 - Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn...
Сторінка 154 - Ah, poor man, Rip Van Winkle was his name, but it's twenty years since he went away from home with his gun, and never has been heard of since,— his dog came home without him; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl.
Сторінка 148 - Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill mountains. They are a dismembered branch of the great Appalachian family, and are seen away to the west of the river, swelling up to a noble height, and lording it over the surrounding country.
Сторінка 151 - ... round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and, whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence...
Сторінка 150 - On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd-looking personages playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion : some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long...