The Quarterly Review, 103권William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1858 |
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... least five hundred and fifty millions of cubic yards ! And what does this represent ? ' We are accustomed , ' he says , ' to regard St. Paul's as a test for height and space ; but by the side of the pyramid of earth these works would ...
... least five hundred and fifty millions of cubic yards ! And what does this represent ? ' We are accustomed , ' he says , ' to regard St. Paul's as a test for height and space ; but by the side of the pyramid of earth these works would ...
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... least ; yet this is the element which makes the study of it wise , and the respect for it generous , and we are glad that Mr. Courthope has given us an occasion for a colloquy with a wider public on some of the points of interest which ...
... least ; yet this is the element which makes the study of it wise , and the respect for it generous , and we are glad that Mr. Courthope has given us an occasion for a colloquy with a wider public on some of the points of interest which ...
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... least the effect of indissolubly associating the dignity of peerage with the hereditary idea . We may state here that there are no titles of honour now extant of older date than 1400 , except baronies ; of these there are eleven ...
... least the effect of indissolubly associating the dignity of peerage with the hereditary idea . We may state here that there are no titles of honour now extant of older date than 1400 , except baronies ; of these there are eleven ...
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... least thirty English peers whose an- cestors were bons gentilshommes long before a sword was drawn for either Rose , and who can prove the same by charter and seisin , ' as the Scotch antiquaries say . The popular error in question ...
... least thirty English peers whose an- cestors were bons gentilshommes long before a sword was drawn for either Rose , and who can prove the same by charter and seisin , ' as the Scotch antiquaries say . The popular error in question ...
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... least one reason which made it probable even then that Smollett never would be equal , as a novelist , to Fielding . ' Smollett's novels , ' he says , ' are recollections of his own adven- tures ; his characters drawn , as I should ...
... least one reason which made it probable even then that Smollett never would be equal , as a novelist , to Fielding . ' Smollett's novels , ' he says , ' are recollections of his own adven- tures ; his characters drawn , as I should ...
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299 페이지 - Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow; so indeed he did. The torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it With lusty sinews, throwing it aside And stemming it with hearts of controversy; But ere we could arrive the point propos'd, Caesar cried, 'Help me, Cassius, or I sink!
196 페이지 - And angling, too, that solitary vice, Whatever Izaak Walton sings or says: The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, in his gullet Should have a hook, and a small trout to pull it.
318 페이지 - ... and stiff, and separated behind ; and he often had, seemingly, convulsive starts and odd gesticulations, which tended to excite at once surprise and ridicule. Mrs. Porter was so much engaged by his conversation that she overlooked all these external disadvantages, and said to her daughter: "This is the most sensible man that I ever saw in my life.
298 페이지 - I will not be put to the question. Don't you consider, Sir, that these are not the manners of a gentleman? I will not be baited with what and why; what is this? what is that? why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy?" The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, "Why, Sir, you are so good, that I venture to trouble you.
207 페이지 - The shock produced a stupor similar to that which seems to be felt by a mouse after the first shake of the cat. It caused a sort of dreaminess, in which there was no sense of pain nor feeling of terror, though quite conscious of all that was happening.
398 페이지 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
211 페이지 - Denounce no doom on the delinquent ? None. He lives, and o'er his brimming beaker boasts (As if barbarity were high desert...
301 페이지 - Sunday (said he) was a heavy day to me when I was a boy. My mother confined me on that day, and made me read 'The Whole Duty of Man,' from a great part of which I could derive no instruction.
97 페이지 - I trust, by the mercy of God, I shall be sure in port in a very few glasses, and fast moored in a most blessed riding; for my good friend Jolter hath overhauled the journal of my sins, and, by the observation he hath taken of the state of my soul, I hope I shall happily conclude my voyage, and be brought up in the latitude of heaven.
56 페이지 - IN brave poursuitt of honorable deed, There is I know not what great difference Betweene the vulgar and the noble seed, Which unto things of valorous pretence Seemes to be borne by native influence ; As feates of armes ; and love to entertaine : But chiefly skill to ride seemes a science Proper to gentle blood : some others faine To menage steeds, as did this vaunter ; but in vaine.