The Quarterly Review, Τόμος 120William 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, 1866 |
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... remained long enough to make his way into the remove . Having been ill - prepared he never took a good place there , and his habits , in school and out of school , ' are stated to have been those of a dreamy , idle , and shy lad . ' He ...
... remained long enough to make his way into the remove . Having been ill - prepared he never took a good place there , and his habits , in school and out of school , ' are stated to have been those of a dreamy , idle , and shy lad . ' He ...
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... remained there a year and a half or two years under Pignerol , an engineer of eminence ; but there are no records of his mode of life there , though he made , it would appear , better use of his time than at Eton or Chelsea , and learnt ...
... remained there a year and a half or two years under Pignerol , an engineer of eminence ; but there are no records of his mode of life there , though he made , it would appear , better use of his time than at Eton or Chelsea , and learnt ...
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... remained at the Vice- regal Court till April , 1793 . Having been unable to obtain , for want of pecuniary means , the hand of the Lady Catherine Pakenham , he volunteered on the earliest opportunity , as young officers are accustomed ...
... remained at the Vice- regal Court till April , 1793 . Having been unable to obtain , for want of pecuniary means , the hand of the Lady Catherine Pakenham , he volunteered on the earliest opportunity , as young officers are accustomed ...
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... remained with him to the last , of acquainting himself in all manner of odd ways with everything worthy of notice that passed around him . ' In other words , he educated himself , in his own way , for the battle of life , as all must do ...
... remained with him to the last , of acquainting himself in all manner of odd ways with everything worthy of notice that passed around him . ' In other words , he educated himself , in his own way , for the battle of life , as all must do ...
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... remained , ' as Gurwood says , p . 12 , vol . i . , ' with him , until Feb. 1799 , ' when General Harris arrived to assume the personal command of the army , which had proceeded to Vellore . Three letters here quoted by Mr. Gleig ...
... remained , ' as Gurwood says , p . 12 , vol . i . , ' with him , until Feb. 1799 , ' when General Harris arrived to assume the personal command of the army , which had proceeded to Vellore . Three letters here quoted by Mr. Gleig ...
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Σελίδα 417 - He shall not strive, nor cry, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets ; a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench ; till he send forth judgment unto victory.
Σελίδα 39 - With a, full View of the English-Dutch Struggle against Spain, and of the Origin and Destruction of the Spanish Armada. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, LL.D., DCL Portraits.
Σελίδα 413 - And it came to pass that after three days they found him in the temple sitting in the midst of the doctors, hearing them and asking them questions.
Σελίδα 17 - The Prayer Book Interleaved; with Historical Illustrations and Explanatory Notes arranged parallel to the Text, by the Rev. WM Campion, BD, Fellow and Tutor of Queens
Σελίδα 340 - Mistress! dismiss that rabble from your throne: Avaunt - is Aristarchus yet unknown? Thy mighty Scholiast, whose unweary'd pains Made Horace dull, and humbled Milton's strains. Turn what they will to Verse, their toil is vain, Critics like me shall make it Prose again. Roman and Greek Grammarians! know your Better: Author of something yet more great than Letter; While tow'ring o'er your Alphabet, like Saul, Stands our Digamma, and o'er-tops them all.
Σελίδα 155 - The only dedication I ever made was to my brother, because I loved him better than most other men. He is since dead. Permit me to inscribe this Poem to you.
Σελίδα 14 - I have come to a determination, when in my power, never to suffer an attack to be made by night upon an enemy who is prepared and strongly posted, and whose posts have not been reconnoitred by daylight.
Σελίδα 192 - Where, as to shame the temples deck'd By skill of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seem'd would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend ; Nor of a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells, And still, between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody.