The Quarterly Review, Volume 11William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1814 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 84
Page 1
... former , had proposed to himself a plan of much greater mag- nitude than he has since found it convenient to execute . It extended , he says , to the whole of Europe , and indeed , if we understand him rightly , it is not to be ...
... former , had proposed to himself a plan of much greater mag- nitude than he has since found it convenient to execute . It extended , he says , to the whole of Europe , and indeed , if we understand him rightly , it is not to be ...
Page 2
... former is the meri- dian sun which rivals in splendour the brightest luminaries of all ages and nations . On the other hand , the language of Chaucer had been that of the people of England , and of English writers , for ages ; while the ...
... former is the meri- dian sun which rivals in splendour the brightest luminaries of all ages and nations . On the other hand , the language of Chaucer had been that of the people of England , and of English writers , for ages ; while the ...
Page 3
... former ; and evidently sugges- ted by the same national bias . Unwilling to admit the too pro- hable pollutions of barbarous idioms , he imagined that the Latin , without aid from any external cause , gradually corrup- ted itself , by ...
... former ; and evidently sugges- ted by the same national bias . Unwilling to admit the too pro- hable pollutions of barbarous idioms , he imagined that the Latin , without aid from any external cause , gradually corrup- ted itself , by ...
Page 5
... former dans toutes les autres langues , même dans celles du Nord , chez les Anglais , et les Allemands . Mais tout à coup cet éclat éphémere s ' évanouit , les troubadours se turent , le Provençal fut abandonné : cette langue , en ...
... former dans toutes les autres langues , même dans celles du Nord , chez les Anglais , et les Allemands . Mais tout à coup cet éclat éphémere s ' évanouit , les troubadours se turent , le Provençal fut abandonné : cette langue , en ...
Page 6
... former inhabitants were encouraged to remain , their religion was protected , their national customs preserved inviolate , and above all , their national schools maintained in all their ancient privileges . It is not to be supposed th ...
... former inhabitants were encouraged to remain , their religion was protected , their national customs preserved inviolate , and above all , their national schools maintained in all their ancient privileges . It is not to be supposed th ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acid admiration afford Aleutian islands ancient appears avait Badham Baron Baron de Grimm beautiful called Chalmers character Chinese Chinese language colour Confucius considered criticism death Doctor employed English evidence fait favour feelings Finmark former French friends genius give Gray Greek heart honour Humphry Davy India islands king labour Lady Hamilton language Lapland Lara Latin Leake less letters light Lord Lord Byron Lucretius Madame de Prie manner ment modern nation nature never Norway object observed opinion original passage passion persons Petrarch philosopher poem poet poetical poetry possess present produced qu'il quercitron racter readers refraction remarkable respect Romaic says scarcely seems ships shipwrights specimens spirit style substance supposed taste thing timber tion tout translation truth verse vols Voltaire volume Waverley whole words writer yards