The Quarterly ReviewWilliam 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, 1819 |
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America ( he says ) has profited in more ways than one by British capital ; that is
to say , has grown rich , not merely by the amount and length of credit which the
merchants of Britain have given her , but also by her own nuniberless insolvents
...
America ( he says ) has profited in more ways than one by British capital ; that is
to say , has grown rich , not merely by the amount and length of credit which the
merchants of Britain have given her , but also by her own nuniberless insolvents
...
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... published by Stuart and the Society of Dilettanti , we enter upou our task with
somewhat more confidence ; but even thus we must found our criticism almost
exclusively upon the illustrations given at the end of the several sections .
... published by Stuart and the Society of Dilettanti , we enter upou our task with
somewhat more confidence ; but even thus we must found our criticism almost
exclusively upon the illustrations given at the end of the several sections .
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... he appears to have nearly surmounted the difficulties it offered to a correct
design . Upon the establishment of the Christian religion at Rome , the ancient
basilicæ were converted into churches ; the preference given to such buildings
for the ...
... he appears to have nearly surmounted the difficulties it offered to a correct
design . Upon the establishment of the Christian religion at Rome , the ancient
basilicæ were converted into churches ; the preference given to such buildings
for the ...
Page 39
In the illustration of this book the translator has compared the construction of the
houses of the early Greeks , collected from the scattered passages of the
Odyssey , with the description given by Vitruvius , in which great ingenuity is
shown .
In the illustration of this book the translator has compared the construction of the
houses of the early Greeks , collected from the scattered passages of the
Odyssey , with the description given by Vitruvius , in which great ingenuity is
shown .
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... we should have assigned it to a juvenile writer of warm fancy , exuberant style ,
and very imperfect intelligence on the subject which he had undertaken ! We
should have given him credit for / for a spirit of ardent but not well - informed ( 41 )
... we should have assigned it to a juvenile writer of warm fancy , exuberant style ,
and very imperfect intelligence on the subject which he had undertaken ! We
should have given him credit for / for a spirit of ardent but not well - informed ( 41 )
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Page 45 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 34 - In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; they, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
Page 38 - Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: but except ye repent yc shall all likewise perish.
Page 43 - If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men ; then the Lord hath not sent me. But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit ; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
Page 115 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 381 - The charms that she wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin which but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings which dizen the proud? Alas ! they are all laid aside ; And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed, But the long winding-sheet, and the fringe of the shroud.
Page 45 - ... waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou...
Page 45 - Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Page 344 - Twenty-seven names make up the first story, and the recorded names ever since contain not one living century. The number of the dead long exceedeth all that shall live. The night of time far surpasseth the day; and who knows when was the equinox ? Every hour adds unto that current arithmetic, which scarce stands one moment.
Page 344 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
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| Title | The Quarterly Review |
| Editors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) |
| Contributor | George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1819 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Jun 2005 |
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