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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How long the men vow in power may continue is uncertain , but as long as they
remain they will surely not forget that , after a war of less than three years , with a
power whose energies were directed to objects of far higher moment , than any ...
How long the men vow in power may continue is uncertain , but as long as they
remain they will surely not forget that , after a war of less than three years , with a
power whose energies were directed to objects of far higher moment , than any ...
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The history of Julius Atticus , the father of Herodes , is a fairy tale : his life would
have closed in indigence and misery but for the fortunate discovery of immense
treasures buried in an old house , the sole remains of his patrimony . Although he
...
The history of Julius Atticus , the father of Herodes , is a fairy tale : his life would
have closed in indigence and misery but for the fortunate discovery of immense
treasures buried in an old house , the sole remains of his patrimony . Although he
...
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... writers on geology it may be alleged that the present earth was constructed
from the materials of a former globe , and that the shells , and other organic
remains , imbedded in our existing strata , belonged to animals inhabiting that
globe .
... writers on geology it may be alleged that the present earth was constructed
from the materials of a former globe , and that the shells , and other organic
remains , imbedded in our existing strata , belonged to animals inhabiting that
globe .
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_We see no proof that he has ever looked into a work in which the remains of
animal bodies in their fossil state have been analyzed and arrauged with a
precision scarcely inferior to the regular classifications of recent zoology . The
respective ...
_We see no proof that he has ever looked into a work in which the remains of
animal bodies in their fossil state have been analyzed and arrauged with a
precision scarcely inferior to the regular classifications of recent zoology . The
respective ...
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All the strata moreover in which these organic remains have been imbedded are
obviously prior in their formation to the disruption , by which they have been rent
asunder - it follows , therefore , that allowing these facts , some of the most ...
All the strata moreover in which these organic remains have been imbedded are
obviously prior in their formation to the disruption , by which they have been rent
asunder - it follows , therefore , that allowing these facts , some of the most ...
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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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