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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Whilst , from the causes we have seen , the judges are without weight or dignity ,
the practitioners , who are advocates , solicitors , attornies , proctors ,
conveyancers , and special pleaders at the same time , exercise their wit if they
have any ...
Whilst , from the causes we have seen , the judges are without weight or dignity ,
the practitioners , who are advocates , solicitors , attornies , proctors ,
conveyancers , and special pleaders at the same time , exercise their wit if they
have any ...
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We have seen this most clearly illustrated in the war recently ended . Canada
was one of the great objects for beginning the contest . The United States were at
its door , their troops and stores could be conveyed thither with comparatively
little ...
We have seen this most clearly illustrated in the war recently ended . Canada
was one of the great objects for beginning the contest . The United States were at
its door , their troops and stores could be conveyed thither with comparatively
little ...
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... a band of 32,000 registered ) seamen , receiving pensions , the youngest of
whom have seen more than fourteen years service ; and of whom it is not
unreasonable to calculate on eight or ten thousand coming forward on the first
call .
... a band of 32,000 registered ) seamen , receiving pensions , the youngest of
whom have seen more than fourteen years service ; and of whom it is not
unreasonable to calculate on eight or ten thousand coming forward on the first
call .
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We have lately seen in the British Museum the geometrical drawings of the
treasury of Atreus at Mycenæ , one of the buildings in which it was thought the
principles of a dome have been observed . The description of this building
afforded by ...
We have lately seen in the British Museum the geometrical drawings of the
treasury of Atreus at Mycenæ , one of the buildings in which it was thought the
principles of a dome have been observed . The description of this building
afforded by ...
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We now return to the narrative of Moses , corroborated as we have seen by this
wonderful coincidence betwixt that and the order in which organized animal
remains are discovered in the successive strata . What are the millions and
millions of ...
We now return to the narrative of Moses , corroborated as we have seen by this
wonderful coincidence betwixt that and the order in which organized animal
remains are discovered in the successive strata . What are the millions and
millions of ...
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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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