The Quarterly Review, Volume 225William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1916 |
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... means , not the end in view ; and , before an agreement could be reached , the present war was upon us . When it came , Canada had a wider vision , higher ideals , a more vital national life , and a closer contact with the rest of the ...
... means , not the end in view ; and , before an agreement could be reached , the present war was upon us . When it came , Canada had a wider vision , higher ideals , a more vital national life , and a closer contact with the rest of the ...
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... means according to knowledge either of Danish or of English agricultural practice . Those who have lightly proposed the Danification or Hollandising of England have certainly omitted to tell us what form the development of our country ...
... means according to knowledge either of Danish or of English agricultural practice . Those who have lightly proposed the Danification or Hollandising of England have certainly omitted to tell us what form the development of our country ...
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... means of feeding stuffs . The value of the import was , in 1911 , 3,700,000l .; grain is imported to the value of 4,300,000l . How has all this advance been brought about ? There is no doubt whatever . Denmark is what it is to - day ...
... means of feeding stuffs . The value of the import was , in 1911 , 3,700,000l .; grain is imported to the value of 4,300,000l . How has all this advance been brought about ? There is no doubt whatever . Denmark is what it is to - day ...
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... means of the pump and the spade , has redeemed from her sea - shore , her meres and the morasses of her high moor an amazingly large acreage of land . Although only a third of the Nether- lands would be flooded if the sea and river ...
... means of the pump and the spade , has redeemed from her sea - shore , her meres and the morasses of her high moor an amazingly large acreage of land . Although only a third of the Nether- lands would be flooded if the sea and river ...
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... means in his power . The State therefore re- mained at the mercy of the President and his satellites , who were mutually ' dependent on one another ; while the Executive , the Congress and the Provincial Governors formed a happy ...
... means in his power . The State therefore re- mained at the mercy of the President and his satellites , who were mutually ' dependent on one another ; while the Executive , the Congress and the Provincial Governors formed a happy ...
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Page 248 - It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven to inhabit among Men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-tables, and in Coffee-houses.
Page 239 - There are many more' shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possesed of them.
Page 11 - I am for it, because I hope to see the day when the American flag will float over every square foot of the British North American possessions clear to the north pole!
Page 166 - ... by France, Russia, and ourselves, jointly or separately. I have desired this and worked for it, as far as I could, through the last Balkan crisis, and, Germany having a corresponding object, our relations sensibly improved. The idea has hitherto been too Utopian to form the subject of definite proposals, but if this present crisis, so much more acute than any that Europe has gone through for generations, be safely passed, I am hopeful that the relief and reaction which will follow may make possible...
Page 246 - Fenc'd on the Lower End by a Natural mound of Rock-work that strikes the Eye very Agreeably. For my part I think there is something more charming in these rude heaps of Stone than in so many Statues, and wou'd as soon see a River winding through Woods and Meadows as when it is toss'd up in such a Variety of figures at Versailles.
Page 245 - A MAN who publishes his works in a volume, has an infinite advantage over one who communicates his writings to the world in loose tracts and single pieces. We do not expect to meet with any thing in a bulky volume, till after some heavy preamble, and several words of course to prepare the reader for what follows : nay, authors have established it as a kind of rule that a man ought to be dull sometimes ; as the...
Page 239 - And everich hostiler and tappestere Bet than a lazar or a beggestere ; For un-to swich a worthy man as he Acorded nat, as by his facultee, To have with seke lazars aqueyntaunce. It is nat honest, it may nat avaunce For to delen with no swich poraille, But al with riche and sellers of vitaille.
Page 445 - during the continuance of the present war, to issue regulations,' or, in other words, to make any laws which approve themselves to the Cabinet, ' for securing the public safety and the defence of the realm.
Page 165 - If the peace of Europe can be preserved, and the present crisis safely passed, my own endeavour will be to promote some arrangement to which Germany could be a party, by which she could be assured that no aggressive or hostile policy would be pursued against her or her allies by France, Russia, and ourselves, jointly or separately.
Page 402 - He must do at least one good turn to somebody every day. 4. A scout is friendly. He is a friend to all and a brother to every other scout.