The Quarterly Review, Volume 244John Murray, 1925 |
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... upon whether it would be more advantageous to employ European labourers than slaves . ' On this , Theal , the South African historian , observes : 6 ' Probably no subject of equal importance to South Africa THE REAL SOUTH AFRICAN PROBLEM 3.
... upon whether it would be more advantageous to employ European labourers than slaves . ' On this , Theal , the South African historian , observes : 6 ' Probably no subject of equal importance to South Africa THE REAL SOUTH AFRICAN PROBLEM 3.
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' Probably no subject of equal importance to South Africa has ever since engaged the attention of the authorities , for upon these reports was to depend whether the country should be occupied solely by Europeans or whether there was to ...
' Probably no subject of equal importance to South Africa has ever since engaged the attention of the authorities , for upon these reports was to depend whether the country should be occupied solely by Europeans or whether there was to ...
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... probably thinking of the passage in the ' Journal ' ( March 14 , 1826 ) , in which Scott praises ' Pride and Prejudice ' so highly- ' That young lady has a talent for describing the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary ...
... probably thinking of the passage in the ' Journal ' ( March 14 , 1826 ) , in which Scott praises ' Pride and Prejudice ' so highly- ' That young lady has a talent for describing the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary ...
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... probably , in the special circumstances of the case , the result is not unjust , though the dissent of two members of the House and the extraordinarily different reasons given by the other three will prove a source of embarrassment ...
... probably , in the special circumstances of the case , the result is not unjust , though the dissent of two members of the House and the extraordinarily different reasons given by the other three will prove a source of embarrassment ...
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... Probably a majority of the Committee were inclined to the latter opinion , but they have not expressed themselves definitely upon the question of ethics that is involved . I propose in the following pages to examine some of the ethical ...
... Probably a majority of the Committee were inclined to the latter opinion , but they have not expressed themselves definitely upon the question of ethics that is involved . I propose in the following pages to examine some of the ethical ...
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Page 212 - This is a gift that I have, simple, simple; a foolish extravagant spirit, full of forms, figures, shapes, objects, ideas, apprehensions, motions, revolutions: these are begot in the ventricle of memory, nourished in the womb of pia mater; and deliver'd upon the mellowing of occasion: But the gift is good in those in whom it is acute, and I am thankful for it.
Page 295 - Sense of past Youth, and Manhood come in vain. And Genius given, and Knowledge won in vain; And all which I had culled in wood-walks wild, And all which patient toil had reared, and all, Commune with thee had opened out — but flowers Strewed on my corse, and borne upon my bier In the same coffin, for the self-same grave!
Page 288 - This lime-tree bower my prison! I have lost Beauties and feelings, such as would have been Most sweet to my remembrance even when age Had dimmed mine eyes to blindness! They, meanwhile, Friends, whom I never more may meet again, On springy heath, along the hill-top edge...
Page 289 - Therefore all seasons shall be sweet to thee, Whether the summer clothe the general earth With greenness, or the redbreast sit and sing Betwixt the tufts of snow on the bare branch Of mossy apple-tree...
Page 295 - Thou in bewitching words, with happy heart, Didst chaunt the vision of that Ancient Man, The bright-eyed Mariner, and rueful woes Didst utter of the Lady Christabel...
Page 289 - mid cloisters dim, And saw nought lovely but the sky and stars. But thou, my babe ! shalt wander like a breeze By lakes and sandy shores, beneath the crags Of ancient mountain, and beneath the clouds, Which image in their bulk both lakes and shores And mountain crags...
Page 291 - Returning that same evening, I got into a metaphysical argument with Wordsworth, while Coleridge was explaining the different notes of the nightingale to his sister, in which we neither of us succeeded in making ourselves perfectly clear and intelligible.
Page 59 - There is no exception to the rule that every organic being naturally increases at so high a rate that, if not destroyed, the earth would soon be covered by the progeny of a single pair.
Page 286 - O the one life within us and abroad, Which meets all motion and becomes its soul, A light in sound, a sound-like power in light Rhythm in all thought, and joyance...
Page 286 - And what if all of animated nature Be but organic Harps diversely fram'd. That tremble into thought, as o'er them sweeps Plastic and vast, one intellectual breeze. At once the Soul of each, and God of all?