The Quarterly Review, Volume 139William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1875 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 10
Page 36
... Land of Promise from a high mountain , so would it be a great comfort for me that God would but so prolong my days as if I might not see the restitution , yet at least to be assured that it would be . ' He did not want ' one furrow of land ...
... Land of Promise from a high mountain , so would it be a great comfort for me that God would but so prolong my days as if I might not see the restitution , yet at least to be assured that it would be . ' He did not want ' one furrow of land ...
Page 46
... land to prolong their struggle against their famished and fever - stricken invaders ; and a week sufficed for hauling down the Spanish flag and hoisting the British ensign in its place over St. Jago de la Vega . Only on the extreme ...
... land to prolong their struggle against their famished and fever - stricken invaders ; and a week sufficed for hauling down the Spanish flag and hoisting the British ensign in its place over St. Jago de la Vega . Only on the extreme ...
Page 63
... land and gardens , the free negro's development of the old ' provision ground ' of the apprentice or slave , are already an important feature , and as years go on will become more and more so , of Jamaica . Whole estates , the cul ...
... land and gardens , the free negro's development of the old ' provision ground ' of the apprentice or slave , are already an important feature , and as years go on will become more and more so , of Jamaica . Whole estates , the cul ...
Page 72
... land of the ' pale faces ; this the tropical climate , in the long run at least , forbids . Hard daily toil , even though carried on under shelter in these latitudes , soon deprives the transplanted European workman of the energy and ...
... land of the ' pale faces ; this the tropical climate , in the long run at least , forbids . Hard daily toil , even though carried on under shelter in these latitudes , soon deprives the transplanted European workman of the energy and ...
Page 125
... land . They saw several vessels , and made signals for help , but were not answered , and one vessel fired on them . They were scudding rapidly to the north , and had given themselves up for lost , when they came in sight of land to ...
... land . They saw several vessels , and made signals for help , but were not answered , and one vessel fired on them . They were scudding rapidly to the north , and had given themselves up for lost , when they came in sight of land to ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
aeronaut agricultural angler appeared ascending balloon Bishop called cause Census century character chasuble Church Church of England Comédie Française Court Danish death doubt drink Duke Emperor England English expression fact falcon falconry father favour fish France French Gaston Tissandier give Government ground gyrfalcon hand hawks honour Icelandic increase interest Jamaica James kholop King labour land language less letter London Lord Louvois Ludgvan MacColl matter Maule means memoirs ment mind Molière Napoleon nation nature never Okolnichie Paris Parliament party passed persons poet population present Prince Queen quoted refer reign remarkable Royal rubric Russian proverbs Saint-Simon Saxon says Scotland Ségur society surplice Théâtre Français things tion took towns trout Tsar vestments Vincent Lunardi Virgil Voevode whole word writing