The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 |
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Page 70
... things than the English could then do ; and hence the riot of ' Evil May Day , ' the object of which was the expulsion or destruction of the foreigners . The latter , being forewarned of the outbreak , took the precaution of retiring ...
... things than the English could then do ; and hence the riot of ' Evil May Day , ' the object of which was the expulsion or destruction of the foreigners . The latter , being forewarned of the outbreak , took the precaution of retiring ...
Page 72
... things has become entirely reversed . In 1731 , Joshua Gee stated that England was the best customer in Europe for the iron of Sweden and Russia , importing from those countries between two and three hundred thousand pounds worth yearly ...
... things has become entirely reversed . In 1731 , Joshua Gee stated that England was the best customer in Europe for the iron of Sweden and Russia , importing from those countries between two and three hundred thousand pounds worth yearly ...
Page 90
... thing is that , taking into consideration the attention paid to the chemistry of metallurgy of late years , the discovery was not made long ago ; and that it should have been reserved for Bessemer to make it , who was neither a chemist ...
... thing is that , taking into consideration the attention paid to the chemistry of metallurgy of late years , the discovery was not made long ago ; and that it should have been reserved for Bessemer to make it , who was neither a chemist ...
Page 91
... thing is done , we see how simple , how natural the first idea was . But it needs the quick intuition of genius to detect even simple things in practical science . The only way of determining the matter was by putting the idea to the ...
... thing is done , we see how simple , how natural the first idea was . But it needs the quick intuition of genius to detect even simple things in practical science . The only way of determining the matter was by putting the idea to the ...
Page 115
... things of that particular sort to which it belongs . A beautiful nose , for example , is one that is neither very long nor very short . neither very straight nor very crooked , but a sort of middle among all those extremes , and less ...
... things of that particular sort to which it belongs . A beautiful nose , for example , is one that is neither very long nor very short . neither very straight nor very crooked , but a sort of middle among all those extremes , and less ...
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