The Quarterly Review, Volume 103William 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, 1858 - English literature |
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... says , ' to regard St. Paul's as a test for height and space ; but by the side of the pyramid of earth these works would rear , St. Paul's would be but as a pigmy to a giant . Imagine a mountain half a mile in diameter at its base , and ...
... says , ' to regard St. Paul's as a test for height and space ; but by the side of the pyramid of earth these works would rear , St. Paul's would be but as a pigmy to a giant . Imagine a mountain half a mile in diameter at its base , and ...
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... ( says the Roman de Rou ) from his antecessours , ' or ancestors . Wherefore we must not suppose that the nobility of the best houses dates only from 1066 , though the plasticity of the Normans had made them adapt themselves in some three ...
... ( says the Roman de Rou ) from his antecessours , ' or ancestors . Wherefore we must not suppose that the nobility of the best houses dates only from 1066 , though the plasticity of the Normans had made them adapt themselves in some three ...
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... ( says Matthew Paris ) were rummaged and plundered even of the straw that served for beds . ' The igno- rance of economic science was such that a bad harvest gene- rally produced something like a famine . The disturbance of life was so ...
... ( says Matthew Paris ) were rummaged and plundered even of the straw that served for beds . ' The igno- rance of economic science was such that a bad harvest gene- rally produced something like a famine . The disturbance of life was so ...
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... Say and Sele from Geoffrey de Say , the Duke of St. Alban's from Robert de Vere - all more or less directly . But our fair readers must pardon us for giving the due feudal preference to the male line , -though we do not defend it on the ...
... Say and Sele from Geoffrey de Say , the Duke of St. Alban's from Robert de Vere - all more or less directly . But our fair readers must pardon us for giving the due feudal preference to the male line , -though we do not defend it on the ...
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... says Sir Harris Nicolas , the principle that had governed the assembly of the Great Council of the kingdom from the Conquest until the time of King John ceased to exist ; the alienation by the barons of their knights ' fees increased ...
... says Sir Harris Nicolas , the principle that had governed the assembly of the Great Council of the kingdom from the Conquest until the time of King John ceased to exist ; the alienation by the barons of their knights ' fees increased ...
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Page 299 - Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow; so indeed he did. The torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it With lusty sinews, throwing it aside And stemming it with hearts of controversy; But ere we could arrive the point propos'd, Caesar cried, 'Help me, Cassius, or I sink!
Page 196 - And angling, too, that solitary vice, Whatever Izaak Walton sings or says: The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, in his gullet Should have a hook, and a small trout to pull it.
Page 318 - ... and stiff, and separated behind ; and he often had, seemingly, convulsive starts and odd gesticulations, which tended to excite at once surprise and ridicule. Mrs. Porter was so much engaged by his conversation that she overlooked all these external disadvantages, and said to her daughter: "This is the most sensible man that I ever saw in my life.
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Page 301 - Sunday (said he) was a heavy day to me when I was a boy. My mother confined me on that day, and made me read 'The Whole Duty of Man,' from a great part of which I could derive no instruction.
Page 97 - I trust, by the mercy of God, I shall be sure in port in a very few glasses, and fast moored in a most blessed riding; for my good friend Jolter hath overhauled the journal of my sins, and, by the observation he hath taken of the state of my soul, I hope I shall happily conclude my voyage, and be brought up in the latitude of heaven.
Page 56 - IN brave poursuitt of honorable deed, There is I know not what great difference Betweene the vulgar and the noble seed, Which unto things of valorous pretence Seemes to be borne by native influence ; As feates of armes ; and love to entertaine : But chiefly skill to ride seemes a science Proper to gentle blood : some others faine To menage steeds, as did this vaunter ; but in vaine.