The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 114A. Constable, 1861 |
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Page 62
... lands ; and with his pecuniary affairs much embarrassed , he finally leaves Antwerp . Of all this the Diary continues to afford us a minute account , until he arrives at Cologne , when it abruptly ends . Dürer's object in his tour had ...
... lands ; and with his pecuniary affairs much embarrassed , he finally leaves Antwerp . Of all this the Diary continues to afford us a minute account , until he arrives at Cologne , when it abruptly ends . Dürer's object in his tour had ...
Page 68
... land . In Greece , the power of the Macedonian monarchy was beginning to consolidate itself amid the factions of the degenerate re- publics . Philip had just dismantled the towns of Phocis . The Persian empire , tottering to its fall ...
... land . In Greece , the power of the Macedonian monarchy was beginning to consolidate itself amid the factions of the degenerate re- publics . Philip had just dismantled the towns of Phocis . The Persian empire , tottering to its fall ...
Page 75
... land route ; and the only alternative is a sea voyage , an under- taking in which the founders of Carthage had no rivals . Between the coast and the northern edge of the Sahara , there lie the high plateaux of the Atlas , covered with ...
... land route ; and the only alternative is a sea voyage , an under- taking in which the founders of Carthage had no rivals . Between the coast and the northern edge of the Sahara , there lie the high plateaux of the Atlas , covered with ...
Page 76
... land , and to the deluge centuries of chronic misrule have suc- ceeded . Still here and there olive gardens surrounded by hedges of the prickly pear , show what would follow settled government and security for property ; the palm ...
... land , and to the deluge centuries of chronic misrule have suc- ceeded . Still here and there olive gardens surrounded by hedges of the prickly pear , show what would follow settled government and security for property ; the palm ...
Page 79
... land . This period is perhaps the one when the power of Carthage was at its zenith . Nearly the whole of Sicily was under her sway , and the remainder , weakened by the long - con- tinued wars of the Greek and Italian dynasts , appeared ...
... land . This period is perhaps the one when the power of Carthage was at its zenith . Nearly the whole of Sicily was under her sway , and the remainder , weakened by the long - con- tinued wars of the Greek and Italian dynasts , appeared ...
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Page 167 - Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus; but use all gently; for in the very torrent, tempest, and (as I may say) whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.
Page 274 - I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time which is within the memory of men still living.
Page 550 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Page 511 - WITH stammering lips and insufficient sound I strive and struggle to deliver right That music of my nature, day and night With dream and thought and feeling interwound, And inly answering all the senses round With octaves of a mystic depth and height Which step out grandly to the infinite From the dark edges of the sensual ground...
Page 543 - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days : which are a shadow of things to come ; but the body is of Christ.
Page 552 - But if the Government be National with regard to the operation of its powers, it changes its aspect again when we contemplate it in relation to the extent of its powers. The idea of a National Government involves in it, not only an authority over the individual citizens, but an indefinite supremacy over all persons and things, so far as they are objects of lawful Government.
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