The Contemporary Review, 43. köideA. Strahan, 1883 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 52
Page 2
... favours of fortune , there are factors proper to themselves . I perceive in American faces generally a great amount of determination - a kind of " do or die " expression ; and this trait of character , joined with a power of work ...
... favours of fortune , there are factors proper to themselves . I perceive in American faces generally a great amount of determination - a kind of " do or die " expression ; and this trait of character , joined with a power of work ...
Page 6
... favour of free govern- ment in the sense of relaxed restraints , and letting men and things very much alone , or what is called laissez faire ? That is a persistent misunderstanding of my opponents . Every- where , along with the ...
... favour of free govern- ment in the sense of relaxed restraints , and letting men and things very much alone , or what is called laissez faire ? That is a persistent misunderstanding of my opponents . Every- where , along with the ...
Page 21
... favour . Even in the most Liberal part of the kingdom , the University constituencies are the least Liberal part of the electoral body . The facts are clear ; we must grapple with them as we can . There is something in education , in ...
... favour . Even in the most Liberal part of the kingdom , the University constituencies are the least Liberal part of the electoral body . The facts are clear ; we must grapple with them as we can . There is something in education , in ...
Page 23
... favour . Besides the original institution of the British Solomon , there is the fact that University representation has been extended at each moment of constitutional change for a century past . It was extended by the Union with Ireland ...
... favour . Besides the original institution of the British Solomon , there is the fact that University representation has been extended at each moment of constitutional change for a century past . It was extended by the Union with Ireland ...
Page 24
... favour of a particular political party . From a party point of view , the representation of the cities of London and Westminster is as great a political evil as the representation of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge . But we ...
... favour of a particular political party . From a party point of view , the representation of the cities of London and Westminster is as great a political evil as the representation of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge . But we ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action appear asked authority beautiful become believe better body brought called carried cause century character chief Christian Church common condition Council course death desire doubt effect election England English established existence fact feeling force France French friends give given Government hand human idea importance influence interest Italy kind labour land less light living look Lord matter means mind moral native natural never object once opinion party passed perhaps political position possession possible practical present principle prisoners proved question reason regard religion remarkable represented result seems sense side social society speak spirit taken things thought tion true truth University whole
Popular passages
Page 520 - And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. 13 AND when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word : for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Page 48 - Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world : now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on.
Page 534 - I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax: it is melted in the midst of my bowels. My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Page 44 - Remember thee? Yea, from the table of my memory I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there; And. thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain, Unmix'd with baser matter: yes, by heaven.
Page 576 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.
Page 800 - No Native of the said Territories, nor any natural-born subject of His Majesty resident therein, shall by reason only of his religion, place of birth, descent, colour or any of them, be disabled from holding any place, office, or employment under the said Company.
Page 486 - Let him that stole steal no more : but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Page 491 - Not so shall it be among you : but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister; and whosoever would be first among you shall be your servant: even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Page 579 - ... almost in an inverse ratio to the labour — the largest portions to those who have never worked at all, the next largest to those whose work is almost nominal, and so in a descending scale, the remuneration dwindling as the work grows harder and more disagreeable, until the most fatiguing and exhausting bodily labour cannot count with certainty on being able to earn even the necessaries of life; if this, or Communism, were the alternative, all the difficulties, great or small, of Communism would...
Page 108 - Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant...