The London Quarterly Review, 130–131. köideTheodore Foster, 1871 |
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... object would have been gained by such an operation at all adequate to the risk or to compensate for the indignation such an act would have excited . It is true , no doubt , that the mouth of the Thames might , to some extent , be ...
... object would have been gained by such an operation at all adequate to the risk or to compensate for the indignation such an act would have excited . It is true , no doubt , that the mouth of the Thames might , to some extent , be ...
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... object of the cam- paign , his army , however powerful at first , would almost certainly be worn out by de- ous than it is hoped we are , must eventually be compelled to surrender as prisoners of war . In order to understand such a ...
... object of the cam- paign , his army , however powerful at first , would almost certainly be worn out by de- ous than it is hoped we are , must eventually be compelled to surrender as prisoners of war . In order to understand such a ...
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... the expense would be so great as to defeat the object sought to be attained , if it were attempted to fortify a perimeter suf- In ficiently extensive to protect the town from bombardment . Perhaps 16 Jan. Our National Defences .
... the expense would be so great as to defeat the object sought to be attained , if it were attempted to fortify a perimeter suf- In ficiently extensive to protect the town from bombardment . Perhaps 16 Jan. Our National Defences .
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... object as the safety of our own shores . Or to take another example when we were much poorer than we now are , we spent twenty millions of money to emanci- pate our slaves , and were never the worse for it ; and no - one now regrets the ...
... object as the safety of our own shores . Or to take another example when we were much poorer than we now are , we spent twenty millions of money to emanci- pate our slaves , and were never the worse for it ; and no - one now regrets the ...
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... objects he resolved to teach it professionally . His spirited attempt excited . much attention , as we find several ... object is chiefly to ridicule the pretensions of Hoyle and the enthusiasm of his fol- lowers , and to show that ...
... objects he resolved to teach it professionally . His spirited attempt excited . much attention , as we find several ... object is chiefly to ridicule the pretensions of Hoyle and the enthusiasm of his fol- lowers , and to show that ...
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Page 266 - Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
Page 24 - That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct, As water is in water. Eros. It does, my lord. Ant. My good knave Eros, now thy captain is Even such a body : here I am Antony ; Yet cannot hold this visible shape, my knave.
Page 168 - With public zeal to cancel private crimes. How safe is treason and how sacred ill, Where none can sin against the people's will, "Where crowds can wink and no offence be known, Since in another's guilt they find their own ! Yet fame deserved no enemy can grudge ; The statesman we abhor, but praise the judge.
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Page 74 - Men whose life, learning, faith, and pure intent Would have been held in high esteem with Paul...
Page 163 - You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.
Page 266 - And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
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Page 4 - He had, by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company, and, amongst them, some that made a frequent practice of deer-stealing engaged him more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlcote, near Stratford.